Posted on 01/29/2021 5:00:04 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Arlington, Va. – On Wednesday, President Joe Biden’s coronavirus coordinator, Jeffrey Zients, announced that the Department of Health and Human Services will use the Public Readiness and Preparedness (PREP) Act to allow retired doctors and nurses to administer vaccines and to enable licensed doctors and nurses to vaccinate people across state lines.
Americans for Prosperity (AFP) has encouraged Congressional action on these and other laws to increase access to vaccines and health care more broadly but welcomed Zients’ announcement.
"'We applaud the Biden administration’s decision to enable retired doctors and nurses to administer COVID-19 vaccines and operate across state lines,' said Dean Clancy, Senior Health Policy Fellow at AFP. 'Removing this regulatory barrier will help get more shots in arms and speed up the fight to end the pandemic. We urge the administration to continue cutting unnecessary red tape that denies people access to health care and making these emergency measures permanent.'"
Since the outset of the pandemic, AFP has called on state and federal officials to rethink strict licensing regulations that create barriers to the delivery of care. Back in May 2020, AFP joined with three dozen other public policy organizations in urging Congress to make temporary regulatory waivers – such as allowing doctors and nurses to work across state lines – permanent.
Recently, AFP released its “Save Lives. Save Livelihoods.” agenda. In addition to seeking codification of various temporary rule suspensions, the organization is encouraging public officials to remove regulatory barriers to allow for more rapid testing, quicker vaccine deployment, and a larger supply of therapeutic tools. This evidence-based approach will not only help stop the spread of COVID-19 but will better prepare the country for future public health crises and improve long-term access to quality health care for more Americans.
How about barrier one: not enough vaccine?
If it wouldn’t have been for President Trump’s thoughtful action to cut regulations and fast track the development of a vaccine there wouldn’t be a vaccine.
The current illegitimate administration would have us cowering in our basements for another two years while they slow tracked the development of a vaccine.
From everything I have read and seen, the problem is the shortage of vaccines and NOT a supposed shortage of people to give injections.
Americans for prosperity compromised. Check !
You have to get two shots a few weeks apart. Trump made sure tat there was a dedicated dose standing by waiting for everyone who got the first. The idiot released them all and said he would trust the supply chain to provide round 2.
Already people are missing or getting delays in round 2, and having problems getting it.
He’s the guy who would eat the seed corn.
Americans for Prosperity? LMAO. ...while BidenIdiot and company are wrecking this country and destroying the middle class making room for only two classes: the Have’s (the rich) and the Have-not’s (everyone else). Awesome prosperity there, huh Americans for Prosperity?!? Moronic socialistic idiots.
It won’t stop at 2 shots I bet there will be a dozen before long.
What barriers??
How many doctors & nurses are going to GITMO to vaccinate the prisoners there-—before ALL Americans who wish to get the vaccine are taken care of???
GITMO prisoners are getting a PRIORITY.
Some one got the right idea, besides there are other ways and means to get over this “Virus” without taking a chance with this questionable vaccine.
Merck Scraps COVID Vaccines; Says It’s More Effective To Get The Virus And Recover
INFOWARS ^ | January 26th 2021, 4:17 am | Steve Watson
Vaccine manufacturer Merck has abandoned development of two coronavirus vaccines, saying that after extensive research it was concluded that the shots offered less protection than just contracting the virus itself and developing antibodies. The company announced that the shots V590 and V591 were ‘well tolerated’ by test patients, however they generated an ‘inferior’ immune system response in comparison with natural infection.The company stated that instead it will focus on research into therapeutic drugs labeled as MK-7110 and MK-4482.
The drugs aim to protect patients from the damage of an overactive immune response to the virus. “Interim results from a Phase 3 study showed a greater than 50 percent reduction in the risk of death or respiratory failure in patients hospitalized with moderate to severe COVID-19,” the company’s statement noted of the MK-7110 drug.
Merck is to receive around $356 million from the US government to fast-track production of the potential treatments under Operation Warp Speed. Chief Marketing Officer Michael Nally recently told Bloomberg that Merck is aiming to produce some 20 million courses of the MK-4482 drug, an oral antiviral which patients will take twice a day for five days.
Meanwhile, in related news, German scientists have claimed that the UK Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is less than 8% effective in over 65s, prompting the vaccine developers to hit back, rubbishing the claims. The German media published the claims, alleging it had been ‘confirmed’ by ‘multiple’ unnamed senior German government sources.
UK government ministers have suggested that the claim could be related to the ongoing dispute over delivery of the vaccine between the European Union and AstraZeneca. The EU, which is yet to approve the vaccine, has threatened to block exports of shots to Britain, in a move that has been branded ‘spiteful’ by British government sources. In an effort to make sure its member states get their ‘fair share’ of vaccines, the EU has also threatened to block the delivery of Pfizer vaccines to the UK, demanding that drug companies provide detailed information on when they plan to export Covid jabs to countries outside the bloc.
Why all the bureaucrats involvement? This country has been managing to handle vaccines since they were first developed.
We absolutely have to make this a problem...from the very first case in the US! Who’s messed it up? Bureaucracy! State, local and federal levels. Why am I shocked? I’m not; just fed up!
Media is really grasping at straws to make the Resident look semi-competent.
His policies will erode American greatness, but the Resident is a good guy because
He likes ice cream, He has a dog, He is not Trump,..........
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