Posted on 03/29/2021 11:52:18 AM PDT by Vendome
During a March 2 news conference on the covid-19 pandemic, President Joe Biden claimed that former President Donald Trump’s administration did not ensure there would be enough vaccines for the American public.
“When I came into office, the prior administration had contracted for not nearly enough vaccine to cover adults in America,” said Biden.
Operation Warp Speed Contracts FDA’s Process
As part of Operation Warp Speed, the Trump administration entered into contracts with multiple drugmakers. The contracts were generally signed while potential vaccines were still in clinical trials.
Here’s what Trump contracts called for drugmakers to supply to the U.S. government:
In all, the amounts agreed to under these contracts total about 800 million vaccine doses, or enough for more than 400 million people.
The U.S., based on U.S. Census estimates, has around 328 million people, of whom about 255 million are 18 or older. (Vaccines are not yet authorized for children.)
So, it appears that the Trump administration’s contracts with drugmakers did cover enough doses to vaccinate the entire U.S. adult population — and then some.
Our Ruling
Biden said the Trump administration “had contracted for not nearly enough vaccine to cover adults in America.”
While Trump was still in office, his administration had agreements in place to buy 400 million doses of authorized vaccine, or enough to inoculate about 200 million people. That wouldn’t cover the U.S. adult population.
However, KHN-PolitiFact reviewed the Trump administration’s Operation Warp Speed contracts and found those included enough vaccine doses that, once cleared for use by the FDA, would inoculate about 550 million people — more than double the U.S. adult population.
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Have all 6 vaccines been approved? Which one is the safest?
Government is the disease
You are the cure
99.997% of the time
Which makes you more effective than Moderna, Astra Zeneca, Pfizer-BioNTech, Johnson & Johnson, etc....
Biden is sinking. He knows it. He is desperate.
The funny thing is, he cornered himself in this mess.
lyin Biden at it again
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