Vaccines Made at Troubled Baltimore Plant Were Shipped to Canada and Mexico

New York Times ^ | April 23, 2021 | Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Chris Hamby

[conservative98]

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration said Friday that it did not know that a Baltimore factory had discarded millions of possibly contaminated doses of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine when President Biden last month released the company to ship vaccines manufactured there to Mexico and Canada.

Canadian and Mexican officials said on Friday that they had assurances from AstraZeneca that the millions of doses they received were safe. Some of the doses have been distributed to the public in both countries, the officials said.

Biden administration officials said they had not vouched for the quality of the AstraZeneca vaccine doses made at the Baltimore plant, leaving the decision on whether to use them to the company and the Canadians and Mexicans themselves.

The administration, however, did inform the two countries of another episode of possible contamination, involving a similar vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson, that occurred more recently at the same Baltimore plant.

Vaccine production at the plant, operated by Emergent BioSolutions, has been halted. Up to 15 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine needed to be discarded because of the contamination fears. This week, inspectors from the Food and Drug Administration said Emergent had failed to fully investigate the episode, and they also found fault with the plant’s disinfection practices, size and design, handling of raw materials and training of workers.

The F.D.A. has informed regulators in other countries about its findings, according to an F.D.A. spokesman who also said the agency was “providing additional information as requested” and would “continue to work closely with its international partners.”

The spokesman said that products not authorized for use in this country, like the AstraZeneca vaccine, “may nonetheless be exported if certain conditions are met,” but would not specify what those were.

[conservative98]

"Other administration officials, noting that AstraZeneca had not applied for emergency authorization of its vaccine in the United States, said it was up to the company and regulators in Canada and Mexico to determine whether the exports and the manufacturing facility were safe."

We're eight months into this pandemic, and Donald Trump still doesn't have a plan to get this virus under control.

I do.— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) October 16, 2020

Yesterday, I met with some of our nation's top experts to discuss how we distribute a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine. If I win this election, I know that there won't be a minute to waste. I'll get to work on day one implementing an effective distribution plan. pic.twitter.com/GfgSnBwjTQ— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) September 17, 2020

A Biden-Harris administration will:

- Implement nationwide mask mandates
- Ensure access to regular, reliable, and free testing
- Accelerate the development and distribution of safe and effective treatments and vaccines

We won’t waste any time getting this virus under control.— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) November 2, 2020

As soon as Dr. Fauci declares we have a safe vaccine, I’ll take it. pic.twitter.com/A3peYhhOvR— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) December 4, 2020

[conservative98]

Joe, I thought you said you had the plan. Now it’s up to the companies.

[familyop]

Baltimore. Scary.

[hanamizu]

“The Biden administration said Friday that it did not know...”

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This is the current administration in a nutshell. Of course this will not be broadcast by the MSM.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Excellent collection of quotes! What an asshole...”I’ll get to work on day one implementing an effective distribution plan.”

[Governor Dinwiddie]

I don't see the problem.

[FrdmLvr]

Baltimore, where a GPA of 0.13 in one high school is “squarely in the middle” of the class standings.

[enumerated]

Good - let Democrats and foreigners be the guinea pigs if they want.

[ronnie raygun]

Blood clots, contamination, yeah you need to take the vax now!

[rrrod]

Apologies to Canada and Mexico.

[Beagle8U]

You would think that medicines made in the ghetto would be safe to take?/sarc

[moovova]

I’m still waiting for the “free mask” SloJoe was gonna mail me. I can’t leave the house until I get it.

[Baldwin77]

Too bad you can’t sue big Pharma.

[SunkenCiv]

...when President Biden last month released the company to ship vaccines manufactured there to Mexico and Canada.

[No_Mas_Obama]

Hope Mexico isn’t harmed by Rat incompetence. Mex Prez AMLO continues to do more to protect American borders than the US government.

On the other hand, still waiting for reality to come crashing down on Trudeau voters.

[GOPJ]

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Can’t load this site but are they bragging about Emergent BioSolutions being ‘diverse’?