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Biden administration to buy 500 million Pfizer coronavirus vaccine doses to donate to the world
SFGate.com ^ | 6/9/21 | Tyler Pager and Emily Rauhala - WaPo

Posted on 06/09/2021 1:45:18 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

The Biden administration is buying 500 million doses of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine to donate to the world, as the United States dramatically increases its efforts to help vaccinate the global population, according to three people familiar with the plans.

The first 200 doses will be distributed this year, with the subsequent 300 million shared in the first half of next year. The doses will be distributed by Covax, the World Health Organization-backed initiative to share doses around the globe, and they will be targeted at low- and middle-income countries. Pfizer is selling the doses to the U.S. at a "not-for-profit" price, according to the people familiar with the deal.

President Joe Biden is slated to announce the plan at the Group of Seven meeting in Britain this week amid growing calls for the United States and other rich countries to play a more substantial role in boosting the global supply of coronavirus vaccine. Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla is expected to join Biden in making the announcement.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: biden; chinesevirus; covid; doses; india; mediawingofthednc; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; pfizer; vaccine; vaccines
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To: NormsRevenge

China needs to pay for it all. Start by repossessing all property owned by China in the US.


61 posted on 06/10/2021 4:26:06 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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To: NormsRevenge
Headline:

Biden does not believe in Evolution!


62 posted on 06/10/2021 5:28:43 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: antidemoncrat
... 500 million ...

Why do we HATE the OTHER 7.4 billion humans?

63 posted on 06/10/2021 5:31:29 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: mewzilla

Couldn’t you just gimme the pix link?

Too damn many ads cluttering up stuff these days.


64 posted on 06/10/2021 5:34:54 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Pocketdoor

I noticed the slipper looking leather foot coverings. Obviously tailored to look like dress black shoes. I tried downloading the picture, it was accomplished but my computer said it cannot be opened.


65 posted on 06/10/2021 10:50:50 AM PDT by Glad2bnuts ((“If there are no absolutes by which to judge society, then society is absolute.” Francis Schaeffer,)
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To: newzjunkey

I agree. There already is talk of needing booster shots for the Covid vaccines and Biden just announced that they are “donating” 500 million doses. What about the 330 million or so Americans who need booster shots? Biden should have said that America has already purchased 330 million booster shots for 2022 but he isn’t that smart.


66 posted on 06/10/2021 4:08:46 PM PDT by convoter2016
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To: NormsRevenge

How many is Bill Gates buying?


67 posted on 06/10/2021 5:26:45 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
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To: NormsRevenge

So the Chinese won’t have to. It’s China that should pay 100 percent.

Incidentally...what kind of taxes does Pfizer pay?


68 posted on 06/10/2021 5:40:37 PM PDT by Buttons12 ( )
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To: mewzilla

Cicadas ?


69 posted on 06/10/2021 6:11:10 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000))
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To: Glad2bnuts

Glad2bnuts wrote:

“There is no picture 18 with biden in it. Scrolling down the last picture with him in it is the 7th where you can see his feet”

Is it the one where the military guy is looking down at the circled item?


70 posted on 06/10/2021 6:13:39 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000))
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To: Bob434

Bump


71 posted on 06/10/2021 6:50:15 PM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord and Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com)
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To: NormsRevenge

I thought J&J would be the better buy because it’s single dose and it’s less sensitive so it can handle a higher temperature for storage compared to Pfizer and Moderna?


72 posted on 06/10/2021 10:57:45 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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