[Brilliant]

Why are we buying 500 million doses when there are only 285 million people in the US? I hope we are not planning to subsidize vaccines to the rest of the world.

[DC native]

I can think of several possible reasons:

1) Possible need for boosters for American citizens, whether newly vaccinated under 30 years of age or previously vaccinated but immunological status uncertain

2) Extra vaccine for our immediate neighbors, Canada and Mexico, with American interests at heart, and rightfully so

3) Extra vaccine to quell fires elsewhere in the world (an airplane is an awesomely efficient disease vector)

4) Extra in case our supply is comprised in some way, whether through human error, theft, sabotage, whatever...

I think it's a prudent approach to take. Besides, who knows how many people are really in this country?? Perhaps The Shadow do, but the gubmint don't.

[Alas]

Why are we buying 500 million doses when there are only 285 million people in the US? I hope we are not planning to subsidize vaccines to the rest of the world.

Why, how anti one world you are, how could we, as a country live with ourselves if we didn't give the rest of the world our shots too?

Nukem

Ps, they can use mine for anyone in the word thaey want to, as long as they don't try to use it on me.