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mysteryowl

(7,395 posts)
Sat Jan 30, 2021, 05:42 PM Jan 2021

Vaccines: Biden team scrambles to find 20m vaccine doses Trump reportedly failed to track

Source: The Guardian/US

The Biden administration has spent its first week in office attempting to manually track down 20m vaccine doses in the pipeline between federal distribution and administration at clinic sites, when a dose finally reaches a patient’s arm.

The Trump administration’s strategy pushed the response to the coronavirus pandemic to individual states and omitted pipeline tracking information between distribution and when the shot is actually administered, Biden administration officials told Politico.

The lack of data has now forced federal health department officials to spend hours on the phone tracking down vaccine shipments, the news website reported.

“Nobody had a complete picture,” Dr Julie Morita, a member of the Biden transition team and executive vice-president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, told Politico. “The plans that were being made were being made with the assumption that more information would be available and be revealed once they got into the White House.”

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/30/us-covid-vaccine-doses-biden-trump



Truly, not surprising. It was their MO for everything.
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Vaccines: Biden team scrambles to find 20m vaccine doses Trump reportedly failed to track (Original Post) mysteryowl Jan 2021 OP
Only Jared knows who he sold it to on the black market. nt DURHAM D Jan 2021 #1
I suspect him as well nt Wicked Blue Jan 2021 #2
Any shipments to Saudi Arabia? dem4decades Jan 2021 #5
+++ agree. they sold the vaccine and pocketed the money. nt iluvtennis Jan 2021 #19
Shithole and cronies sold them for profit . . . Iliyah Jan 2021 #3
Agreed pandr32 Jan 2021 #4
ive got to wonder what it would take to waylay 20M doses that require specialized cooling. bullimiami Jan 2021 #6
Same here Rebl2 Jan 2021 #7
Really good point. mysteryowl Jan 2021 #8
...In some other country, kind of like the ventilators Hekate Jan 2021 #15
Can they be stored in liquid nitrogen? jmowreader Jan 2021 #18
I was curious what the actual reason was for Jared's trip to Saudi, Nov. 30th, 2020... Frustratedlady Jan 2021 #9
The Pfizer vaccine (1st one approved for an EUA) BumRushDaShow Jan 2021 #10
Thanks! Close enough for a trip to prepare/accept payment. Frustratedlady Jan 2021 #11
Yup BumRushDaShow Jan 2021 #13
I believe that Jared went to Saudi Arabia so often to arrange real estate deals. Lonestarblue Jan 2021 #14
Well, if that is what the trips are for, I hope he paid for the plane trip(s). Frustratedlady Jan 2021 #16
This bdamomma Jan 2021 #12
Let's make this quick: start looking in Russia FakeNoose Jan 2021 #17
I swear Trump intentionally set Biden up to fail. Initech Jan 2021 #20
I'd check in Israel. Nt LittleGirl Jan 2021 #21
There fixed it. K&R Demsrule86 Jan 2021 #22

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
3. Shithole and cronies sold them for profit . . .
Sat Jan 30, 2021, 05:48 PM
Jan 2021

and pocket the money. If they investigate thoroughly of what shithole and his cronies did regarding COVID-19 the investigation will lead to atrocious things that these people did all for money.

The USA - over 435,000 dead so far

Rebl2

(13,536 posts)
7. Same here
Sat Jan 30, 2021, 07:07 PM
Jan 2021

If they did take them or sell them are those vaccines any good? I am sure they probably weren’t properly refrigerated/frozen.

Hekate

(90,763 posts)
15. ...In some other country, kind of like the ventilators
Sat Jan 30, 2021, 08:19 PM
Jan 2021

My gods, do I ever hope the state of New York has a gigantic file on Jared, that little momzer, and is processing it even as we speak.

jmowreader

(50,561 posts)
18. Can they be stored in liquid nitrogen?
Sat Jan 30, 2021, 09:05 PM
Jan 2021

If so, it seems to me that Jared could have chartered a Gulfstream jet, put the vaccine in dry shippers (https://www.mitegen.com/product/cryo-storage-refrigerators-cx-cxr-series/) and hauled it to whoever he wanted.

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
9. I was curious what the actual reason was for Jared's trip to Saudi, Nov. 30th, 2020...
Sat Jan 30, 2021, 07:21 PM
Jan 2021

Couldn't figure out if it was for a loan or selling classified info. When was the vaccine first shipped?

https://news.yahoo.com/jared-kushner-travel-saudi-arabia-142017970.html

BumRushDaShow

(129,279 posts)
10. The Pfizer vaccine (1st one approved for an EUA)
Sat Jan 30, 2021, 07:37 PM
Jan 2021

had final CDC go-aheads on Friday Dec. 11, 2020 & FDA on Saturday Dec. 12, 2020 and they started prepping/shipping on Sunday/Monday December 13/14, 2020.

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
11. Thanks! Close enough for a trip to prepare/accept payment.
Sat Jan 30, 2021, 07:43 PM
Jan 2021

I've always been suspicious of his trips to Saudi. Actually, I've also been surprised that they announced them in advance.

I keep thinking about that horrendously expensive lot he just bought near Miami.

Probably just an exercise in suspicion on my part...or not.

BumRushDaShow

(129,279 posts)
13. Yup
Sat Jan 30, 2021, 07:55 PM
Jan 2021

plus I think that is when he knew there was no going back with respect to the election, despite all the sound and fury signifying nothing, and he should start "wrapping up his (nefarious) affairs".

Lonestarblue

(10,038 posts)
14. I believe that Jared went to Saudi Arabia so often to arrange real estate deals.
Sat Jan 30, 2021, 08:14 PM
Jan 2021

During the first couple of years, some media outlet reported that Jared’s brother always seemed to be there at the same time. I assume the brother is helping run the family company. I guess we’ll know if a luxury golf resort is announced for Saudi Arabia in the near future.

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
16. Well, if that is what the trips are for, I hope he paid for the plane trip(s).
Sat Jan 30, 2021, 08:20 PM
Jan 2021

We got billed enough for the kids' vacation trips.

bdamomma

(63,913 posts)
12. This
Sat Jan 30, 2021, 07:54 PM
Jan 2021

is all on tRump and his regime, they did not test people when Covid came along last year. And how many of us thought they were going to help the American people after 437,000+ people have died.

And to top it all off Azar, was arrogant to say there was no second dose ordered or not enough.

Remember and never forget.


https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/national/amid-alex-azars-resignation-he-admits-there-isnt-a-reserve-coronavirus-vaccine-stockpile


https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/01/trump-administration-vaccine-doses-screw-up

Initech

(100,095 posts)
20. I swear Trump intentionally set Biden up to fail.
Sat Jan 30, 2021, 10:02 PM
Jan 2021

Though I don't think he's smart or clever enough to actually pull it off.

Demsrule86

(68,632 posts)
22. There fixed it. K&R
Sun Jan 31, 2021, 02:58 PM
Jan 2021

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