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C elegans neuroscientist. Professor @nyit. Alum @MITBiology @WhiteheadInst @berkeleyMCB @RockefellerUniv. He/him. NY'er-TX'an. My tweets, RT, likes, are mine.

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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 Mar 2021

      Also, for people asking. The variants are part of the argument for why we should vaccinate globally, as fast as possible, but key reason is because they cause enormous suffering now, and exponential threats are best countered early. From my newsletter: https://zeynep.substack.com/p/ill-take-the-hippie-dippy-wishful …pic.twitter.com/UBhqofozFy

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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 Mar 2021

      Let me repeat. These vaccines in our warehouses are not approved for the United States. They will not be approved in time. Dude in my mentions who thinks I should feel stupid because they're used in Georgia? You live in Atlanta, Georgia. They are approved in Georgia, the country.pic.twitter.com/e1CDTXjJOc

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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 Mar 2021

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      Yep. They have been manufactured. They cannot be used here. US trial isn't over, let alone approval. They are approved in 140+ countries through a global initiative. We also have 100+ million Novavax (all excess) in the pipeline that won't make it in time. https://twitter.com/david1watson/status/1372171700469706752 …

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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 Mar 2021

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      It is a jarring shift from shortages but it is reality. Just Pfizer & Moderna are on track for 600 million doses by July. J&J supply is 10+ million per month. We have 100 million Novavax in the pipeline. US only has 260 million vaccine eligible people. https://twitter.com/Valentine721/status/1372184003063726087 …

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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 Mar 2021

      Remember how upset we got when we hard a few doses here and there were being wasted? US has at least thirty, likely about sixty million, *already manufactured* doses of vaccines that cannot be used here (no approval) and will NOT be approved in time. We can send them out today.

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    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 Mar 2021

      Most likely holdup here is the political perception. The administration doesn't want to be seen as sending vaccines while shortages are working their way through. But we can do the math here—these won't be approved in time—and give political support to the smart and humane path.

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    7. Navin Pokala‏ @NavinPokala 17 Mar 2021
      Replying to @zeynep

      There is also the politics of saying to poorer Black/Brown countries "Here, have the vaccine we (FDA) don't think is good enough for us (mostly White) Americans." Once FDA signs off, different story, absolutely get unused surpluses out ASAP.

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    8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 Mar 2021
      Replying to @NavinPokala

      It's not that the vaccine isn't good enough. It's the primary vaccine in UK, Canada and Europe. But FDA approval process requires the US trial to complete, and it hasn't. (I agree the AZ rollout has been less than stellar but the problem isn't that it's not good enough for us).

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    9. Navin Pokala‏ @NavinPokala 17 Mar 2021
      Replying to @zeynep

      I agree with you on the merits of the AZ vaccine! But until FDA approves, the optics are terrible: "We (mostly White Americans) haven't approved this drug for ourselves, but hey, it's probably OK for you poor Black and Brown folks."

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    10. Nio‏ @ngaio1819 17 Mar 2021
      Replying to @NavinPokala @zeynep

      Give it to Covax/WHO and let them distribute it to where it’s most needed.

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      Navin Pokala‏ @NavinPokala 17 Mar 2021
      Replying to @ngaio1819 @zeynep

      That's a good idea. Return the unused doses to AstraZeneca, and let AZ donate to Covax. Quietly. Otherwise headlines will be "America "donates" rejected vaccines to 3rd world"

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        1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 Mar 2021
          Replying to @NavinPokala @ngaio1819

          I'm sure they can figure out the politics of it! Covax sounds great to me.

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        1. Keren Lavelle‏ @sleepingdingo 17 Mar 2021
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          Papua New Guinea could definitely do with them ASAP.

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        1. dennis888‏ @dennis888 17 Mar 2021
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          Great idea.

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