I hear the people saying "why can't I get an appointment now." These vaccines gathering dust don't help because US trial isn't even concluded and it will not be approved before every eligible American is already offered an appointment. It won't help us. Let it do some good.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Barry Pearson
Already made! By NYT reporting, we have 30 to 60 million doses of a vaccine that will not be approved in time to help the US supply languishing in Ohio and Baltimore. On top of that, there are pre-orders of excess hundreds millions—but that's separate.https://twitter.com/BarryCPearson/status/1372167156570406921 …
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Barry Pearson @BarryCPearsonReplying to @zeynep @chrischirpAre they "languishing in US depots"? Or simply pre-ordered but not yet made? I'm UK: we have pre-ordered lots, but they are not "languishing in UK depots". UK will donate the surplus when they are made. Probably to COVAX, to which UK is a major contributor.10 replies 56 retweets 340 likesShow this thread -
I know it's hard to imagine this, after months of shortages. But the numbers are there. US overbooked vaccines—we didn't know which would work. Now we do. The supply of approved ones made *here* will soon exceed our population. Let's let go of ones that won't be approved in time.
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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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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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zeynep tufekci Retweeted
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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