I know, it's hard to mentally adjust: last few months have been dominated by the dire, ongoing shortages. It's hard to believe. But the math is clear: we will have more the enough vaccines for anyone who wants one here in the US sooner than AZ would be approved here in the US.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Wanting better
I get this, and there is certainly a problem with whatever European countries think they are doing (I can't make sense of it) and the way AstraZeneca was rolled out was suboptimal. But that's a different problem—not a reason to let vaccines go to waste.https://twitter.com/cschneider8224/status/1372245248374579201 …
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Wanting better @cschneider8224Replying to @zeynepUnfortunately, the optics on this are very bad, now that the blood clotting concerns have been flagged in Europe. It doesn't really matter if there is a real connection or not, sending any vaccines to poor countries that are under scrutiny in Europe could seed conspiracies.7 replies 7 retweets 128 likesShow this thread -
zeynep tufekci Retweeted Arieh Kovler
Yes, there are multiple ways to ship those doses gathering dust out now, even with some guarantees for replacement (we won't need! we really will not need!) for if and when they are finally approved here and there is some (I can't imagine how) urgent need.https://twitter.com/ariehkovler/status/1372254589332946944 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Navin Pokala
Another option. Just give it to Covax—the global initiative to vaccinate the world—and let them handle the rest. We don't have to figure out all the optics; we just have to commit to immediately letting go of doses we can't use that can do good elsewhere.https://twitter.com/NavinPokala/status/1372279931770667017 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Evan
Not so burdensome, but it'd be awesome if the "how dare you propose to dump an inferior vaccine elsewhere" people could directly duke it out with the "yes we have enough and those aren't approved but what if we ever need those great vaccines here?" folk.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Danny Alberta
The number of people who claim it's bad to call for releasing vaccines approved by large number of countries around the world and have been administered *checks notes* mostly to people in UK, Canada & Europe is amazing.https://twitter.com/DannyAlberta77/status/1372567922497908739 …
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Yes, folks, we're all aware some European countries have paused for a day to investigate reports of clots and AZ vaccine. If they find anything negative, of course the vaccine will be suspended everywhere. Otherwise, it will continue being administered in Europe, UK and Canada.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Jeff Mason
And two great updates! European Medical Agency's Safety Committee studying AZ clotting reports says they "found no evidence of a quality or a batch issue”, says to continue vaccination. And US starts to release our stockpiles (that we will not get to use!)https://twitter.com/jeffmason1/status/1372576853341442051 …
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Thrilled to hear that US is releasing (can't otherwise be used) vaccines to Canada & Mexico. We must do *everything* we need to do to increase the supply. Nobody, anywhere, should have to wait until 2022 to be offered a safe and effective vaccine against COVID-19. We can do this.
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Replying to @zeynep
I like how you push for these common sense things one day, and the government does them the next.
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Heh. Thank you but I just wrote an op-ed.
I just wanted to make the case that whatever incorrect perception (of giving away vaccines) they were concerned about could be fixed with facts, and the benefit and moral responsibility was clear. It's a great start, though! Made my day!
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Replying to @zeynep @jayrosen_nyu
Maybe push FDA approval process. No reason it took so long for Moderna, Pfizer, JnJ nor shouldvtake 3-4 weeks for AZ. There’s process, then there’s process theater and torturing data, rather than ‘is this better than not approving’.
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How was that “theater”? Three to four weeks seems pretty quick given how long it normally takes for a new drug to be approved, not to mention the fact that a lot of people were suspicious of how quickly the vaccines were approved.
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