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applegrove

(118,011 posts)
Thu Mar 18, 2021, 11:09 PM Mar 2021

U.S. Will Send Vaccine to Mexico and Canada

U.S. Will Send Vaccine to Mexico and Canada

March 18, 2021 at 9:50 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 71 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/03/18/u-s-will-send-4-million-vaccine-doses-to-mexico-canada/

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Reuters: “Mexico will receive 2.5 million does of the vaccine and Canada will receive 1.5 million doses … The deal to share the vaccine, which is still being finalized, does not affect President Joe Biden’s plans to have vaccine available for all adults in the United States by the end of May.”

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THANK YOU TO OUR AMERICAN FRIENDS.

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U.S. Will Send Vaccine to Mexico and Canada (Original Post) applegrove Mar 2021 OP
I thought Canada had enough that they were sending to other countries. AllyCat Mar 2021 #1
We ordered more than enough for our population but don't have our own applegrove Mar 2021 #2
Plus the US has too much Astra Zenica right now: applegrove Mar 2021 #4
Good, we should do that. Wingus Dingus Mar 2021 #3
Makes sense. LisaL Mar 2021 #5
Great! Let's get it to Brazil too! They are asking PortTack Mar 2021 #6
Exactly. We really are all in this together. applegrove Mar 2021 #7

AllyCat

(16,034 posts)
1. I thought Canada had enough that they were sending to other countries.
Thu Mar 18, 2021, 11:21 PM
Mar 2021

What happened? Did I misunderstand? Glad you are getting it though!

applegrove

(118,011 posts)
2. We ordered more than enough for our population but don't have our own
Thu Mar 18, 2021, 11:48 PM
Mar 2021

vaccine plants. So we've faced cutbacks or slowdowns in the vaccine we get - all from abroad. We've ordered well over 100 million doses for 38 milion people. Different corporations too. But it must all come in from abroad. We are quicly building a Novavax plant i think in Quebec and i think an mRNA plant in Alberta. But they will not be ready soon. Sad thing is the Conservatives got rid of Connaught Labs that invented insulin and worked on a number of vaccines in the 20th Century. It was a leader, world renouned but publicly owned so Conservatives got rid of it as Conservatives do. I imagine neoliberals hated that the patent holders of insulin gave it away to the world for free.

So our vaccination rate right now is much less than the US. Very frustrating. We have just started vaccinating seniors over 80. I would assume some of the vaccine we are getting from Biden is time specific so we agreed to use it now in exchange for the same amount of some vaccine returned to the US sometime in the near future. We still have over 100 million doses ordered. When we get all vaccinated in Canada we will donate our excess somewhere needed. But we are way behind you in vaccines right now. The lesson is to have your own vaccines production plants.

PortTack

(32,606 posts)
6. Great! Let's get it to Brazil too! They are asking
Fri Mar 19, 2021, 02:11 AM
Mar 2021

Can’t get this under control by ignoring the rest of the world

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