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womanofthehills

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24. The US ordered 300 mil doses from Astra Zeneca and pledged money

Reply to DeminPennswoods (Reply #10)

Sun Dec 6, 2020, 08:08 PM

Dec 2020

However, Astra Zeneca seems to be having problems with their vaccine and in one part of the study it was only 62% effective. Pfizer and Moderna sound way better. Also Astra Zeneca’s Vaccine is much cheaper than the other 2 because it sounds like it doesn’t need freezing temps.

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Initial COVID vaccine supply 10% of original government promise [View all] riversedge Dec 2020 OP

Shocking. soothsayer Dec 2020 #1

Don't know when 300M was promised, but the news for last week Hoyt Dec 2020 #2

K means thousand not million. ForgoTheConsequence Dec 2020 #5

Yeah left off a few zeros, sorry. Hoyt Dec 2020 #6

The Minions Overpromised ProfessorGAC Dec 2020 #20

+ agree - incompetent trump admin overpromised w/o checking with the manufacturers. nt iluvtennis Dec 2020 #28

300 M in aggregate was promised in an HHS press release... brooklynite Dec 2020 #26

Operation Warped speed is just a burp. sheshe2 Dec 2020 #3

Warp Speed? qazplm135 Dec 2020 #8

True. sheshe2 Dec 2020 #11

Warp speed!!! Right into the brick wall called reality. ahoysrcsm Dec 2020 #4

I smell Jared. He's screwed every other assignment up. Why not this? underpants Dec 2020 #7

Screwed up or attempting to MONETIZE the distribution?? NoMoreRepugs Dec 2020 #9

He'll screw that up to underpants Dec 2020 #19

I believe the US has ordered and paid for 300M DeminPennswoods Dec 2020 #10

The US ordered 300 mil doses from Astra Zeneca and pledged money womanofthehills Dec 2020 #24

I wonder if this vaccine is the one that needs to be kept at ultra cold conditions... SWBTATTReg Dec 2020 #12

It is GB_RN Dec 2020 #17

Thanks! SWBTATTReg Dec 2020 #18

Pfizer vaccine has to be stored in ultra cold temps, DeminPennswoods Dec 2020 #34

Thank you, I will try and grab a copy of that show and watch. I do agree w/ you on the 300 M number SWBTATTReg Dec 2020 #35

Let's see MSM hold trump's feet to the fire on this one Cozmo Dec 2020 #13

So surprising from the Trump administration. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2020 #14

Up to this point the Trump crew has totally failed with COVID. BarbD Dec 2020 #15

Let me guiess who gets FIRST shipment bluestarone Dec 2020 #16

Maybe most are being shipped to Jareds PPE supply company LiberalArkie Dec 2020 #21

fucking cretinous incompetence apparently has no cure, so full replacement surgery 1/20/21 bringthePaine Dec 2020 #22

Getting the vaccine into people's arms, gab13by13 Dec 2020 #23

Pres elect Biden knows how messed up tRump's vac response is and his warnings are turning out to be yaesu Dec 2020 #25

CA allocated 300k Nasruddin Dec 2020 #27

New York has only been allocated 170K. I think this is the initial shipment which is 6M or so. Hoyt Dec 2020 #29

You Can Bet RobinA Dec 2020 #33

Is there anything critical Republicans can't royally screw up? dlk Dec 2020 #30

Over promise and under deliver is the Trump way. Renew Deal Dec 2020 #31

It's Pretty Useless RobinA Dec 2020 #32