With demand for vaccines “dwindling,” the new problem developing is that millions of vaccines distributed to the state are at risk of expiring:
Millions of unused Covid-19 vaccines are set to go to waste as demand dwindles across the U.S. and doses likely expire this summer, according to public health officials. https://t.co/Hit5haN7aW
— STAT (@statnews) July 20, 2021
“We’re drowning in this stuff,” say the states:
“We’re drowning in this stuff,” states beg the US Federal Government to take back unused doses and distribute them to countries without vaccines. But, hey, compulsory licensing is the answer, right? So, why bother? Just leave them to rot https://t.co/G1yJKd7X1I via @statnews
— Mark Chataway (@markcha) July 20, 2021
According to this article, there are enough doses to innoculate over 13 million people:
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Enough doses to vaccinate at least 13.1 mil people in the US might go to waste: “We’re drowning in this stuff,” a retired colonel …that [US] state’s Covid-19 vaccine distribution drive, says. “It’s starting to get a bit silly." https://t.co/gjhSCB7iPa
— Mia Malan (@miamalan) July 20, 2021
And the states want the federal government to help distribute the doses internationally:
Several state health departments told STAT they have repeatedly asked the US federal government to redistribute their supply to other countries, many of which are facing a third wave of the #Covid19 pandemic https://t.co/ItW9acVekY @statnews #COVID19 #access2meds #uspol #vaccines
— Matthew Rimmer (@DrRimmer) July 20, 2021
This is also reportedly happening in Canada and Israel:
Wasting vaccines is the new trend among the privileged countries!
Canada allowed vaccines to expire
Israel has 1M+ doses expiring in days
Now, 🇺🇸 sitting on millions of surplus Covid-19 vaccine doses as expiration dates approach
https://t.co/g50bV01Uq9 via @statnews
— Madhu Pai, MD, PhD (@paimadhu) July 20, 2021
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