One more investigation: what happened to all the vaccines?

[question everything]

Went out someplace through a back door?

And how come so many are flocking to Florida because anyone can get a vaccine there but nothing for the rest of us?

[Phoenix61]

2. Apparently, there never was a stockpile.

I’m just glad this came out now rather than after Biden’s inauguration. No way to blame it in him.

[tavernier]

3. Not true.

Only in some counties, far far from mine.

[Hugin]

4. First off, you must realize that the Turd Reich passed on reserving nearly enough.

So, this blunder is possibly cover for that, I guess they feel we'll hate them less for a 'mystery' than criminal malfeasance and manslaughter.

Also, when it's a member of the Trump clan involved you'd better bet some percentage of the vaccine stores fell off of the back of a truck into rich people's arms.

[Timewas]

7. But

With the microsoft tracking systems in the vaccine they can track them easily!

[Hugin]

12. +1

You couldn't resist, could you?

[Timewas]

15. Nope

Too much temptation and I am weak

[mpcamb]

8. That 'didn't order enough' story is where I'd start investigating...

The crime family smells money and the conniving begins.

[Hugin]

14. Bingo!

Give that poster a gummy fish.

[Ferrets are Cool]

18. This x 1000

[Hugin]

13. No doubt.

It was a hoodie wearing mugger who vaccinated me, your honor. Honest!

[lapucelle]

5. WaPo: "Vaccine reserve was exhausted when Trump administration vowed to release it,

dashing hopes of expanded access."

States were anticipating a windfall after federal officials said they would stop holding back second doses. But the approach had already changed, and no stockpile exists.

When Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar announced this week that the federal government would begin releasing coronavirus vaccine doses that had been held in reserve for second shots, no such reserve existed, according to state and federal officials briefed on distribution plans. The Trump administration had already begun shipping out what was available, starting at the end of December, taking second doses for the two-dose regimen directly off the manufacturing line.

Now, health officials across the country who had anticipated their extremely limited vaccine supply as much as doubling beginning next week are confronting the reality that their allocations will remain largely flat, dashing hopes of dramatically expanding access for millions of elderly people and those with high-risk medical conditions. Health officials in some cities and states were informed in recent days about the reality of the situation, while others were still in the dark
Friday.

Because both of the vaccines authorized for emergency use in the United States are two-dose regimens, the Trump administration’s initial policy was to hold back second doses to protect against manufacturing disruptions. But that approach shifted in recent weeks, according to the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter.

You can read the rest here...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/01/15/trump-vaccine-reserve-used-up/

[question everything]

10. Simple question: who lied, why? When? How?

Would love to see Azar charged. For something. How did we go from releasing everything to oops?

[lapucelle]

16. That's a great question...

But it also meant there was no stockpile of second doses waiting to be shipped, as Trump administration officials suggested this week. Azar, at a briefing Tuesday, said, “Because we now have a consistent pace of production, we can now ship all of the doses that had been held in physical reserve.” He explained the decision as part of the “next phase” of the nation’s vaccination campaign.

snip================================================================================

In an email that reached some state officials on Friday morning, Christopher Sharpsten, an Operation Warp Speed director, called it a “false rumor” that “the federal government was holding back vaccine doses in warehouses to guarantee a second/booster dose.”

In fact, that information had come from Azar, who said Tuesday the “next phase” of the country’s vaccination campaign involved “releasing the entire supply we have for order by states, rather than holding second doses in physical reserve.”

snip=================================================================================

Azar initially said the Biden plan was shortsighted and potentially unethical in putting people at risk of missing their booster shots. When he embraced the change four days later, however, he did not say the original policy had already been phased out, or that the stockpile had been exhausted. Both Trump administration officials and Biden’s team have sought to reassure the public that increasing the pace of immunizations would not endanger booster shots.

snip==============================================================================

There was additional confusion from another change Azar announced this week — making allocation of doses dependent on how quickly states administer them. He originally said that would not take effect for two weeks.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/01/15/trump-vaccine-reserve-used-up/

[dweller]

6. Seems I read this last week

That Biden would release all vaccines first thing, then fatnixon said they would do it now ... so now the news is, there was none?

✌🏻

[question everything]

20. Biden announced he will use the Defense Production Act to increase vaccine production

I wonder how long it will take to get them

[dweller]

24. From 1/8/21

https://www.statnews.com/2021/01/08/bidens-plan-to-end-policy-of-keeping-covid-vaccine-doses-in-reserve-is-the-first-step-in-a-more-difficult-journey/

Biden’s plan to end policy of keeping Covid vaccine doses in reserve is the first step in a difficult journey

From 1/12/21

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/12/trump-vaccine-covid-older-adults-458114

Trump to prioritize older adults for Covid vaccines, release all doses

this pisses me off big time
🤬

✌🏻

[bluestarone]

9. Hopefully there will be hearings to

Know exactly how many doses (vials) were given to us. Then go from there.

[Mr.Bill]

17. In a short time,

There will be a nationwide policy and distribution network under President Biden. Trump's people, as usual, offered no federal guidance or plan. Priority #1 at this point, I would say, is to make sure second shots are available for those who've already had the first one.

My daughter is Vaccine coordinator at our local hospital where she is an RN/Administrator. I was shocked to hear that only 60% had been vaccinated so far, even that had enough doses for everyone. She explained they could have done everyone on the first day they had them, but they are doing them in stages so that if a large number have symptomatic reactions, it won't take as many personnel out of the picture at once. So far, things are going well and as planned,

Elderly people in the general population like my wife and myself should be getting out first on in a few weeks. The population in our county is only 60,000, so I won't be in my car waiting in line for four hours in a baseball stadium parking lot to get it. I will be notified and given an appointment at our local clinic where my family doctor works. With proper planning, this can all be done in an organized manner, something the Trump administration knows nothing about.

[Midnight Writer]

19. Did they look underneath that pile of PPE they stockpiled in case of an emergency?

Don't blame Trump.

He's not a supply clerk.

[struggle4progress]

23. To be fair, it's unreasonable to expect anyone to organize vaccine effective distribution while

planning a coup