Governors to decide who gets vaccines first, health secretary says

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Moderna Inc. said it will apply to the Food and Drug Administration for emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine, as the latest study results confirm the shots offer strong protection.

This comes a week after Pfizer asked for FDA authorization for its vaccine (developed with its German partner BioNTech).

On "CBS This Morning" Monday, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said, if approved, vaccines could be available in the United States before Christmas, and that it would be governors who decide which segments of the population would be first in line to receive them.

Azar said that, after Pfizer applied for its Emergency Use Authorization, the FDA announced an advisory committee meeting for December 10. "If everything is on track, everything proves out what it appears to be, we could be looking at approval within days after that," he said. "Moderna is basically one week behind that. And General Perna [the chief operating officer of Operation Warp Speed] said that we'll ship within 24 hours of FDA authorization


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[still_one]

1. Why can't there be a uniform plan. That is what the situation has been since this pandemic has

started.

Whether we are talking about masks and PPE, large group gatherings, etc.

Absolutely no leadership at the Federal level

I wonder if any states will take an anti-vaxer approach, then what?

In addition, the two leading candidates require two shots, about 28 days apart, along with storage and other issues, so that needs to be carefully co-ordinated

[Hugin]

3. This ensures that in red states vaccine allocation will be politically driven...

Also, it will be difficult for Biden/Harris to reverse course when they take office.

The COVID cluster f**k continues.

[still_one]

4. With no direction and priority set that the states should follow, this would be with us for a

long time

Fortunately, we have a new administration coming in January, that should make a clear uniform distribution plan

[Hugin]

6. I certainly hope so.

There are three states which come immediately to mind where the Governors are the last people who should be in charge of the allocation of any vaccine or benefit of any kind.

[still_one]

7. Yes. We need guidelines

[bluestarone]

2. Don't agree with this.

Hope this isn't the full story.

[still_one]

5. I am just glad we have a new administration coming in January which I believe

will provide direction and priority set that states should follow

[bluestarone]

8. YES!

Get away from this RUMP Bullshit!

[Clearly fogged in]

9. Wouldn't that be ...who gets vaccine next?

Who, and to how many others, get the vaccines before the governors?