CDC director says federal government does not know how much Covid vaccine the U.S. has

[SheltieLover]

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/01/24/cdc-director-government-does-not-know-how-much-covid-vaccine-the-us-has.html

PUBLISHED SUN, JAN 24 2021 6:52 PM EST
UPDATED SUN, JAN 24 2021 6:55 PM EST

WASHINGTON – The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Sunday that the federal government does not know how much coronavirus vaccine the nation has, a complication that adds to the already herculean task before the Biden administration.

"I can't tell you how much vaccine we have, and if I can't tell it to you then I can't tell it to the governors and I can't tell it to the state health officials," CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky told "Fox News Sunday."

"If they don't know how much vaccine they're getting not just this week but next week and the week after they can't plan. They can't figure out how many sites to roll out, they can't figure out how many vaccinators that they need, and they can't figure out how many appointments to make for the public," Walensky said.

In a dig at the Trump administration, Walensky said the lack of knowledge of vaccine supply is indicative of "the challenges we've been left with."

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[Irish_Dem]

1. The drug companies have records of how much was sold to the US.

And the states know how much they received.

Seems like simple math.

[rzemanfl]

3. I don't trust our Governor to tell

the truth. So there’s that.

[ShazzieB]

18. Yeah, some governors are trustworthy, aome aren't.

I'm lucky enough to have a governor I feel I can trust, but that is obviously far from a universal situation.

[SoonerPride]

4. A - B ?

Variables not shown are how much was lost, stolen, misappropriated and vanished into a black market.

So unfortunately they have slipshod record keeping or nonexistent paper trails and literally have no idea how much supply is available.

IOW the Trump administration was a complete fiscal shit show Enterprise that was equal parts incompetent and evil

[Irish_Dem]

11. Exactly, that is my point. The reason we cannot get numbers is the black market.

Trump et al are very competent when it comes to stealing anything valuable.

[sheshe2]

10. Yet what we don't know...

Yet what we don't know is how much of that was skimmed off the top by the DT admin. We don't know how much was skimmed off the top for family and big donors. We don't know what was sold to other countries for profit.

What we do know, is that it happened. We just don't know how much.

[Irish_Dem]

12. Exactly my point. That is why no numbers are available.

We know for certain Trump and Jared had their hands in the vaccine supply.

[sheshe2]

14. I just want to cry.

This should not be where we are. This didn't have to be this way.

They left America to die of a hideous virus, one that survivors will not survive without health repercussions. Why did they do this? They did it all for profit.

[Irish_Dem]

15. They did not care at all about the American people.

Half a million deaths mean nothing to them.
Greed is the only thing that matters.

With Joe, he is going to care about every single death.
It will be personal for him.

[sheshe2]

16. Agree.

With Joe and Dems it will be personal. We have a good chance with them behind us.

However the GOP is set on taking us down as is another faction. Do as we say...or else. A half million deaths and some will just...

[RockRaven]

2. Pence, Azar, and Redfield should be sitting in front of a federal grand jury right now answering

questions.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

5. Meanwhile, send somebody down to the warehouse to start counting.

[ShazzieB]

19. ...and a certain pretty boy named Kushner!

Jared's hand is in that cookie jar for sure!

[magicarpet]

6. Jared snuck all the vaccines out the backdoor. It is in a warehouse,....

.... in New York. He intends to make a fortune off the vials. Six shots per vial. He wants $25,000 per vaccine shot. Jared only wants to deal with the very well to do,... CASH up front ONLY (no checks/credit cards).

[sop]

7. Last year Kushner referred to the national stockpile of medical supplies as "our stockpile."

Trump probably thought the vaccine supply belonged to him as well, to do with as he wished. I wouldn't be surprised if the despicable POS was skimming vaccine supplies for personal gain.

[SheltieLover]

8. Yes he did!

[jpak]

9. Fuck you Jared

And fuck you Trump

[Ferrets are Cool]

13. Someone please tell me why the CDC Director is giving this news out on Faux Snooze????

I truly do not understand this?

Wouldn't have been better for the Press Secretary to give the press this news?

[BigmanPigman]

17. When the election was still too close to call

but tRump was slightly ahead I said out loud, "Oh no, now we'll never get better" meaning the citizens in the US. In 2016 about a week after the election I said out loud, "I don't feel safe anymore". In 2016 I never imagined something like the pandemic. Now I think that I subconsciously knew we weren't safe in many ways.