There’s an argument going between between certain federal departments and the White House about the risk of these doses being wasted.
AstraZeneca has asked the US government if Europe could borrow these doses, which would be later replaced.
One of the problems with that idea is Europe’s widely reported ‘vaccine nationalism’ – where it blocks paid-for exports of the vaccine in order to use it in its own citizens.
Australia was caught out this way two weeks ago when Italy refused to export 250,000 doses.
The vaccine has been authorised for use in at least 70 countries – and will be the vaccine given to most Australians.
The main reason why the US is refusing to share its AstraZeneca stockpile with countries in need is because it’s not a good look, politically, at home.
Maybe the EU should offer to pay for them as the US did instead of asking to 'borrow' them with a promise to replace them at some vague point in the future.The USA has about 50 million AZ doses, but they are all sitting in the fridge, and they won't share them with the EU
I don't understand why the USA is not using them for its own citizens!Maybe the EU should offer to pay for them as the US did instead of asking to 'borrow' them with a promise to replace them at some vague point in the future.
Because they haven't been approved for use yet - quite simple.I don't understand why the USA is not using them for its own citizens!
Unlike the EU.....getting its AZ from India, which isn't refusing to share.
I don't understand why the USA is not using them for its own citizens!
Why the AstraZeneca vaccine is delayed in the U.S. despite a widespread rollout
Company has yet to submit data to FDA
“As a consumer of this information, it's been actually quite confusing to make sense of the AstraZeneca data,” said Dr. Christian Ramers of Family Health Centers of San Diego.
"Compared to the clinical trials run by Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson, “it’s been a lot messier with AstraZeneca,” Ramers said.
AstraZeneca launched clinical trials in the U.S. and a handful of other countries last summer. A few weeks in, someone had an adverse reaction and the trials were paused worldwide Sept. 6 to investigate.
The company got permission to resume the study in the U.K. six days later. But the FDA didn’t allow the U.S. trials to restart for more than a month, on Oct. 23.
“My understanding is that the clinical trial sites in the U.S. were on pause for a prolonged period because there was not great information sharing between the company and what the FDA asked for,” Dr. Ramers said.
Then in November AstraZeneca revealed there was a mistake in one of the studies. Some British volunteers were accidentally given a half-dose of the shot, rather than a full dose."
Were it left up to the US politicians they would not only give fishing rods to people in the Sahara, each one would cost the taxpayer $1000 and the politicians would claim it as a huge victory in the fight against world hunger Worse than that is they'd likely get re-elected next time around Which is why I fully understand the reasons I haven't gotten my Covid vaccination yet- smart just gets diluted when poured into a sea of stupidYou should not give a hungry man a fish, you should give him a fishing rod,,,,,,,, unless he live in a desert, cuz that would just be cruel
The EU leadership is made up of unelected politicians, there is no way that the citizens or press can roll their heads!I have a feeling that there will be many 'heads rolling' in the EU during future days when there's more time to focus on that once this pandemic becomes less of a problem, and again I'd have no problem with that either.
In a different age this is the kind of event that could have lead to war.The EU cannot do this, and moreso needs to be held accountable for seizing legal shipments of vaccine intended for other Nations which originate in or pass through the EU. I have a feeling that there will be many 'heads rolling' in the EU during future days when there's more time to focus on that once this pandemic becomes less of a problem, and again I'd have no problem with that either.
Phil
I think you underestimate how expensive government supplied fishing rods specially designed to catch sand fish would really be.Were it left up to the US politicians they would not only give fishing rods to people in the Sahara, each one would cost the taxpayer $1000 and the politicians would claim it as a huge victory in the fight against world hunger
Phil
But why not?The short answer is that AstraZeneca hasn’t submitted an application
The government has no power to force a private company to apply to the government for any reason.70 other nations have approved it, and people in the USA are dying through not receiving vaccine, so shouldn't your government have ensured that the application be made ASAP.
No legal power maybe, but most of the delay must be down to the government, since 70 other governments have approved the vaccine!The government has no power to force a private company to apply to the government for any reason.
But why not?
70 other nations have approved it, and people in the USA are dying through not receiving vaccine, so shouldn't your government have ensured that the application be made ASAP.
The FDA is known for insisting on U.S. clinical trials rather than data from other countries, and the FDA has a history of taking a longer look at drugs than other health agencies.
Famously, European regulators approved a morning sickness pill in the 1950s called thalidomide while the FDA chose to wait for more data.
The FDA’s cautious approach proved wise. The pill turned out to cause serious birth defects.
that one was a shocker too, thalidomide had falsified data to get it onto the market