Thread by @DonnaYoungDC

#CDC has scheduled an emergency meeting of #ACIP for Dec. 1 to vote on which groups of Americans should receive the limited initial doses of the #COVID19 #vaccines once those products are cleared for the U.S. market.

https://twitter.com/SPGMIHealthcare/status/1333360463854383107

On Dec. 1, #CDC's #ACIP is expected to vote on whether the 21 million U.S. healthcare personnel & 1.3 million residents of long-term care facilities should be first in line for the #COVID19 shots — phase 1a of the vaccination program.

If both the $PFE - $BNTX and $MRNA-NIAID #COVID19 #vaccines are granted EUAs in December, there are expected to be only enough doses by the end of 2020 to vaccinate about 20 million people in the U.S., with more doses not coming for the other 310 million Americans until later.

The earlier vote by the #ACIP will now give U.S. states and territories more time to consider the #CDC panel's recommendations.

#COVID19 #vaccines

Meanwhile, President-elect @JoeBiden and Vice President-elect @KamalaHarris have expanded their COVID-19 Advisory Board, adding three more members to the panel.

#COVID19 #BidenHarrisTransition

NIAID Director Anthony #Fauci said the U.S. may see a surge of #COVID19 cases a few weeks into December "superimposed" on the current surge.

#vaccines #pandemic

Also, Canada took a major step late last week to stop drugs from being exported in bulk from the country into the U.S. by wholesalers and pharmacies under a program created by the Trump administration.

#DrugPrices #drugimportation #FDA

ICYMI: Capitol Checkup: CDC calls emergency COVID-19 vaccine meeting; Canada hobbles Trump's import plan spglobal.com/marketintellig… #CDC #ACIP #COVID19 #vaccines $PFE $BNTX $MRNA #NIH #Fauci #drugprices #drugpricing #BidenHarrisTransition

.@SecAzar on @CBSThisMorning says Trump admin will call out any inequities in allocation of #COVID19 #vaccines.

Reminder: Trump, Chris Christie & Ben Carson all got VIP access to very limited doses of COVID-19 antibody drugs.

So, will they really ensure no VIP vaccine access?