Thread by @DonnaYoungDC

#FDA's #VRBPAC doesn't meet until Dec. 10 on $PFE/ $BNTX & Dec. 17 for $MRNA/#NIH vaccines. Does Meadows think he can really push FDA to move the dates up sooner?
What is Meadows & Trump doing to ensure states have enough funding to actually distribute #COVID19 #vaccines?

https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/1334175392555536384

Maybe Topol needs to ask his friend @SteveFDA if that meeting went so well yesterday & Hahn stood up for #FDA then, why is Meadows & Hahn doing it all over again today?

https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1333907183344308224

#COVID19 #vaccines

It was just last week when @SecAzar insisted the "proof was in the pudding" about Trump & pressuring #FDA.

So, two trips in two days to the White House for @SteveFDA.

What kind of pudding are they making at the White House @SecAzar?

https://twitter.com/DonnaYoungDC/status/1331281509366509574

#COVID19 #vaccines

Recall, it's @SecAzar who keeps insisting states have enough funds to distribute #COVID19 #vaccines [States say no].

Distribution will largely fall to @JoeBiden @KamalaHarris admin to carry out.

So are Azar & Trump trying to set up the #BidenHarris administration for failure?

.@SecAzar & #WarpSpeed up next at 12:15pmET
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#COVID19 #vaccines #pharma #biotech #MaskUp

.@SecAzar mentions "concerning epidemiological trends" & then jumps right to praise/PR over #COVID19 #vaccines, without actually acknowledging 271,000+ Americans are dead.
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#WarpSpeed #pandemic

Dashboard for #COVID19 treatments Azar mentioned.
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#WarpSpeed #pandemic

While @SecAzar at today's briefing insisting #COVID19 #vaccines going through rigorous #FDA review process, @SteveFDA reportedly back at the White House today being pressured to speed up the process even faster.

#VRBPAC meeting Dec. 10 for $PFE / $BNTX & Dec. 17 for $MRNA.

#WarpSpeed Slaoui calls the #COVID19 vaccine data around $PFE $BNTX clear & transparent.
UK got this: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
gov.uk/government/pub…
US got press releases so far.

#WarpSpeed Perna: We are planning to be ready when EUA is approved.
It's not about getting in front of EUA.
It's so we have everything locked so when EUA comes can distribute.
You can't execute if you don't have a plan.

#COVID19 #vaccines

#WarpSpeed Perna says only half the #COVID19 #vaccines doses will be sent to jurisdictions & agencies b/c 2-dose shots to start.
Then, 21 days later for $PFE & 28 days for $MRNA, send second half of allocations to ensure don't over administer/ensure supply of 2nd dose.

#WarpSpeed Perna: The states know their people/populations the best.

"Our responsibility is to enable" states/territories/jurisdictions plans.

40M total doses in December. Then push as vaccine becomes available. Not waiting for cluster & then push.

#COVID19 #vaccines

#WarpSpeed Perna says after initial 40M #COVID19 #vaccines distributed, "We visualize each week vaccines getting out."

#WarpSpeed Perna commends #CDC for its work.
Well-trained experts set up elaborate coordination with states. Run daily/weekly meetings. Make recommendations about how test to operationalize/enable plans.
Well done.

#COVID19 #vaccines

#WarpSpeed Perna: We want to enable/empower jurisdictions to execute their plans.
That is our sole goal/responsibility to do.
Over-communication is an asset to our execution.

#COVID19 #vaccines

#WarpSpeed Perna: #Vaccines are only as good as being administered to American people.
Be informed in your process. Don't allow one headline to determine what you're going to do.

#COVID19

#WarpSpeed Slaoui:
20M people vaccinated in December
30M people vaccinated in January
50M people vaccinated in February with $PFE/ $BNTX & $MRNA/NIH #COVID19 #vaccines.

There is a chance may have more in February if $JNJ gets approved.

#WarpSpeed Slaoui on $PFE / $BNTX UK approval: We don't know how the process has taken place. We stay totally away from #FDA. There's rolling submissions.
We know FDA process is completely transparent process.
MHRA is extremely high-grade agency.

#COVID19 #vaccines

Q: Data-use agreements from jurisdictions?
#WarpSpeed Perna: Down to 17. Down to dot the "I" & cross the "T" & feel confident all data-use agreements & everything will be alright.

#COVID19 #vaccines

#WarpSpeed Slaoui notes #CDC & #FDA both have #vaccines tracking & monitoring systems in place [VA, too] for adverse events.

#COVID19

Meanwhile, @SecAzar is at #ForbesHealth trying to justify what Trump administration has done to the U.S. health care system.

Reminder: Trump failed in trying to replace #Obamacare in his four years in office [no plan ever revealed] & never lowered #drugprices.

#WarpSpeed Slaoui: In the trials, people were recruited in not having overt #COVID19 disease.
5 to 10% were seropositive to COVID-19, which means they likely had mild disease.
So we know #vaccines are safe in those populations.

#WarpSpeed Slaoui: If states choose hub/spoke & require additional assets/support, we've been talking to them about having detailed plan/specificity.
They've received funding: $200M & additional $140M this month [@ASTHO said states/jurisdictions need about $9B]
#COVID19 #vaccines

#WarpSpeed Perna says 5 U.S. federal agencies will receive #COVID19 #vaccines doses: Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense, Department of State, Indian Health Services & the Bureau of Federal Prisons.

Q: Chalk line Dec. 15? Pressure on #FDA?
#WarpSpeed: I'm an Army general & Army generals plan.
They filed EUA this day. Then #VRBPAC on this day.
Somewhere in this window probably earliest opportunity for EUA.
White Board speculates only if EUA approved would distribution begin.

#WarpSpeed Perna on Dec. 15 distribution timeline: It is a white board plan. It is meant to help us prepare but it is not constraining with execution & no interference with #FDA.

#COVID19 #vaccines

Q: What if $JNJ #COVID19 vaccine get EUA?
#WarpSpeed Slaoui: One dose but also studying two-dose. [Interesting he used "we" in speaking about J&J vaccine.]

It will literally enter into the cadence. It's going to be a more efficient/faster strategy to immunize.

#vaccines

And @SteveFDA was over at @CBS with @DrLaPook today, too talking #COVID19 #vaccines

facebook.com/watch/live/?v=…

#VRPBAC

Again noting @SecAzar didn't even acknowledge the number of dead today in his briefing. He quickly noted "concerning epidemiological trends" & then moved on.

More than 271,000 Americans are dead under Azar's watch.

Accountability?
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#COVID19 #pandemic

I asked #HHS about #WarpSpeed Slaoui's remarks today on 20M vaccinated #COVID19 in Dec, 30M Jan & 50M Feb for total of 100M.
HHS pointed me to Fox interview where he said 50M "BY" February. So Slaoui gave conflicting info today 🙄
video.foxnews.com/v/621359560700…

https://twitter.com/DonnaYoungDC/status/1334191504705933316

ICYMI: US aims for 100 million COVID-19 vaccinations by March – White House adviser spglobal.com/marketintellig… #COVID19 #vaccines #WarpSpeed $PFE $BNTX $MRNA