Unlike the ultra-cold temperature of minus 80 degrees Celsius required for the $PFE $BNTX #COVID19 vaccine, the $MRNA product can be shipped and stored at the standard freezer temperature, making it easier to be transported to small and more rural areas, Gen. Gustave Perna noted.
As of midday Dec. 20, about 2.84 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine had been distributed and 556,208 doses had been administered, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.

$PFE $BNTX $MRNA #CDC #COVID19 #vaccines
Gen. Gus Perna said he was solely to blame for the miscommunication that led to last week's allocations of $PFE #COVID19 vaccine initially forecast to states to be significantly cut, while the company said it had millions of doses sitting in its warehouse waiting to be shipped.
The initial #COVID19 vaccine allocation plans were mistakenly based only on the number of doses produced but not yet "releasable" by the FDA, Perna said.

"It looked very good on paper," he told reporters. "It was my fault."

#vaccines $PFE $BNTX
During a special Dec. 19 weekend session, #CDC's #ACIP voted 11 to 0 in favor of recommending emergency use of Moderna's #COVID19 vaccine.
"This represents progress towards ending this horrific pandemic," said panelist Beth Bell, clinical professor of global health at @UW.

$MRNA
At the #ACIP meeting, the #CDC said that as of Dec. 18, the number of cases of anaphylaxis reported in the U.S. with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine had grown to six. Two cases of allergic reaction had earlier been reported in the U.K.

$PFE $BNTX #COVID19 #vaccines
Peter Marks, director of @FDACBER, told reporters Dec. 18 that a possible "culprit" behind the allergic reactions may be polyethylene glycol — a component in both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna #vaccines — though he emphasized investigations were ongoing.

$PFE $BNTX $MRNA
The #CDC posted new recommendations on its website Dec. 19 about how to treat and report severe allergic reactions with #COVID19 #vaccines.

$PFE $BNTX $MRNA
On Dec. 20, #CDC's #ACIP voted 13 to 1 in favor of recommending the next phase of U.S. vaccinations include people age 75+ & frontline essential workers, like firefighters, police, teachers, correctional facility guards, grocery store employees & @USPS — the Phase 1b group.
Members of Congress and some senior administration officials started receiving COVID-19 shots on Dec. 18.

President-elect @JoeBiden was scheduled to get vaccinated on Dec. 21.

#COVID19 #vaccines $MRNA $PFE $BNTX

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22 Dec
Azar on @CBSThisMorning insisting it's important for him to get $MRNA #COVID19 vax today b/c he's a "leader."
Azar's wife tested positive & he's refusing to quarantine & he's been at photo ops/briefings.
Today, he'll be at #NIH, putting Fauci, @NIHDirector, others at risk
Leader?
Is it leadership to refuse to quarantine, claim you're an "essential worker" to get around that quarantine, hold photo ops putting others potentially at risk, not to mention stepping in front of health care workers at #NIH to get $MRNA #COVID19 vaccine?
1 month left Azar at #HHS
Would it have shown better leadership to follow #CDC's advice, #stayhome & #quarantine after being exposed to #COVID19 & wait your turn to get $MRNA vaccine rather than stepping in front of critical health care workers?

Azar claimed he gets the shot today b/c he's a "leader."
Read 30 tweets
22 Dec
.@NIHDirector Collins, please answer this question:

Azar isn't following #CDC guidelines. His wife tested positive for #COVID19.

What example is Azar setting by potentially exposing Fauci, others at #NIH Tuesday - so that Azar can be part of the $MRNA vaccine photo op?
Azar has refused to acknowledge the deaths of 320,000 Americans from #COVID19 on his watch. Every time he's asked about it, he finds a way to turn the question into something all about himself/personal life or just moves on & claims victory with #vaccines/drugs, etc.
Now within days of his wife testing positive for #COVID19, Azar - who hasn't been quarantining & has been doing photo ops/briefings - will be at #NIH to get one of the first shots of $MRNA vaccine, standing near Drs. Fauci & @NIHDirector Collins.

Why is NIH allowing this?
Read 4 tweets
21 Dec
President-elect @JoeBiden got the $PFE - $BNTX #COVID19 vaccine at @christianacare, administered by Tabe Masa, a nurse practitioner & head of employee health services at the hospital.
@DrBiden got her shot of $PFE - $BNTX vaccine earlier today.
Meanwhile, #NIAID Director Anthony Fauci, @NIHDirector Francis Collins & @NIHClinicalCntr frontline workers will get $MRNA #COVID19 shot tomorrow morning 10amET. Azar also will get the vaccine. #NIH #vaccines
Keep in mind tomorrow when Azar is getting $MRNA #COVID19 shot that he has overseen this calamity, downplayed it, sidelined @DrNancyM_CDC & #CDC experts & refuses to acknowledge 318,000 Americans are dead on his watch.
He again ignored the number of dead during today's briefing.
Read 5 tweets
21 Dec
There's another #WarpSpeed briefing today at 11:30amET
hhs.gov/live/live-1/in…

While officials declare victory with #COVID19 #vaccines, keep in mind nearly 318,000 Americans have lost their lives -- lives lost Trump & Azar refuse to acknowledge.

$MRNA $PFE $BNTX #MaskUp
Reminder: 318,000 Americans have died of #COVID19.

Alex Azar refuses to acknowledge that at his briefings.
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#COVID19 #vaccines $MRNA $PFE $BNTX
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2 Dec
#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?
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?

#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?


#COVID19 #vaccines
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