Thread by @ElkeBabiuk

1) Conservative Premiers & #cdnmedia are blaming PMJT for vaccine delays & want to see Pharma contracts.

Some are accusing PMJT for taking vaccines from poor countries (COVAX) which is not true.

#abpoli #skpoli #mbpoli #qcpoli #onpoli #qcpoli #cdnpoli
globalnews.ca/news/7621318/t…

2) Vaccines coming thru COVAX were always meant to benefit Canada & poor countries. We're also one of COVAX's top donors so that poor countries have access to vaccines.

PMJT "...encouraged premiers to tell their constituents ... that weekly disruptions in supplies are to be

3) expected, but that he has been assured by the CEOs of both Pfizer and Moderna that they will meet their contractual obligations to Canada to provide a combined 6 million doses by the end of March."

4) Premiers/MSM demanded the release of Pharma/Vaccine contracts our Gov signed. PMJT refused as he should have. The EU won't release their contracts either as Pharma have NDAs with all contracts so please stop asking already!

"...the Canadian government’s contracts with vaccine

5) manufacturers put obligations on vaccine makers to hit delivery targets on a quarterly basis, and that there is nothing in those contracts that requires a company to meet weekly delivery schedules [as Premiers continually demand to know when vaccines are coming]."

more coming

6) "...conservative-leaning premiers are still operating under the assumption that Trudeau is some kind of naïf who can barely put his own pants on let alone govern a country (while most of them believe themselves to be super-geniuses)."
#cdnpoli
routineproceedings.com/2021/02/05/rou…

7) Maclean’s goes through the procurement process for vaccines and while no secrets are divulged, some calculations on the part of pharma companies are fleshed out, including knowing that our public healthcare system may make our rollout smoother.
#cdnpoli
macleans.ca/longforms/insi…

8) COVAX vaccine fund ‘always’ intended to help vaccinate Canadians....

“COVAX is not a fund for developing countries only but a mechanism to ensure equitable access to vaccines for all countries that are participating in it, including Canada...”
#cdnpoli
globalnews.ca/news/7620505/c…

9) "The level of misinformation and political rhetoric circulating online and in the media is deeply concerning." threadreaderapp.com/thread/1358078…

10. Excellent thread on Covax: "We can't say we're setting up this amazing, unique universal scheme, to ensure vaccine equity and prevent chaos, then say we secretly don't actually want some participants to ever benefit from it." threadreaderapp.com/thread/1357862…

11: My earlier THREAD - Must be PMJT'S fault:
Our RW media is determined to take down our PM despite the fact that Europe has similar problems with vaccine access & it's manufactured there: threadreaderapp.com/thread/1357631…

12 "If I say your pizza will arrive in 30 minutes and you don’t have it in 12 it doesn’t mean it’s a botched pizza rollout."

13) Here’s why Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine shipments to Canada have been delayed

"...it will “meet its contractual commitments for the first quarter and the following quarters in order to deliver 40 million doses by the end of the third quarter.”
#cdnpoli

https://twitter.com/aballinga/status/1358865191845437440

14) A COVID-19 vaccine life cycle: from DNA to doses

Making a vaccine against the coronavirus is a complicated, months-long process. Pfizer is working to get it done faster."

usatoday.com/in-depth/news/…

15) Singh, O'Toole, & Paul should stop dumping on our PM for global vaccine shortages. #cdnmedia need to push back on the blame game. It's laughable given other countries have the same problem.

France and Germany threaten AstraZeneca over vaccine shortage
theguardian.com/society/2021/j…

16) Temporary Pfizer vaccine delays are 'largely behind us,' procurement minister says

Hopefully, Conservative Premiers are ready

#cdnpoli
cbc.ca/news/politics/…

17) Provinces administer, Feds distribute. THREAD

https://twitter.com/trevortombe/status/1358936305376260104?s=20