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RICHMOND, Va. — When tiny glass vials of coronavirus vaccine began rolling off production lines late last year, federal health officials set aside a big stash for nursing homes being ravaged by the virus. Health providers around the country figured as well that it was prudent to squirrel away vials to ensure that everyone who got a first dose of vaccine got a second one.

Two months later, it is clear both strategies went overboard.

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Vaccine availability remains the big challenge before anticipated surge in cases, expert says

Thu, 2021-02-18 10:15 — mike kraft

Vaccine availability remains the big challenge before anticipated surge in cases, expert says After the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned that severe weather around the US will delay Covid-19 vaccine deliveries in the coming days, infectious disease expert Michael Osterholm says this will not slow down production, it will just delay when the shots get into people’s arms.

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UN says 130 countries have not received a single Covid vaccine dose

Wed, 2021-02-17 20:18 — mike kraft

'Wildly unfair': UN says 130 countries have not received a single Covid vaccine dose UN secretary general calls for ‘global vaccine taskforce’ led by G20 in what he says is a ‘moral test’ of world community Associated Press the Guardian

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Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine supply to the EU 30% below plans, sources say

Wed, 2021-02-17 10:15 — mike kraft

Exclusive: Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine supply to the EU 30% below plans, sources say Pfizer has not yet delivered to the European Union about 10 million COVID-19 vaccine doses that were due in December, EU officials said, leaving it about one-third short of the supplies it had expected by now from the U.S. company. Francesco Guarascio U.S.

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Dr. Fauci says the timeline on when the general public will be able to get a vaccine slips at least a month.

Tue, 2021-02-16 16:56 — mike kraft

Dr. Fauci shifts the timeline on when the general public will be able to get a vaccine Dr. Anthony Fauci said vaccines will be available to the general public by about mid to late May or early June, he told CNN's Jim Sciutto on Tuesday. Christina Maxouris, Eric Levenson and Naomi Thomas, CNN CNN

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Despite stockpiles, Hospitals still ration medical N95 masks

Tue, 2021-02-16 16:41 — mike kraft

Hospitals still ration medical N95 masks as stockpiles swell Mike Bowen’s warehouse outside Fort Worth, Texas, was piled high with cases of medical-grade N95 face masks. His company, Prestige Ameritech, can churn out 1 million masks every four days, but he... AP NEWS

One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, many millions of N95 masks are pouring out of American factories and heading into storage. Yet doctors and nurses like Turner say there still aren’t nearly enough in the “ICU rooms with high-flow oxygen and COVID germs all over.”

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