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-Land of the Free
Trump administration 'compiled secret list' to decide which nations would receive COVID vaccine first: Allies were placed at the top ahead of poorer more desperate countries
2022-01-29
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Isn't that the way it's supposed to be?
Sure. Limited supplies at first go to those who can pay in cash or in kind, thus financing increased production. This is the power of capitalism.
  • Confidential vaccine distribution list developed under former President Trump

  • Administration prepared a secret list of which nations would get the doses first

  • It placed allied nations ahead of poorer ones with greater needs

  • The secret list was drawn up during the second half of 2020 and prioritized nations based on their strategic relationship with the U.S.

  • First on the list were allies, including Israel, Taiwan, South Korea, Canada, and several European nations, despite having perfectly good health-care systems

  • The countries also had their own financial resources to buy their own doses and had good infrastructure for it to be distributed

  • Next on the list were countries involved with the development of the vaccine

  • Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, a public–private global health partnership with the goal of increasing access to immunization in poor countries, was third on the list

  • Fourth came all the other countries that were not already in any other category

  • The Trump plan never went into action because the Biden administration came to power before the vaccination effort had been fully set up
Posted by:Skidmark

#9  Because the only time somebody considers Algeria as a top tier medical researcher is when Fauci needs to torture puppies without breaking the law?

Limited medical supplies go to those who can produce more medical supplies. Let me know when Somalia is in that group.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-01-29 10:58  

#8  ^ yes. Look at the death rates as of last September for Israel (61% double-vaccinated rate) and for the Palestinian Territories (17% double vaccinated rate): 0.079% for each. Identical.

The death rates are likely even worse for Israel now. The number of adverse side effects in Israel is soaring.

So actually, OrangeMan had it backwards: the jab is our era's version of smallpox blankets.

Live and learn, I guess.
Or not
Posted by: Merrick Ferret   2022-01-29 09:57  

#7  I'm trying to figure out what's wrong in such a list.

Those complaining weren't on the list.
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-01-29 09:57  

#6  Should have prioritized sending it to our enemies.
Posted by: Angstrom   2022-01-29 09:49  

#5  I'm trying to figure out what's wrong in such a list.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2022-01-29 09:44  

#4  Not only did Biden save the world, but also - OrangeManBad, still.
Posted by: Bobby   2022-01-29 08:37  

#3  More desperate? Did they vote with the US in the UN? Send them a book on "How to Make Friends and Influence People".
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-01-29 08:25  

#2  "In the event that the oxygen masks deploy, adults should place their own mask on their face first, then help children put on masks." There's a reason for that...
Posted by: M. Murcek    2022-01-29 06:34  

#1  I would agree with the "initial" selectivity process.

Rule #1 You take care of yourself and Family, before you take others.

NOTE: We are talking the initial development and release of a experimental VAX, not whether the country had a "...perfectly good health-care systems" .

Where was the Pfizer and BioNTech VAX initially made?
Posted by: NN2N1   2022-01-29 05:46  

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