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Originally Posted by Tmarkwald
Well, not every country was nearly as forward thinking as us...
• In Early July, the US Government committed the funds towards a vaccine, advance securing an agreement for 600 Million doses of Pfizer, then ordering from AstraZeneca, leaving the rest of world behind.
• On August 5, the US Government signed a deal for $1 Billion to Johnson and Johnson to fast track their vaccine candidate to market and agreed to purchase up to 300 million doses.
• On December 7th, Pearl Harbor Day, The US Government ordered that the investment in vaccines go to Americans first, as a priority, and that the vaccines be distributed free of charge.
• On December 12th, the first Vocid-19 vaccine was authorized by the FDA for persons 16 and over.
• On December 23rd, a second order or 400 million vaccine doses was ordered form both Pfizer and AstraZeneca, furthering our potential stockpile of the vaccine.
• The distribution framework was established and the vaccines were sent out immediately and inoculations began, starting with our most vulnerable citizens
As paranoid as Canada has been, it is amazing they don't have everyone vaccinated. We're only 12 days away from the entire US having an opportunity to get the vaccine..
Biden announces April 19 deadline to make all adults eligible for Covid vaccine |
The key reason Canada is behind the US in vaccine delivery has nothing to do with Canada's willingness to purchase vaccine or lack of planning. Look at your item for Dec 7th where the US ordered that vaccine not be shipped to our allies until we had enough for our needs.
You can see the
contracts Canada had in place:
Canada to receive 2 million doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India (February 26, 2021)
Public Services and Procurement Canada has signed agreements with seven companies to secure access to seven COVID-19 vaccine candidates (November 19, 2020)
AstraZeneca: New agreements to secure additional vaccine Candidates for COVID-19 (September 25, 2020)
Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline: Government of Canada signs new agreement to secure additional vaccine candidate and treatment for COVID-19 (September 22, 2020)
Medicago: Prime Minister announces funding to advance the development of Canadian COVID-19 vaccine technologies (October 23, 2020)
Johnson & Johnson and Novavax: New measures to ensure the supply of future vaccines and therapies against COVID-19 (August 31, 2020)
Pfizer and Moderna: Government of Canada announces major steps in treating and preventing COVID-19 through vaccines and therapies (August 5, 2020)
By Nov 19 2020 Canada had agreements to acquire up to 414 million doses of vaccine which is 10 doses for each person. Which product would be used depended on licensing and shipment, but Canada had arranged in plenty of time to get vaccine. Somehow it has been very slow in getting delivered to our great neighbor to the north.