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Michael , we're ready to go . Are you 

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going to make an announcement ? 

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Great . Good morning , everyone . And 

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thank you for joining this operation . 

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Warp speed update today we continue to 

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have good news to report . As of today , 

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shipments of vaccine will have been 

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delivered to every delivery site 

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jurisdictions for our first wave of 

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shipments . I hope that every American 

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has been as heartened as so many of us 

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at HHS and D . O . D have been to see 

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heroic healthcare workers and 

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vulnerable Americans getting vaccinated . 

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This week , I had the chance to see 

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this work firsthand myself . A two 

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sites at George Washington University 

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Hospital and this morning at MedStar 

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Georgetown University Hospital . What I 

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took away from those visits is this . 

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While Operation Warp speeds delivery of 

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vaccines on this time frame is 

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extraordinary , administering these 

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vaccines can feel quite ordinary at 

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G W . They were administering vaccines 

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just like they do any other vaccines . 

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But with all the appropriate social 

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distancing precautions at Georgetown 

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this morning , the Director of Pharmacy , 

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Jeff Cox , showed me the Pfizer 

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packaging that he had received showed 

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me the GPS tracking and the cold chain 

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storage tracking devices that connect 

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directly in to General Pernis Command 

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Center , where every single fighter box 

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is tracked and monitored on temperature 

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control for excursions . And he showed 

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me they're cold storage facilities show 

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and he walked me through this very 

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simple thawing , mixing an extraction 

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process . And he said , Other than that , 

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this is co vid . This is pretty 

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standard . This is what we dio , And 

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that's been the message from very 

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virtually every partner that we're 

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working with in this endeavor . Every 

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We have a great deal of work in the 

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coming months to get a vaccine every 

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American who wants one . But we're 

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confident in our approach to using the 

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healthcare providers and institutions 

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like hospitals and pharmacies that do 

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such a good job of providing tens of 

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millions of vaccines to Americans every 

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year for next week , we have allocated 

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another approximately two million doses 

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of fighters vaccine for jurisdictions 

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to use . And if Madonna's vaccine is 

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authorized by the FDA in the coming 

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days , we have allocated nearly 5.9 

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million doses of that product . As many 

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of you know , on Tuesday , the FDA 

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released the analysis that we use to 

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brief it's independent advisory 

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committee meeting tomorrow . The agency 

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concluded that the vaccine is 94.5% 

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effective in reducing the incidence of 

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Covad 19 among the treated group , 

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which far exceeds the standard FDA has 

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set forth for emergency use 

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authorization . And they concluded that 

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the vaccine is safe . If and when the 

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Madonna vaccine is authorized , it will 

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have gone through the same rigorous 

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procedures that the Pfizer vaccine did 

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and that every ow s vaccine receiving 

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emergency authorization will go through . 

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That includes clinical trials much 

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larger than many trials . Many vaccine 

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trials , UM , Independent Data Safety 

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trials . The drug companies own ethical 

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standards and checks and balances . The 

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FDA is Independent , Transparent 

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transparent guidance standards for 

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emergencies , authorizations for covert 

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vaccines . And finally , the FDA is 

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career scientific experts applying the 

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standards that they have publicly 

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shared . We've been heartened to see 

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that Americans vaccine confidence is 

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rising substantially , according to an 

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ABC poll this week , more than eight in 

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10 Americans say they plan to take the 

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vaccine , and Kaiser today announced 

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70% so just vaccine confidence is 

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surging . We still have much work to do 

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to ensure that all Americans understand 

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the value of these safe and effective 

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vaccines . But it's clear that many 

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Americans are learning that these 

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vaccines are safe and extraordinarily 

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effective . And as we get , more and 

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more health care workers or vulnerable 

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seniors vaccinated and they go through 

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the experiences I was able to see with 

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healthcare workers this morning , 

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doctors and nurses from the ER from 

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labor and delivery from ice use at 

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MedStar Georgetown University Hospital . 

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vaccinated , how it felt getting the 

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vaccine . Every single one of them said , 

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feel the flu vaccine shot and had good 

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experiences and is the word gets out as 

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colleagues , their neighbors . Vaccine 

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confidence in the United States will 

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just increase by word of mouth by 

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trusted sources every single day . 

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that there are two authorized antibody 

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treatments that Operation warp speed 

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has supported that can actually help 

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patients with the highest risk for 

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severe disease . Those air individuals 

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morbid conditions that put them at risk 

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of hospitalization from co vid . If you 

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test positive and you fit in those 

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categories , please speak to your 

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health care provider immediately 

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because the best time to get those 

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the emergency room , but soon after 

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being diagnosed with Cove it . We've 

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allocated over 330,000 doses of these 

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treatments . All states and territories 

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available , even as we have people 

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for Cove in 19 and at risk for severe 

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underlying health conditions , or or if 

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into that category , there may be a 

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therapeutic option that could help keep 

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you out of the hospital . Please talk 

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announced yesterday . That's the fruits 

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that does not require a prescription . 

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the Rad X program , which is the 

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diagnostics arm of Operation Warp Speed . 

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Radek's has invested nearly half a 

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billion dollars in not only development 

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finish line yet , especially as we 

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approach the holidays . And in the 

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coming months we've all got to continue 

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taking steps to keep ourselves our 

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loved ones in our communities . Safe . 

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coverings when you can't watch your 

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gonna let your guard down and not do 

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multiple households together . Friends 

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and neighbors . You you drink , you let 

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your guard down . Then you think that 

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because you know people they can't be 

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infected . You can't infect them . 

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going to affect them . This is how the 

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disease is spreading right now . And 

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that's what's leading to cases which 

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were leading hospitalizations and 

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tragically leading to fatalities . So 

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we have . We have the tools in our 

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hands right now to bridge to the days 

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bridge to the weeks and months ahead . 

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right upon us now . But we all have to 

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act responsibly and we'll get there 

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to be here next year for the holiday 

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season , thanks to the vaccines and 

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therapeutics that the heroes of 

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pharmaceutical industry are bringing to 

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you . But you got to make it to that 

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point through responsible behaviors to 

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get to the moment when you could get 

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scientific and development update . 

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everybody . Just briefly . I hope you 

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had a chance to look into the Moderna 

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submission for Vour Pack and the FDA 

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comments , I think they underline 

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efficacy is or they achieved . Of 

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one does vaccine , because people need 

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efficacy is very fast after 

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immunization , and we should start to 

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see an impact in the very high risk 

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populations that are being immunized as 

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protection against infection , as 

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detected by PCR detection of virus on 

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day 28 in the city population that has 

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exciting after one does again , we'll 

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see that data coming up after second 

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those in the next few weeks , based 

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a public health perspective , at least 

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announcement , 20 million doses will be 

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increase their capacity and output . 

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how we made come to an agreement on the 

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first option for an additional 100 

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million of those is next in the 

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portfolio is the Johnson and Johnson 

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Jenson Vaccine . Tomorrow we will close 

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recruitment in the face retrial with 

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about 43 to 44,000 subjects 

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recruited really an outstanding 

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performance in terms off the volunteers , 

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which we really warmly thank for their 

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generous participation into the trial . 

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very quickly . We hope that we may 

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be able to assess efficacy First 

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time early in January and maybe a final 

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time late in January . We just had this 

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morning yet another meeting to discuss 

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the supply chain and how we can 

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optimize availability of vaccine doses 

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even faster than we were thinking early 

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on . Given the speed of the clinical 

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trial development and have vaccine 

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doses in February and March already 

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impacting the U . S . Population . Eso 

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we're very hopeful there on AstraZeneca . 

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We are about 23,000 subjects recruited 

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in the face retrial . We expect that 

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trial to come to mostly its completion 

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in terms of recruitment by the end of 

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this year or very early in January and 

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case to accrue again during the month 

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of January with the redoubt , probably 

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in February . We're also continuing to 

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progress on the supply chain with a 

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combination already stockpiling off 

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vaccine doses . The two protein 

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vaccines also continue to progress . 

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You have some . The announcement you 

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have seen . The announcement by Sanofi 

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GSK , with some delay , is a phase 

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three . Trial plans on the Novavax 

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vaccine is really on the starting 

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blocks towards phase three trials 

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Finally , I'd like to just close on the 

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therapeutics . We are supporting four 

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programs as priority programs the Lyly 

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monotherapy monoclonal antibody as well 

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as the cocktail . Uh , 

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program . We've ensured access to 

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950,000 does is off the monotherapy 

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monoclonal . It's being shipped very 

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significantly . Mr . Secretary , Just , 

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uh , shared with you the numbers there . 

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Uh , likewise , with Regeneron , we 

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have an agreement and secured access to 

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302,000 doses of the cocktail mix of 

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monoclonal antibody from a general . 

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And we were discussing additional , uh , 

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access to additional does Is likewise 

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with Eli Lilly AstraZeneca . We have an 

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agreement where they're testing their 

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very long half life monogram antibodies 

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as prophylactic uh , 

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therapeutic prophylactic medicines . 

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Let's call them either in subjects at 

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very high risk of acquiring the 

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infection on the face treat while I 

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started or the recruiting 300 subjects 

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and is currently in opposed for the as 

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planned review of safety by the Data 

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Safety Monitoring Board before further 

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recruitment in the trial goes on and 

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also in a post exposure prophylaxis 

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trial where people that have been in 

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contact with people who are infected 

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and are suspected to potentially be 

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incubating the virus are treated with 

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the monoclonal to prevent their 

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progression into into infection and 

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disease on Then the fourth program is 

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the Uncle Immune Merck Partnership now 

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program very important to treat 

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patients in more advanced stages of 

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disease with very significant impact in 

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the intern analysis of their face . 

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Retrial on mortality outcome exciting , 

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frankly , progress there . But on the 

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other hand , as expressed by myself and 

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Mr Secretary yesterday , you know , 

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disappointing level of usage off the 

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monoclonal therapies in the hospital , 

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setting well for patients that are 

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infected but not hospitalized . We 

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really hope to see a much , much higher 

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level of usage off the doses that are 

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delivered to the health care facilities 

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where our surveys for now they're not 

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yet fully complete . But , you know , 

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they show anywhere between 5% and 20% 

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which , for ah hospital preventing and 

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therefore lifesaving intervention 

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in this setting really is not 

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acceptable . So we look forward to that 

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improving on that I will stop and pass 

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on to my co leader General Colonel . 

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Thank you , Mr Secretary . Thank you . 

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As always so very exciting . Week Obi 

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it on Lee , The third day work day of 

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the week . Just really a lot of good 

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things occurring , Aziz . We execute 

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the initial shipments that went out , I 

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would tell the team or tell me by 

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listening that we've been able to watch 

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the whole process from beginning to end . 

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Partnered with Pfizer . We had senior 

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leaders collaborating with their senior 

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leaders literally on the floor . Aziz , 

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we were , as they were packing on , 

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getting ready to distribute boxes this 

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weekend to actual loading of the trucks . 

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Right ? Really ? Just excellent 

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collaboration between Ow ! Ow ! Excuse 

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me and Pfizer very impressed with the 

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teamwork there , but then we extended 

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it right through , uh , security of the 

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shipments with the U . S . Marshals and 

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their ability to track the coordination 

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of handoffs , uh , down to FedEx ups 

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and then down to the final 

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administration sites where we dropped 

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off the vaccine where the CDC dispersed 

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people throughout the country to 

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observe the receipt of the product 

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really to just get lessons learned and 

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learn how it's being received , the 

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comfort of people receiving it , how 

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they unload the box , how they go ahead , 

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uh , review instructions and initiate , 

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uh , execution of administration . 

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We've been seeing it all over the news . 

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People getting doses of vaccine . 

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Really A remarkable and end , uh , 

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effort . Now , uh , easily , easily 

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said . Very difficult to do on . I'm 

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grateful for everybody that's been a 

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part of that . Because as we get going , 

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we wanna learn lessons , rapidly , 

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improve everything we're doing so that 

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we can expand distribution , uh , every 

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day , every week , every month to the 

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American people in that light . Aziz we 

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talked about earlier this week . We are 

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in the secretary . Just highlighted . 

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We are on track with all the deliveries 

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that we said we were doing . Uh , the 

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volume was 100 and 45 on Monday . 425 

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yesterday and 66 today . Right ? So 

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that was our Get out of the gate . Get 

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going . Really See ourselves learn a 

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lot . Uh , now , tomorrow we're gonna 

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be at 886 deliveries , right ? We're 

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going to 886 additional locations in 

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the United States . So it is about a 

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steady drumbeat cadence of delivery of 

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vaccine out to the American people . 

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Secretary alluded to it . But let me I 

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want to highlight Thio points or one 

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point with two examples s . So we can 

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see everything from , uh , from 

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manufacturing through distribution down 

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to administration sites . Uh , when it 

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comes to what's happening with the 

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vaccine Two points , I wanna highlight . 

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Uh , we had two trays of Pfizer vaccine 

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that arrived in California in two 

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separate places on as we were tracking 

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the temperature , we noted that the 

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temperature actually got colder than 

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minus 80 . Went to minus 92 . We 

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locked those trays down . Pfizer 

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on O . W . S working with FedEx and UPS . 

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They never left the truck . Right , And 

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we return them immediately back to 

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Pfizer on we sent immediate shipments 

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to replace those two trays . Um , we're 

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working with the FDA now CDC , FDA and 

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Pfizer to determine if that anomaly is 

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safe or not . But we were taking no 

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chances , and we could see that the 

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second example all the way on the other 

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side of the country in Alabama , two 

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trays were received at one location . 

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Same anomaly , right ? It went to 92 

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minus 92 . Again , we were able to stop 

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and quarantine the vaccine , get a 

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replacement shipment immediately to 

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Alabama , and now we're just working 

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through the forensics to determine , uh , 

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if the vaccine eyes still good , 

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etcetera , etcetera learning . But the 

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key is we could see ourself , and we 

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were able to take action . I applaud . 

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Right ? Pfizer . Really remarkable 

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effort . Uh , FedEx and UPS and the 

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participation of that . So those air 

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types of lessons we're working our way 

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through . As the secretary talked about 

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last night , we allocated , uh , up to 

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two million doses of vaccine for Pfizer 

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out to the jurisdictions . Uh , they're 

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working through , you know , they're 

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planning and where they want that 

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vaccine to go . And those deliveries 

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will start in our cadence again on 

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Monday , Tuesday , Wednesday for 

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deliveries , right . It's a constant 

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flow of vaccine , always expanding the 

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distribution network in every state 

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that we're really going for . Um , we 

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are continuing our efforts , as we 

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talked about on Monday with the long 

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term health care facilities . Right . I 

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would tell you , uh , Ohio and 

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Connecticut are all set underneath the 

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C . D . C . Federal program to begin 

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long term health care facilities on 

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Friday and Saturday . As we said this 

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week , really great effort to start our 

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scale up . We know that Florida and 

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West Virginia are also have started 

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long term health care facilities 

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utilizing E M T s and or another 

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contractor as the states decided that 

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the point being is we're already doing 

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long term health care facilities . And 

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come Monday , we will be at over 

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1100 different locations , starting 

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long term long term health care 

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facilities , and that will rapidly 

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expand thousands a day , uh , into our 

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process , over 70,000 facilities that 

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we've coordinated with on that we're 

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working the plan for distribution . CVS 

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and Walgreens are leading this effort , 

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uh , in collaboration with the C . D . 

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C . So we are really aggressively 

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working on the offense , uh , to take 

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care of these Great , uh , these great 

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Americans in these facilities . So 

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really , I'm very , very excited about 

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where we're going with that . We'll 

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continue to report on that accordingly . 

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Um , as we talked briefly about what ? 

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What is next ? Right , So I just talked 

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about some tactical execution of the 

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delivery , but we're already expanding 

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our thoughts to vaccine dosages is 

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becoming Maura Maura available ? As as 

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we're Maurin confident with the 

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manufacturing and distribution . And so 

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what do we wanna be able to enable next ? 

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Uh , eso , the CDC and 19 pharmacy 

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chains ? Right are collaborating . I 

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received a very extensive briefing on 

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Saturday , participated in the call 

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with the 19 pharmacies on the C . D . C . 

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And they have established on their 

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working through the final details to 

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enable Governor plans about , uh , 

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allowing access to all these facilities 

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throughout our country . So , in simple 

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terms , um , when , uh , soon as we can 

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turn the key on in this and we're 

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looking sometime about mid January as 

550
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doses really become available but won't 

551
00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:05,384
be locked to one date , it will be 

552
00:23:05,384 --> 00:23:08,500
driven by states decisions and vaccine 

553
00:23:08,500 --> 00:23:11,440
availability . Uh , what we see is an 

554
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expansion of capacity for 

555
00:23:14,590 --> 00:23:16,757
administration of vaccines up to about 

556
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37,000 brick and mortar facilities , 

557
00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:22,730
Right ? This is really just a powerful 

558
00:23:22,730 --> 00:23:26,710
collaboration with the pharmacies on 

559
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the CDC , but most importantly , 

560
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enabling the governor's plans to 

561
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expand vaccination throughout their 

562
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states . Aziz , we transition to other , 

563
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uh , really critical groups . So really 

564
00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:44,142
excited about that , and we'll keep you 

565
00:23:44,142 --> 00:23:47,390
updated as we go forward on that . Um , 

566
00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:49,567
the last thing I would tell you , Um , 

567
00:23:49,567 --> 00:23:51,511
and it's not lost on you if you've 

568
00:23:51,511 --> 00:23:53,622
heard me talk before . Um , this This 

569
00:23:53,622 --> 00:23:55,622
is the beginning , right ? It was a 

570
00:23:55,622 --> 00:23:57,789
great start , but every day we have to 

571
00:23:57,789 --> 00:24:00,011
hold ourselves accountable to very high 

572
00:24:00,011 --> 00:24:02,233
standards . Uh , we have to continue to 

573
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learn . Um , and we have to just get 

574
00:24:05,570 --> 00:24:08,150
better every day because at the end of 

575
00:24:08,150 --> 00:24:09,872
the day , it is about safe and 

576
00:24:09,872 --> 00:24:12,450
effective vaccines and therapeutics for 

577
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the American people . I would leave you 

578
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with this . It's a whole of America 

579
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approach , uh , and it's being 

580
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illuminated through the state's 

581
00:24:21,870 --> 00:24:24,790
plannings and execution , as you saw 

582
00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:26,967
really want to give them kudos for the 

583
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elaborate work and execution . 

584
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Accordingly , I will again 

585
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reemphasize as a secretary mentioned 

586
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the reason why we're so confident in 

587
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what we're doing . We have the 

588
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professionals executing it , whether 

589
00:24:41,900 --> 00:24:44,011
it's Pfizer and , hopefully Madonna . 

590
00:24:44,011 --> 00:24:46,820
Sure here shortly . But really FedEx 

591
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and UPS right down through the 

592
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pharmacies is what's given us the 

593
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confidence because they do this every 

594
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day on their demonstrating their 

595
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professionalism on their organizational 

596
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culture , in execution , right , the 

597
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high standards and the accountability 

598
00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:06,576
that they're accepting . Yesterday I 

599
00:25:06,576 --> 00:25:09,890
had a phone , a phone call with West 

600
00:25:09,890 --> 00:25:13,060
Wheeler from UPS and Richard Smith from 

601
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FedEx . The two CEOs , both of them 

602
00:25:16,030 --> 00:25:18,620
were ensuring me , Aziz , we were 

603
00:25:18,620 --> 00:25:20,830
looking at the weather maps right for 

604
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today in the Northeast and later in the 

605
00:25:23,052 --> 00:25:25,180
week for the Northwest , right ? How 

606
00:25:25,180 --> 00:25:27,360
were we going to mitigate and continue 

607
00:25:27,360 --> 00:25:29,590
the flow of vaccines ? These two 

608
00:25:29,590 --> 00:25:32,670
leaders knew exactly the weather 

609
00:25:32,670 --> 00:25:35,520
report . They had people planning 

610
00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:38,060
mitigating strategies for distribution 

611
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on they were making contact with 

612
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customers . They have establishing 

613
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rules , saying that if somebody is not 

614
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there because of the weather , even 

615
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though they're there , we retain the 

616
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vaccine . It goes back , secure and 

617
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delivered the next day . I mean , 

618
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that's what these two leaders and their 

619
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companies are involved in . I assure 

620
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them that I would underwrite a leader's 

621
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decision in the delivery of the vaccine 

622
00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:07,530
to ensure driver pilot safety and 

623
00:26:07,530 --> 00:26:11,330
safety of the vaccine . I said leaders , 

624
00:26:11,330 --> 00:26:13,441
you make the call . I will underwrite 

625
00:26:13,441 --> 00:26:15,850
the distribution accordingly . I was so 

626
00:26:15,850 --> 00:26:17,770
impressed by their ability to see 

627
00:26:17,770 --> 00:26:20,500
themselves make mitigating plans and 

628
00:26:20,500 --> 00:26:22,570
hold themselves accountable that I'm 

629
00:26:22,570 --> 00:26:24,737
here talking about it today and I just 

630
00:26:24,737 --> 00:26:26,959
wanted to pass to the American people . 

631
00:26:26,959 --> 00:26:29,420
The last thing I would tell you , a 

632
00:26:29,420 --> 00:26:31,670
zweiri working through things we're not 

633
00:26:31,670 --> 00:26:34,080
stopping . You heard Dr Salah . We talk 

634
00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:35,913
about where we're at with , uh , 

635
00:26:36,140 --> 00:26:38,800
continuing to bring additional vaccines , 

636
00:26:38,810 --> 00:26:41,950
Uh , you know , to bear hopefully 

637
00:26:41,950 --> 00:26:45,340
Jansen and AstraZeneca . But we're also 

638
00:26:45,340 --> 00:26:47,940
working inside of our manufacturing 

639
00:26:47,940 --> 00:26:51,050
facilities to expand capacity every day . 

640
00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:54,530
You know , Dr Slowly and I visited 

641
00:26:54,610 --> 00:26:57,150
Catalans , who was working , uh , to 

642
00:26:57,150 --> 00:26:59,372
expand their capability . Secretary was 

643
00:26:59,372 --> 00:27:01,510
just there , uh , yesterday or the 

644
00:27:01,510 --> 00:27:05,090
other day yesterday , Um , between our 

645
00:27:05,090 --> 00:27:07,510
visit , Dr . Slowly , myself and , uh , 

646
00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:09,464
secretary's visit , which has been 

647
00:27:09,464 --> 00:27:11,687
about 10 days . We were able to get the 

648
00:27:11,687 --> 00:27:13,687
Army Corps of Engineers there . The 

649
00:27:13,687 --> 00:27:17,540
help them assess , participate , uh , 

650
00:27:17,540 --> 00:27:20,520
and help really work through ideas to 

651
00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:23,320
expand capacity more rapidly so that we 

652
00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:25,376
could get mawr doses of vaccine more 

653
00:27:25,376 --> 00:27:27,376
rapidly . We actually think this is 

654
00:27:27,376 --> 00:27:30,510
gonna come toe fruition on . We'll have 

655
00:27:30,510 --> 00:27:33,000
more vaccine from potentially once , 

656
00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:36,540
anyway , eyes done from Madonna . Right ? 

657
00:27:36,540 --> 00:27:38,651
So we are always constantly trying to 

658
00:27:38,651 --> 00:27:40,680
expand and rapidly increase the 

659
00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:43,070
availability of safe and effective 

660
00:27:43,070 --> 00:27:45,550
vaccine for the American people . Mr . 

661
00:27:45,550 --> 00:27:47,772
Secretary , that concludes my comment . 

662
00:27:47,772 --> 00:27:49,828
Thank you , General . We're not open 

663
00:27:49,828 --> 00:27:52,050
for questions , Michael . Thank you All 

664
00:27:52,050 --> 00:27:54,161
operator , we will now open it up for 

665
00:27:54,161 --> 00:27:54,100
questions . Reminder when asking . 

666
00:27:54,100 --> 00:27:56,267
Please state your name and publication 

667
00:27:56,267 --> 00:27:58,100
and keep your questions short as 

668
00:27:58,100 --> 00:28:00,322
possible so we can get to us many as we 

669
00:28:00,322 --> 00:28:02,433
can in the time that we have all turn 

670
00:28:02,433 --> 00:28:04,820
it over to you know , Operator . Thank 

671
00:28:04,820 --> 00:28:06,876
you . And if you would like to ask a 

672
00:28:06,876 --> 00:28:09,090
question , please press star one and 

673
00:28:09,090 --> 00:28:10,979
record your name . If you need to 

674
00:28:10,979 --> 00:28:13,220
withdraw your question , press star to 

675
00:28:13,230 --> 00:28:15,286
please announce your name and outlet 

676
00:28:15,286 --> 00:28:17,397
before asking your question . And our 

677
00:28:17,397 --> 00:28:20,050
first question comes from Tamara . Oh , 

678
00:28:20,050 --> 00:28:23,760
fan with Fox and your line is now open . 

679
00:28:25,540 --> 00:28:27,373
Hi , this is Omar or Fan . I'm a 

680
00:28:27,373 --> 00:28:29,730
reporter at box for Dr Slowly and 

681
00:28:29,730 --> 00:28:31,841
General Partner . Could you provide a 

682
00:28:31,841 --> 00:28:33,897
little bit of context here as to the 

683
00:28:33,897 --> 00:28:35,841
scale of this endeavor compared to 

684
00:28:35,841 --> 00:28:37,952
other vaccination efforts in the past 

685
00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:40,462
compared to , say , smallpox , polio or 

686
00:28:40,462 --> 00:28:42,740
even the annual influenza vaccinations ? 

687
00:28:42,740 --> 00:28:44,851
How much bigger ? And how much faster 

688
00:28:44,851 --> 00:28:47,160
is this effort to roll out ? Kogan 19 

689
00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:49,271
vaccine ? What is the relevant metric 

690
00:28:49,271 --> 00:28:52,350
to compare this to ? Yeah , So if we 

691
00:28:52,350 --> 00:28:56,260
talk about vaccination every 

692
00:28:56,260 --> 00:28:59,050
year in the U . S , between 80 million 

693
00:28:59,050 --> 00:29:01,290
and 100 million doses of flu vaccines 

694
00:29:01,290 --> 00:29:04,490
are distributed on . Therefore , we're 

695
00:29:04,490 --> 00:29:07,360
talking about something that may be , 

696
00:29:07,940 --> 00:29:10,210
uh , three or four times 

697
00:29:10,460 --> 00:29:14,010
bigger over a period . That's probably 

698
00:29:14,010 --> 00:29:15,954
similar six months because the flu 

699
00:29:15,954 --> 00:29:18,177
vaccines are distributed from the month 

700
00:29:18,177 --> 00:29:20,399
of August through the month of December 

701
00:29:20,399 --> 00:29:23,160
or so , so that I would say the 

702
00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:25,050
distribution aspect and the 

703
00:29:25,060 --> 00:29:28,280
immunization aspect , I think are not 

704
00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:31,810
very significantly different . And 

705
00:29:31,810 --> 00:29:34,040
that's the reason why using the 

706
00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:37,800
existing capabilities on 

707
00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:40,540
resource is is the appropriate and the 

708
00:29:40,540 --> 00:29:42,707
right thing to do . And that's why our 

709
00:29:42,707 --> 00:29:45,040
level of confidence is very significant , 

710
00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:47,262
of course , upstream of that , in terms 

711
00:29:47,262 --> 00:29:48,929
of discovering , developing , 

712
00:29:48,929 --> 00:29:51,151
manufacturing , the vaccine , it's been 

713
00:29:51,151 --> 00:29:53,262
dramatically , faster , but again not 

714
00:29:53,262 --> 00:29:56,270
by cutting any corners , but rather by 

715
00:29:56,600 --> 00:29:58,433
using judgment in terms of which 

716
00:29:58,433 --> 00:30:00,980
vaccines to go after on how to test 

717
00:30:00,980 --> 00:30:03,313
them and running everything in parallel . 

718
00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:05,210
Onda taking the financial and 

719
00:30:05,210 --> 00:30:08,920
operational risk But not not any 

720
00:30:09,770 --> 00:30:12,080
cutting any corners and such would up 

721
00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:15,890
to now it's been productive . Yeah , 

722
00:30:15,900 --> 00:30:18,870
the other differences is that just for 

723
00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:22,770
context is influenza , uh , is ordered . 

724
00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:25,750
And so , based on orders from hospitals , 

725
00:30:25,750 --> 00:30:28,520
doctor's offices , pharmacies , um , 

726
00:30:28,530 --> 00:30:31,130
that is what industry produces . And 

727
00:30:31,130 --> 00:30:32,963
there's a very , uh , you know , 

728
00:30:32,963 --> 00:30:34,630
timetable associated with the 

729
00:30:34,630 --> 00:30:37,140
distribution as Dr Salah we just talked 

730
00:30:37,140 --> 00:30:39,680
about , um in this case , what we're 

731
00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:42,730
doing with the covert vaccine is We're 

732
00:30:42,730 --> 00:30:46,390
pushing eso . We're coming up with 

733
00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:48,390
availability . Uh , and then we're 

734
00:30:48,390 --> 00:30:51,310
distributing based on allocations . So 

735
00:30:51,310 --> 00:30:54,120
that is you know , it's a poll versus a 

736
00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:57,410
push , which makes planning , um , and 

737
00:30:57,410 --> 00:30:59,950
execution a little bit more , uh , 

738
00:30:59,950 --> 00:31:02,172
difficulty . But as I said , the states 

739
00:31:02,172 --> 00:31:04,283
have really transitioned well on this 

740
00:31:04,283 --> 00:31:06,450
on their leadership is well involved . 

741
00:31:06,450 --> 00:31:08,450
And that's why we're having so much 

742
00:31:08,450 --> 00:31:10,394
success . Great . Thank you . Next 

743
00:31:10,394 --> 00:31:13,620
question , please . And our next 

744
00:31:13,620 --> 00:31:16,210
question comes from Sarah Murray with 

745
00:31:16,220 --> 00:31:18,350
CNN . Your line is now open . 

746
00:31:19,940 --> 00:31:21,996
Hi . Thank you guys very much . Um , 

747
00:31:21,996 --> 00:31:25,110
for doing the call . Um , one of my 

748
00:31:25,110 --> 00:31:27,500
questions is just now that we're gonna 

749
00:31:27,510 --> 00:31:30,190
see a broader distribution effort 

750
00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:32,367
around the majority vaccine , assuming 

751
00:31:32,367 --> 00:31:34,533
that is authorized , can you give us a 

752
00:31:34,533 --> 00:31:36,589
better sense of what kinds of , um , 

753
00:31:36,589 --> 00:31:38,756
locations ? The vaccine will be headed 

754
00:31:38,756 --> 00:31:40,922
Thio that , you know , we haven't seen 

755
00:31:40,922 --> 00:31:42,922
from the fighter vaccine . Um , And 

756
00:31:42,922 --> 00:31:44,978
just to follow on that we're hearing 

757
00:31:44,978 --> 00:31:46,978
some concerns from states about the 

758
00:31:46,978 --> 00:31:49,089
time table turnaround of when they're 

759
00:31:49,089 --> 00:31:51,200
getting the allocations toe when they 

760
00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:50,900
need to figure out where these places 

761
00:31:50,900 --> 00:31:52,678
need to go . Has there been any 

762
00:31:52,678 --> 00:31:54,733
consideration about that timetable ? 

763
00:31:54,740 --> 00:31:57,100
Yes . I'll turn over to General Purna 

764
00:31:57,110 --> 00:31:59,520
about the Madonna question . And but 

765
00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:02,610
But just so you know , we have the vice 

766
00:32:02,610 --> 00:32:05,160
president convenes a regular call with 

767
00:32:05,170 --> 00:32:07,150
governors . Usually it's on Monday 

768
00:32:07,150 --> 00:32:10,560
afternoons , and General Purna and I 

769
00:32:10,570 --> 00:32:12,930
gave an update on vaccine distribution , 

770
00:32:12,930 --> 00:32:15,060
as we have been doing for the last 

771
00:32:15,070 --> 00:32:17,030
couple of months with the nation's 

772
00:32:17,030 --> 00:32:19,252
governors , and we got some really good 

773
00:32:19,252 --> 00:32:22,570
feedback on the last call addressing 

774
00:32:22,570 --> 00:32:25,000
exactly the question you are raising a 

775
00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:27,222
Z . You know , we have been setting out 

776
00:32:27,222 --> 00:32:29,278
the allocations on Friday to ship on 

777
00:32:29,278 --> 00:32:31,444
Sunday or to ship over the weekend and 

778
00:32:31,444 --> 00:32:33,556
then the following Monday . Tuesday , 

779
00:32:33,556 --> 00:32:35,611
Wednesday , uh , and the the request 

780
00:32:35,611 --> 00:32:37,556
from the governor's was a bit more 

781
00:32:37,556 --> 00:32:37,400
advanced time on that . And so that's 

782
00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:39,870
why you heard General Pernis say he's 

783
00:32:39,870 --> 00:32:41,980
now switched the cadence to Tuesday 

784
00:32:41,980 --> 00:32:44,900
night . So Tuesday night , ASI says , 

785
00:32:44,910 --> 00:32:48,880
uh , snap the trunk one , uh exactly 

786
00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:51,370
and , uh , and and tell them their 

787
00:32:51,370 --> 00:32:53,259
allocations so that they can have 

788
00:32:53,259 --> 00:32:55,481
several more days of planning for us to 

789
00:32:55,481 --> 00:32:57,703
initiate the shipping for the following 

790
00:32:57,703 --> 00:32:59,759
week . But general on that or on the 

791
00:32:59,759 --> 00:33:02,037
Madonna shipping locations or anything . 

792
00:33:02,037 --> 00:33:04,148
So , Mr Secretary , you nailed it and 

793
00:33:04,148 --> 00:33:05,870
it was a great feedback by the 

794
00:33:05,870 --> 00:33:08,092
governors and our ability toe have some 

795
00:33:08,092 --> 00:33:10,092
more time . So what we did is , you 

796
00:33:10,092 --> 00:33:12,314
know , our goal is to get all available 

797
00:33:12,314 --> 00:33:14,370
doses of vaccine out to the American 

798
00:33:14,370 --> 00:33:16,481
people's we've talked about on . So I 

799
00:33:16,481 --> 00:33:18,703
just had to facilitate a nup date on to 

800
00:33:18,703 --> 00:33:20,870
understand exactly what we thought was 

801
00:33:20,870 --> 00:33:23,092
gonna be , releasable on . Then I could 

802
00:33:23,092 --> 00:33:25,203
snap the chalk line . And so my thing 

803
00:33:25,203 --> 00:33:28,090
is , is normal repetition from now 

804
00:33:28,090 --> 00:33:30,630
forward ? Uh , Pfizer vaccine 

805
00:33:30,630 --> 00:33:32,519
allocations will be in on Tuesday 

806
00:33:32,519 --> 00:33:34,630
nights . And if you A is approved for 

807
00:33:34,630 --> 00:33:36,860
Madonna , there will be also included 

808
00:33:36,860 --> 00:33:39,670
in the Tuesday night allocation . And 

809
00:33:39,670 --> 00:33:42,320
then then states could just order based 

810
00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:44,542
on their allocations accordingly . So I 

811
00:33:44,542 --> 00:33:46,820
think really a great effort there , uh , 

812
00:33:46,820 --> 00:33:49,600
reference Madonna locations . I would 

813
00:33:49,610 --> 00:33:51,832
tell you that you're going to see a lot 

814
00:33:51,832 --> 00:33:53,888
of the similar , uh , capability and 

815
00:33:53,888 --> 00:33:55,777
capacity . Uh oh . Are you know , 

816
00:33:55,777 --> 00:33:57,499
delivered to the same types of 

817
00:33:57,499 --> 00:33:59,610
capability and capacity it will start 

818
00:33:59,610 --> 00:34:03,500
to expand out to rural type areas . I 

819
00:34:03,500 --> 00:34:06,870
believe I remember reflecting on plans , 

820
00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:09,670
and they'll be more allocations towards 

821
00:34:09,680 --> 00:34:12,470
nursing homes , uh , in execution of 

822
00:34:12,470 --> 00:34:14,692
that nursing home long term health care 

823
00:34:14,692 --> 00:34:17,650
facilities . Um s o current . Uh , you 

824
00:34:17,650 --> 00:34:21,230
know , primary hospitals stole included , 

825
00:34:21,240 --> 00:34:23,940
but I think you'll Seymour expansion of 

826
00:34:23,940 --> 00:34:26,190
the Madonna vaccine , remember ? 

827
00:34:26,200 --> 00:34:28,311
Because of when the planning and what 

828
00:34:28,311 --> 00:34:30,367
was available , we were able to send 

829
00:34:30,367 --> 00:34:32,610
out more Madonna on the first dose than 

830
00:34:32,610 --> 00:34:34,666
we were able to send out on Pfizer . 

831
00:34:34,666 --> 00:34:36,666
Almost double . Great . Thank you , 

832
00:34:36,666 --> 00:34:38,610
General . Next question , please . 

833
00:34:40,640 --> 00:34:43,330
And our next question comes from the 

834
00:34:43,330 --> 00:34:46,530
Cardo Pelosi Valda bar with Associated 

835
00:34:46,530 --> 00:34:48,960
Press . You're lying is now open . 

836
00:34:50,340 --> 00:34:52,396
Hi , God . Thank you for doing these 

837
00:34:52,396 --> 00:34:55,310
calls . The Cardo Alonso Zaldivar with 

838
00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:58,480
The Associated Press . And my question 

839
00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:01,270
is , could you please provide an update 

840
00:35:01,740 --> 00:35:04,810
on negotiations with Pfizer for 

841
00:35:04,810 --> 00:35:08,020
additional doses of the vaccine ? When 

842
00:35:08,020 --> 00:35:11,230
would that be available ? And can you 

843
00:35:11,230 --> 00:35:13,920
provide some insight on the earlier 

844
00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:16,300
decision to decline the option to 

845
00:35:16,300 --> 00:35:19,150
purchase more Fizer vaccine ? How will 

846
00:35:19,150 --> 00:35:22,080
this impact the You know , the cadence ? 

847
00:35:22,380 --> 00:35:24,269
The General Purna talks about the 

848
00:35:24,269 --> 00:35:27,650
cadence of delivery . Thank you , 

849
00:35:27,650 --> 00:35:30,490
Ricardo . So obviously we have to be 

850
00:35:30,490 --> 00:35:32,434
careful . We are engaged in active 

851
00:35:32,434 --> 00:35:35,310
negotiations on a procurement matter , 

852
00:35:35,310 --> 00:35:37,580
So there's only so much were ableto 

853
00:35:37,590 --> 00:35:39,868
discuss with you . Justus . We've said , 

854
00:35:39,868 --> 00:35:41,812
though publicly , we are in active 

855
00:35:41,812 --> 00:35:43,810
discussions with Pfizer about 

856
00:35:43,820 --> 00:35:46,042
exercising additional options under our 

857
00:35:46,042 --> 00:35:48,510
contract . The core issue as it was on 

858
00:35:48,510 --> 00:35:50,677
the initial question . There's been so 

859
00:35:50,677 --> 00:35:52,899
much misunderstanding out there . Uh is 

860
00:35:52,899 --> 00:35:55,810
fighters ability to manufacture by a 

861
00:35:55,810 --> 00:35:58,230
date certain and we are working with 

862
00:35:58,230 --> 00:35:59,897
them to provide them whatever 

863
00:35:59,897 --> 00:36:01,563
assistance now that they have 

864
00:36:01,563 --> 00:36:03,563
identified some of their production 

865
00:36:03,563 --> 00:36:05,563
challenges that they've got . We've 

866
00:36:05,563 --> 00:36:07,286
been working with them on what 

867
00:36:07,286 --> 00:36:09,286
assistance is appropriate for us to 

868
00:36:09,286 --> 00:36:11,174
provide in order for us to secure 

869
00:36:11,174 --> 00:36:13,286
additional doses . Uh , we're working 

870
00:36:13,286 --> 00:36:15,397
towards , uh towards additional doses 

871
00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:17,456
for that second quarter . You know , 

872
00:36:17,456 --> 00:36:19,511
they're right now producing at their 

873
00:36:19,511 --> 00:36:21,678
maximum capacity to deliver on the 100 

874
00:36:21,678 --> 00:36:24,110
million that is in the first traunch of 

875
00:36:24,110 --> 00:36:25,980
the contract with us , and we're 

876
00:36:25,980 --> 00:36:28,610
providing manufacturing support , a zoo 

877
00:36:28,610 --> 00:36:30,777
we have really from From the beginning 

878
00:36:30,777 --> 00:36:32,999
with Pfizer , it's important understand 

879
00:36:32,999 --> 00:36:35,054
that the Pfizer relationship , while 

880
00:36:35,054 --> 00:36:37,277
while it is very much part of Operation 

881
00:36:37,277 --> 00:36:39,499
warp speed , is a different contractual 

882
00:36:39,499 --> 00:36:42,200
relationship than the other five 

883
00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:44,350
vaccine manufacturers . On the other 

884
00:36:44,350 --> 00:36:46,770
five were Mawr intimately engaged in 

885
00:36:46,770 --> 00:36:48,730
the support of the development and 

886
00:36:48,730 --> 00:36:50,900
manufacturing of their product on an 

887
00:36:50,900 --> 00:36:52,820
ongoing basis , whereas the 

888
00:36:52,820 --> 00:36:54,876
relationship that Pfizer wanted with 

889
00:36:54,876 --> 00:36:57,510
Operation warp speed was the guaranteed 

890
00:36:57,520 --> 00:37:00,820
purchase of vaccine if approved by the 

891
00:37:00,820 --> 00:37:04,460
FDA , and that that means that to 

892
00:37:04,460 --> 00:37:07,540
date we have had less visibility into 

893
00:37:07,540 --> 00:37:09,651
their manufacturing processes , their 

894
00:37:09,651 --> 00:37:11,740
manufacturing capacities , their 

895
00:37:11,740 --> 00:37:14,060
locations and its supplies . Raw 

896
00:37:14,060 --> 00:37:16,282
material issues supply chain management 

897
00:37:16,430 --> 00:37:18,680
than we do with , say , Madonna or an 

898
00:37:18,680 --> 00:37:21,770
AstraZeneca or a Johnson and Johnson on 

899
00:37:21,770 --> 00:37:24,290
DSO . Part of part of our ongoing 

900
00:37:24,290 --> 00:37:26,346
discussions is to remediate that and 

901
00:37:26,346 --> 00:37:28,568
get better visibility into what they're 

902
00:37:28,568 --> 00:37:30,734
doing , what challenges they're facing 

903
00:37:30,734 --> 00:37:32,734
because they have . You know , they 

904
00:37:32,734 --> 00:37:34,901
made significant commitments to us and 

905
00:37:34,901 --> 00:37:37,068
others on their manufacturing . As you 

906
00:37:37,068 --> 00:37:39,260
know , they ended up coming short half 

907
00:37:39,270 --> 00:37:41,492
of what they thought they would be able 

908
00:37:41,492 --> 00:37:43,659
to produce and had announced they'd be 

909
00:37:43,659 --> 00:37:45,881
able to produce just in the year 2020 . 

910
00:37:45,881 --> 00:37:47,937
But general or doctor , slowly could 

911
00:37:47,937 --> 00:37:50,048
you give any additional perspective , 

912
00:37:50,048 --> 00:37:51,881
doctor . So you could maybe talk 

913
00:37:51,881 --> 00:37:53,992
particularly about this misunderstood 

914
00:37:53,992 --> 00:37:55,992
standing that's out there about the 

915
00:37:55,992 --> 00:37:59,700
additional options . Yes , I think any 

916
00:37:59,700 --> 00:38:02,440
reasonable person would understand that 

917
00:38:02,510 --> 00:38:05,850
we built a portfolio of vaccines 

918
00:38:06,420 --> 00:38:09,060
and took them into development in order 

919
00:38:09,060 --> 00:38:12,700
to ensure that a one of them at least 

920
00:38:13,030 --> 00:38:16,010
makes it to the finish line and be if 

921
00:38:16,010 --> 00:38:18,066
more than one makes it to the finish 

922
00:38:18,066 --> 00:38:20,480
line that we can accrue and accumulate 

923
00:38:21,120 --> 00:38:24,820
vaccine . Those is faster than if we 

924
00:38:24,820 --> 00:38:28,290
were relying on a single provider . So , 

925
00:38:28,290 --> 00:38:32,090
frankly , I hope once and for all 

926
00:38:32,100 --> 00:38:34,960
it wouldn't make sense whatsoever to 

927
00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:37,320
preorder more from one vaccine 

928
00:38:37,320 --> 00:38:39,670
manufacturer than any other one . 

929
00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:42,140
Before we knew a vaccine works . I 

930
00:38:42,140 --> 00:38:45,400
don't know what rational drives people 

931
00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:48,310
to ask that question . You wouldn't buy 

932
00:38:48,470 --> 00:38:50,990
something before you knew it works . If 

933
00:38:50,990 --> 00:38:53,460
you had six opportunity to have one 

934
00:38:54,210 --> 00:38:56,154
provider provide you with what you 

935
00:38:56,154 --> 00:38:59,350
needed , number one number two . In 

936
00:38:59,350 --> 00:39:01,461
order to ensure that we would be in a 

937
00:39:01,461 --> 00:39:04,270
position to acquire more vaccine doses 

938
00:39:04,530 --> 00:39:07,200
if and when a vaccine had first signs 

939
00:39:07,210 --> 00:39:10,010
off performance , we build options in 

940
00:39:10,020 --> 00:39:12,131
each and every one of our agreement , 

941
00:39:13,390 --> 00:39:15,557
right ? That's the right thing to do . 

942
00:39:15,690 --> 00:39:19,080
That's a total way to allocate Resource 

943
00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:21,900
Is and taxpayers money . As soon as we 

944
00:39:21,900 --> 00:39:24,320
knew that the vaccine works , the 

945
00:39:24,330 --> 00:39:26,497
negotiations started , and I think the 

946
00:39:26,497 --> 00:39:28,552
secretary really describe the nature 

947
00:39:28,820 --> 00:39:32,760
off the partnership that we have with 

948
00:39:32,760 --> 00:39:35,900
different companies , some arm or arms 

949
00:39:35,900 --> 00:39:37,900
length , I call them and others are 

950
00:39:37,900 --> 00:39:40,490
extremely mawr involved . And when 

951
00:39:40,500 --> 00:39:43,260
Pfizer was unable to 

952
00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:47,280
specify when vaccine doses would 

953
00:39:47,280 --> 00:39:49,830
be delivered . You know , we don't need 

954
00:39:49,830 --> 00:39:51,719
a hand . Million doses of vaccine 

955
00:39:51,719 --> 00:39:55,080
started ing in September or December of 

956
00:39:55,080 --> 00:39:57,640
2020 21 . We need them in the second 

957
00:39:57,640 --> 00:40:00,940
quarter if they make it into the second 

958
00:40:00,940 --> 00:40:03,162
quarter . And frankly , if they don't , 

959
00:40:03,162 --> 00:40:05,107
I think there are enough vaccine . 

960
00:40:05,107 --> 00:40:07,051
Those as you could see through the 

961
00:40:07,051 --> 00:40:09,590
first option agreement with Moderna now 

962
00:40:09,590 --> 00:40:11,812
doubling the amount of vaccine doses we 

963
00:40:11,812 --> 00:40:14,090
have and with the young since vaccine 

964
00:40:14,090 --> 00:40:16,290
coming in and the AstraZeneca after it 

965
00:40:16,610 --> 00:40:20,330
and the Novavax vaccine , I think the 

966
00:40:20,340 --> 00:40:23,080
the strategy is really happening 

967
00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:26,330
exactly as we planned it . And we , of 

968
00:40:26,330 --> 00:40:28,441
course , would welcome having another 

969
00:40:28,441 --> 00:40:30,274
100 million doses of the fighter 

970
00:40:30,274 --> 00:40:32,330
vaccine . And we're negotiating with 

971
00:40:32,330 --> 00:40:35,950
them appropriately . And , you know , 

972
00:40:36,710 --> 00:40:39,150
our expectation is for that to complete 

973
00:40:39,250 --> 00:40:42,080
shortly . We have time for two more 

974
00:40:42,080 --> 00:40:43,080
questions . 

975
00:40:43,080 --> 00:40:46,830
E 

976
00:40:46,840 --> 00:40:49,330
mean Ricardo , and just this keeps 

977
00:40:49,330 --> 00:40:51,330
getting asked over and over again . 

978
00:40:51,330 --> 00:40:53,441
We'll keep answering it . We now have 

979
00:40:53,441 --> 00:40:56,160
900 million doses of vaccine that we 

980
00:40:56,160 --> 00:40:59,340
have contract ID for the delivery of we 

981
00:40:59,340 --> 00:41:02,110
have options that increase that to a 

982
00:41:02,110 --> 00:41:05,730
total of three billion doses of vaccine . 

983
00:41:06,410 --> 00:41:09,470
We have 100 million of 

984
00:41:09,500 --> 00:41:13,310
Madonna set between now and March 31st , 

985
00:41:13,690 --> 00:41:16,720
100 million of Pfizer Between now and 

986
00:41:16,720 --> 00:41:19,630
March 31st , 100 million additional 

987
00:41:19,640 --> 00:41:22,320
Madonna in the second quarter were 

988
00:41:22,320 --> 00:41:24,542
working actively with Pfizer and I will 

989
00:41:24,542 --> 00:41:27,230
just say that I'm very optimistic that 

990
00:41:27,230 --> 00:41:29,620
we will conclude a successful result 

991
00:41:29,620 --> 00:41:32,650
there we have Johnson and Johnson 

992
00:41:33,810 --> 00:41:36,920
with 100 million in active production . 

993
00:41:37,040 --> 00:41:40,200
Single dose . So that is 100 million 

994
00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:44,110
people right there . AstraZeneca . I 

995
00:41:44,120 --> 00:41:46,060
believe it's 3 300 million on 

996
00:41:46,060 --> 00:41:49,250
AstraZeneca . Okay , so 

997
00:41:49,910 --> 00:41:52,340
we believe when you take 330 million 

998
00:41:52,340 --> 00:41:54,173
Americans , you take off the non 

999
00:41:54,173 --> 00:41:56,280
indicated populations of about 70 

1000
00:41:56,280 --> 00:42:00,030
million people aged below age 16 . Ah , 

1001
00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:02,511
you know , if you just do the math on 

1002
00:42:02,511 --> 00:42:06,290
that you've we've got now the vaccine 

1003
00:42:06,300 --> 00:42:08,400
contracting for with delivery , we 

1004
00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:10,622
believe subject , of course , to modern 

1005
00:42:10,622 --> 00:42:12,678
approval and success of , you know , 

1006
00:42:12,678 --> 00:42:14,567
adding in either with Johnson and 

1007
00:42:14,567 --> 00:42:17,110
Johnson and AstraZeneca , we believe 

1008
00:42:17,110 --> 00:42:19,054
that we will have actually surplus 

1009
00:42:19,054 --> 00:42:21,110
supplies of vaccine . And that's why 

1010
00:42:21,110 --> 00:42:23,054
the president signed his executive 

1011
00:42:23,054 --> 00:42:25,221
order that made the commitment that we 

1012
00:42:25,221 --> 00:42:27,910
will take that surplus capacity not 

1013
00:42:27,910 --> 00:42:30,132
just surplus vaccine , but also surplus 

1014
00:42:30,132 --> 00:42:32,354
manufacturing capacity and use that for 

1015
00:42:32,354 --> 00:42:34,577
the benefit of the world community . So 

1016
00:42:34,577 --> 00:42:36,743
one last question , Michael . One last 

1017
00:42:36,743 --> 00:42:40,280
question . Yes , sir . And our last 

1018
00:42:40,290 --> 00:42:43,170
question comes from Leanne Winuk with 

1019
00:42:43,180 --> 00:42:45,610
CBS News . Your line is now open . 

1020
00:42:46,600 --> 00:42:48,770
Thank you . Good morning . I'm curious 

1021
00:42:48,770 --> 00:42:50,970
about working with Visor to increase 

1022
00:42:50,970 --> 00:42:53,800
capacity . Are there any shortages of 

1023
00:42:53,810 --> 00:42:55,921
supplies such as free agents ? And is 

1024
00:42:55,921 --> 00:42:58,143
there any Google requests to invoke the 

1025
00:42:58,143 --> 00:43:00,850
Defense Production Act to help them 

1026
00:43:00,850 --> 00:43:02,906
acquire that ? And then just a quick 

1027
00:43:02,906 --> 00:43:05,072
note . I'm curious about the Christmas 

1028
00:43:05,072 --> 00:43:07,294
holiday . Is everybody working straight 

1029
00:43:07,294 --> 00:43:09,350
through Christmas in terms of Pfizer 

1030
00:43:09,350 --> 00:43:11,128
and the delivery people and the 

1031
00:43:11,128 --> 00:43:13,128
administration ? Thank you . Yeah . 

1032
00:43:13,128 --> 00:43:15,183
Thank you , Leigh . And so on the on 

1033
00:43:15,183 --> 00:43:17,183
your first , the first part of your 

1034
00:43:17,183 --> 00:43:19,239
question with regard to Pfizer again 

1035
00:43:19,239 --> 00:43:21,350
because , as Dr Slowly described it , 

1036
00:43:21,350 --> 00:43:22,906
it's , um , or arm's length 

1037
00:43:22,906 --> 00:43:25,260
relationship there . Uh , we have 

1038
00:43:25,270 --> 00:43:27,990
recently been informed by them finally , 

1039
00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:30,240
of various challenges that they might 

1040
00:43:30,240 --> 00:43:32,800
have in their in their manufacturing on , 

1041
00:43:32,810 --> 00:43:35,360
uh , we will ensure that by whatever 

1042
00:43:35,360 --> 00:43:37,193
mechanism , we provide them full 

1043
00:43:37,193 --> 00:43:39,416
support to ensure that they can produce 

1044
00:43:39,416 --> 00:43:41,638
for the American people , fulfill their 

1045
00:43:41,638 --> 00:43:43,804
contractual commitments as well as any 

1046
00:43:43,804 --> 00:43:45,638
assistance needed to ensure that 

1047
00:43:45,638 --> 00:43:47,749
they're able to add commitments to us 

1048
00:43:47,749 --> 00:43:50,450
subject to to our needs . Eso We've 

1049
00:43:50,450 --> 00:43:52,617
done that already . We've been working 

1050
00:43:52,617 --> 00:43:54,672
with them as General Pernik and talk 

1051
00:43:54,672 --> 00:43:56,728
about we've been working to optimize 

1052
00:43:56,728 --> 00:43:58,894
where companies will let us working to 

1053
00:43:58,894 --> 00:44:01,061
optimize production . You know , we've 

1054
00:44:01,061 --> 00:44:03,172
added significant capacity to Madonna 

1055
00:44:03,172 --> 00:44:05,172
through the work , whether it's the 

1056
00:44:05,172 --> 00:44:07,172
Army Corps of Engineers work at the 

1057
00:44:07,172 --> 00:44:07,170
Catalan facility , which is our fill 

1058
00:44:07,170 --> 00:44:09,410
finished facility or our work at 

1059
00:44:09,410 --> 00:44:11,521
emergent , where we're actually doing 

1060
00:44:11,521 --> 00:44:13,410
the bulk production for Madeira . 

1061
00:44:13,410 --> 00:44:15,410
Adding scale to the bulk production 

1062
00:44:15,410 --> 00:44:17,630
capabilities there s so we hope to 

1063
00:44:17,630 --> 00:44:19,686
actually increase our yields there . 

1064
00:44:19,686 --> 00:44:21,963
Even beyond what we've talked about on , 

1065
00:44:21,963 --> 00:44:24,019
we will gladly do that as we've been 

1066
00:44:24,019 --> 00:44:26,130
doing with Pfizer to ensure that they 

1067
00:44:26,130 --> 00:44:28,297
meet their commitments . But also they 

1068
00:44:28,297 --> 00:44:30,352
can add additional commitments to us 

1069
00:44:30,352 --> 00:44:32,519
and we'll use any power . We need Thio 

1070
00:44:32,519 --> 00:44:35,030
to make that happen . Yeah , I just had 

1071
00:44:35,040 --> 00:44:37,096
were we've already been working with 

1072
00:44:37,096 --> 00:44:39,330
Pfizer . Uh , just like all of our 

1073
00:44:39,340 --> 00:44:41,390
companies to help them facilitate , 

1074
00:44:41,400 --> 00:44:45,160
enable execution . Um uh and so we're 

1075
00:44:45,160 --> 00:44:47,620
well versed on supply chain for 

1076
00:44:47,620 --> 00:44:50,060
materials and well versed on supply 

1077
00:44:50,060 --> 00:44:52,370
chain for equipment that produces the 

1078
00:44:52,370 --> 00:44:55,940
vaccine on DSO . I'm very comfortable 

1079
00:44:55,950 --> 00:44:58,470
in our ability to help , prioritize and 

1080
00:44:58,470 --> 00:45:01,900
enable to meet our the effects that we 

1081
00:45:01,900 --> 00:45:03,678
want right , safe and effective 

1082
00:45:03,678 --> 00:45:06,380
vaccines for the American people . And 

1083
00:45:06,390 --> 00:45:08,612
could you talk a bit about the holidays 

1084
00:45:08,612 --> 00:45:10,668
coming up ? Oh , yes , I apologize , 

1085
00:45:10,668 --> 00:45:12,723
Miss Secretary . So the only day and 

1086
00:45:12,723 --> 00:45:15,420
it's really Christmas Day on Friday , 

1087
00:45:15,430 --> 00:45:18,600
uh , is the day that we will execute , 

1088
00:45:18,610 --> 00:45:21,080
as required , an emergency . Uh , 

1089
00:45:21,090 --> 00:45:22,979
distribution of something happens 

1090
00:45:22,979 --> 00:45:25,090
through our cadence in the week , but 

1091
00:45:25,090 --> 00:45:28,210
the plan right now is not to deliver on 

1092
00:45:28,210 --> 00:45:31,090
Fridays on Ben , you know , we'll pick 

1093
00:45:31,090 --> 00:45:33,420
up . We'll start producing or packaging 

1094
00:45:33,420 --> 00:45:35,840
Saturday and Sunday on begin our 

1095
00:45:35,840 --> 00:45:38,230
cadence the following week . Eso we 

1096
00:45:38,230 --> 00:45:40,230
think we can distribute all the way 

1097
00:45:40,230 --> 00:45:42,174
through next Thursday being a good 

1098
00:45:42,174 --> 00:45:44,397
place , you know , let , uh , Christmas 

1099
00:45:44,397 --> 00:45:46,730
Day , you know , except for emergencies . 

1100
00:45:46,730 --> 00:45:48,786
And then really start our cadence up 

1101
00:45:48,786 --> 00:45:51,008
Saturday and Sunday . There's variances 

1102
00:45:51,008 --> 00:45:53,119
or nuances to that . But in general , 

1103
00:45:53,119 --> 00:45:55,340
that's that's the plan . Great . Uh , 

1104
00:45:55,350 --> 00:45:57,350
so we're gonna keep a very active 

1105
00:45:57,360 --> 00:45:59,790
cadence of making ourselves available 

1106
00:45:59,790 --> 00:46:01,734
toe brief , you the members of the 

1107
00:46:01,734 --> 00:46:03,846
media so that you have information as 

1108
00:46:03,846 --> 00:46:05,790
we go through this really historic 

1109
00:46:05,790 --> 00:46:07,957
mobilization and vaccination program . 

1110
00:46:07,957 --> 00:46:10,770
But even as even as we answer detailed 

1111
00:46:10,770 --> 00:46:12,992
questions about the logistics about the 

1112
00:46:12,992 --> 00:46:15,214
vaccines . The development programs are 

1113
00:46:15,214 --> 00:46:17,710
contracting . I just I hope we can step 

1114
00:46:17,720 --> 00:46:21,090
back a bit and just do recognize 

1115
00:46:21,580 --> 00:46:24,850
this is a momentous week . This is just 

1116
00:46:24,860 --> 00:46:28,430
in the history of public health to have 

1117
00:46:28,730 --> 00:46:32,520
a 94% plus vaccine safe and effective , 

1118
00:46:32,530 --> 00:46:36,090
approved within 11 months of a novel 

1119
00:46:36,090 --> 00:46:38,090
pathogen hitting our shores , being 

1120
00:46:38,090 --> 00:46:40,034
distributed in the supplies of the 

1121
00:46:40,034 --> 00:46:42,034
million's to protect our healthcare 

1122
00:46:42,034 --> 00:46:43,880
workers and to protect our most 

1123
00:46:43,880 --> 00:46:46,260
vulnerable citizens . And then within 

1124
00:46:46,260 --> 00:46:49,900
days , we hope to have another 94% plus 

1125
00:46:49,900 --> 00:46:52,122
effect safe and effective vaccine added 

1126
00:46:52,122 --> 00:46:54,289
to our arsenal . With tens of millions 

1127
00:46:54,289 --> 00:46:56,530
of doses , hundreds of millions of 

1128
00:46:56,530 --> 00:46:59,310
doses coming in the months ahead is 

1129
00:46:59,310 --> 00:47:02,130
truly something historic . And I hope 

1130
00:47:02,130 --> 00:47:04,740
we can just recognize that that 

1131
00:47:04,740 --> 00:47:06,820
protection for our heroes are health 

1132
00:47:06,820 --> 00:47:08,931
care workers on the front lines , and 

1133
00:47:08,931 --> 00:47:11,098
our protection for our most vulnerable 

1134
00:47:11,098 --> 00:47:13,209
comes through this . We're not at the 

1135
00:47:13,209 --> 00:47:15,264
end , but as the general says , with 

1136
00:47:15,264 --> 00:47:17,098
the beginning of the end of this 

1137
00:47:17,098 --> 00:47:17,020
terrible pandemic . So thank you for 

1138
00:47:17,020 --> 00:47:19,020
being with us , and we'll keep this 

1139
00:47:19,020 --> 00:47:21,020
cadence going with you to make sure 

1140
00:47:21,020 --> 00:47:23,131
you've got the information you need . 

1141
00:47:23,131 --> 00:47:25,353
Thank you . Thank you all , please send 

1142
00:47:25,353 --> 00:47:27,409
any follow up questions to our press 

1143
00:47:27,409 --> 00:47:29,520
office at media at HHS dot gov . Turn 

1144
00:47:29,520 --> 00:47:31,576
it over to the operator to close out 

1145
00:47:31,576 --> 00:47:34,620
the call . Thank you , and that 

1146
00:47:34,620 --> 00:47:36,190
concludes today's conference .