Millions of doses of Astra Zeneca are held in West Chester

[Mik]

That's Ohio, not NY.

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2021/03/12/astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-doses-west-chester-new-york-times/4661637001/

[Mik]

So...should we ship them out?

[jon-nyc]

I posted this yesterday in the other AZ thread.

My comment there was that if approval isn’t imminent we should give them to Canada (where it’s already approved) in return for redirecting an equivalent amount here in the future. If we’re even going to need them.

[Jolly]

Send 'em.

[Mik]

I tend to agree. Billions are needed and today is better than tomorrow.

[LuFins Dad]

I don’t know. This whole AZ thing has been weird. First they blow the US approval for basic failures in their testing process. Then they get approved in Europe, but Norway or Denmark stopped using them when they get reports of an unusually high number of deaths post vaccination for 65+. Then there were the reports about the ineffectiveness amongst seniors. Germans aren’t touching it, Markell hardly gave it a ringing endorsement, and now you have this clotting story?

Might be best to let these sit.

[LuFins Dad]

If there is an underlying problem with the AZ vaccine effecting enough people, then you wind up undermining all of the vaccines and the whole process.