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| Biden set to announced donation of one million doses of mpox vaccine and $500m to halt outbreak | |
| 2024-09-25 | |
Biden will make the announcement in New York, where he is attending the United Nations General Assembly, and call on other countries to follow suit, according to a senior administration official. In August, the World Health Organization declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years, following an outbreak of the viral infection in Democratic Republic of Congo that has spread to neighboring countries and beyond, including India, raising alarm. 'It wouldn't be a huge surprise if there were a case in the United States, either,' the official said, noting that recent cuts in pandemic support by Congress may hamper a domestic response. 'We're really squeezing right now to be able to respond effectively in this moment. And I think anticipating potentially additional cuts in the future will make it more and more difficult for us to have a robust response to these types of outbreaks.' Mpox can spread through close contact. Usually mild, it is fatal in rare cases. It causes flu-like symptoms and pus-filled lesions on the body. The outbreak in Congo began with the spread of an endemic strain, known as clade I. But a new variant, clade Ib, appears to spread more easily through routine close contact, including sexual contact. The expectation is that the US-donated doses will be of the Bavarian Nordic vaccine known as Jynneos in the United States, and many will come from a stockpile in the United States. The one million doses is in addition to the 60,000 previously donated shots. The US official said the administration expects Gavi, a public-private alliance which co-funds vaccine purchases for low-income countries, to distribute the donated vaccines. 'We feel really strongly that Gavi is the multilateral institution that is best positioned to procure and equitably distribute vaccines,' the official said. Last week, Gavi said it will buy 500,000 doses of Bavarian Nordic's vaccine, its first purchase to help battle the outbreak. The Biden administration is also pushing for more vaccines to be manufactured in low and middle-income countries, and is working with Brazil to identify how the Group of 20 club of nations can support the mpox response. There is not currently a manufacturer in Africa that is able to make the complex drug substance needed to make the vaccine, the US official said. Related: Mpox 09/12/2024 Mpox: the DRC receives 50,000 vaccines from the USA Mpox 08/26/2024 Thailand Reports First Case of More Virulent Monkeypox Strain as Virus Spreads to Asia Mpox 08/17/2024 Sweden reports first case of highly infectious mpox virus outside Africa amid outbreak there | |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #9 "Just going to Europe to pick up some baby formula. No, I'm not going to Ibiza, I'll be right back." |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2024-09-25 20:38 |
| #8 Mayor Pete sez: "It's the best!" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2024-09-25 20:26 |
| #7 Yes it did, and that is the Daily Mail Way. If i wore a cynic's hat, I'd say that there was a failure to sell the Monkeypoxalypse to land so spend a bunch of other peoples' money to buy up the shortfall, add a tagline of $500million to funnel to those local NGOs, and buy a headline for cover which looks magnanimous. Say....sure sounds a lot like using US$ to buy foreign press to influence US elections. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2024-09-25 20:12 |
| #6 It sounded like Joe was personally donating money. Not the Biden way. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2024-09-25 19:17 |
| #5 Sounds like an Obama idea. How much does anyone suppose a monkeypox vax costs after including mark up for government purchase? 50 bucks Brandon? So they just throwing $1billion at Congo because local rich orgy center? Creating a sort of Bangkok-on-Africa? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2024-09-25 10:24 |
| #4 Dr. Jill chairing staff meeting is absolutely WRONG ! WTF Congress? Just WTF ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2024-09-25 08:17 |
| #3 I believe that President Joe Biden is fully incapacitated from dementia. His wife had to chair his cabinet meeting. Joe could not remember the world leaders he was to introduce on stage. Joe began yelling at his staff while on stage demanding they tell him who the world leaders were around him he was introducing. Very soon he will not be able recognize anyone around him. |
| Posted by: Glavinter Peacock7962 2024-09-25 08:12 |
| #2 Well, guess who gets to be the beta testers this time around. For some reason the American test market has dried up. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-09-25 07:46 |
| #1 Given the most common way the Monkey Pox has been transmitted the last few years. Wouldn't condoms be more effective? |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2024-09-25 06:49 |