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TexasTowelie

(116,562 posts)
Sun Jan 17, 2021, 03:04 AM Jan 2021

Polis "shocked we were lied to" following report that promised COVID-19 vaccine stockpile doesn't

Polis “shocked we were lied to” following report that promised COVID-19 vaccine stockpile doesn’t exist


Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Friday accused the federal government of lying and acting out of “gross incompetence” after learning that an expected increase in COVID-19 vaccine doses won’t be coming because the federal stockpile already had been used up.

“We were ready to deploy it right away, and now we know it simply doesn’t exist,” he said at a news conference Friday afternoon.

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar announced earlier this week that the federal government would stop holding back doses in reserve. The idea of a reserve was to ensure that every person who got a first dose could get the second one required to complete the vaccine sequence in three to four weeks.

Some raised concerns that eliminating the stockpile could leave recipients with only partial protection if logistical problems arose, but governors — including Polis — greeted the news warmly and planned to speed up distribution to older residents.

Read more: https://www.denverpost.com/2021/01/15/colorado-covid-vaccine-stockpile/
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Polis "shocked we were lied to" following report that promised COVID-19 vaccine stockpile doesn't (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jan 2021 OP
Again with the inept hirings of this failed adnimistration comes to the fore. brush Jan 2021 #1
Used up or sold elsewhere? How can anyone be surprised they were lied to? n/t Guilded Lilly Jan 2021 #2
I'm going with the second choice. Rorey Jan 2021 #3
Let me guess tiptonic Jan 2021 #4
If, at this late date, you are shocked you were lied to, you need to resign and check into Squinch Jan 2021 #5

brush

(57,372 posts)
1. Again with the inept hirings of this failed adnimistration comes to the fore.
Sun Jan 17, 2021, 03:23 AM
Jan 2021

What else of their incompetence are we to find when their sorry asses are out of the White House?

Squinch

(52,568 posts)
5. If, at this late date, you are shocked you were lied to, you need to resign and check into
Sun Jan 17, 2021, 07:19 AM
Jan 2021

dementia facility.

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