U.S. Will Donate Part of H1N1 Vaccine Supply to Foreign Nations Before Meeting This Nation’s Demand

CNSNEWS.COM ^ | Thursday, October 22, 2009 | Chris Neefus

[FreeKeys]

Sebelius Says U.S. Will Donate Part of H1N1 Vaccine Supply to Foreign Nations Before Meeting This Nation’s Demand
Thursday, October 22, 2009
By Chris Neefus
 
  

.......		Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) asked Health and Human Service  Secretary Kathleen Sebilius why the United States should  get vaccinations ahead of people in other countries, including  those in countries that are producing the vaccine for the  United States. (CNSNews.com/Penny Starr) When Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) had his turn to question  Sebelus, he raised the issue of whether the United States was  "entitled" to the vaccine more than other nations. "Why should  we be more entitled, the U.S. be more   entitled to that vaccine  than some other country in the world?" .....

(CNSNews.com) – Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told CNSNews.com Wednesday that one in 10 doses of the swine-flu vaccine purchased by the U.S. will be donated to other nations before the U.S. demand for the vaccine is filled.

Sebelius also told a Senate committee that vaccine production is well behind demand.

“What we said is once we have 40 million doses (of the vaccine), the donation can start,” Sebelius told CNSNews.com. “There’s an agreement (of) 10 percent donation that 11 nations have made,” she said.

HHS has ordered about 250 million doses of the vaccine, so the donation would begin after the U.S. received just 16 percent of its original order.

Sebelius made the remarks at a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on the government's preparations for dealing with the H1N1 flu virus outbreak. Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano also provided testimony at the hearing.

The nation’s top health bureaucrat said the government would still donate to foreign nations part of the stock of vaccine purchased by the U.S. government despite delays in getting the vaccine to American citizens, which she said puts the nation “at the point where demand is ahead of the yield.”

“We will do our best to ramp up the production and continue to push it out the door,” Sebelius said.  Sebelius responded: "Well, I think the balance is difficult. The president clearly has made it clear that his priority is safety and security of the  American people, and immediately he also adds that we're a global partner. So we have joined now with 11 nations in terms of 10 percent of the
vaccine will be made available to developing countries."

Sebelius said that Congress had “wisely” included funds in the last supplemental appropriations bill to allow HHS to place large orders of the vaccine well in advance.

“The orders are filled in priority terms, so we are really at the front of the line with some of these (manufacturers) in terms of getting the vaccine as it is produced,” she added.

“The orders are filled in priority terms, so we are really at the front of the line with some of these (manufacturers) in terms of getting the vaccine as it is produced,” she added.

When speaking with CNSNews.com after the hearing, Sebelius also emphasized the needs of developing countries. 

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.....		Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen  Sebelius (Photo by Penny Starr/CNSNews.com)  .....

Asked whether Americans should be prioritized over foreigners with the stockpile of H1N1 vaccine that HHS has ordered using taxpayer funds, Sebelius said: “Well, I think that we are trying to do both things simultaneously--participating is part of our partnership with 11 other countries in terms of donating to developing countries.”

“There’s an agreement (on) 10 percent donation that 11 nations have made, at the same time trying to get the vaccine out to Americans," said Sebelius. "What we said is once we have 40 million doses, the donation can start.”

Referring to the production delay for the vaccine, Sebelius told CNSNews.com: “We had hoped that that would be a little earlier, but we are working with these 11 nations through the World Health Organization (WHO) to help get the vaccines to countries particularly who can't purchase them. I mean, that’s really the issue is the countries who don’t have the wherewithal to purchase vaccines. We need to make available some of the vaccine that is available to the developed nations.”

When CNSNews.com tried to clarify whether the donation would happen once the delay in production was over and all of the U.S. demand had been met, Sebelius said that was not the case.

“Well, no," she said. "Forty million doses was the initial benchmark and so once that is in this country, then 10 percent of the (doses are donated), and we’ll make up the rest. That’s what the other nations are doing too--England, New Zealand, and Australia and Germany and Spain are all participating in this kind of global effort.”

HHS has ordered about 250 million doses of swine flu vaccine, both in injection and nasal mist forms, which they expect to administer through the spring. The U.S. population is about 307 million.

[FreeKeys]

Talk about the insane philosophy of absolute self-sacrifice imposed at a national level!!!!

[Shadowstrike]

I think every bit of it should be donated.

Let’s see how others react to it.

[dr_who]

“Wag the Pig” alert.

[PhiKapMom]

The only good thing about this woman is that she is NO longer Governor of Kansas. What a poor choice but she fits right in with the radicals that surround Obama.

Put foreign countries ahead of the US citizens seems to be the mantra of the Obama radicals.

[FreeKeys]

insane altruism ping

“The power of morality is the greatest of all intellectual powers – and mankind’s tragedy lies in the fact that the vicious moral code men have accepted destroys them by means of the best within them.” -- Ayn Rand

[null and void]

Hmmmm. Just this morning I was reading that 0bama was giving millions to muslim countries to allow them to improve their technology...

I wonder if the decision about who gets the vaccine is also religion based?

[caper gal 1]

Proof this so-called “national crisis” is a totally fabricated political tool and nothing more. The timing of this release is comical. First, BO releases his “national crisis” declaration late Friday, then Sebelius buries this release late on Saturday.

Come on. Don’t “wee wee” on my back and tell me it’s raining.

[Mojave]

You can’t make an omelet without killing a few Americans.

[chris_bdba]

There are 300 million people in this country and 40 million isn’t even 15%. They should not even think about this until they have atleast 150 million doses.

[KarlInOhio]

Ten percent of 250 million doses is 25 million. What is the fatality rate of H1N1? What happens when you multiply 25 million doses produced for Americans and misappropriated by the government by the expected fatality rate? Essentially, how many Americans are expected to die for Obama's foreign altruism?

[tumblindice]

Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told CNSNews.com Wednesday that one in 10 doses of the swine-flu vaccine purchased by the U.S. will be donated to other nations before the U.S. demand for the vaccine is filled.
“Since we’re having trouble getting Americans to try it, we figure the world can serve as our guinea pigs,” added the pop-eyed pseudo Kansan and lefty Inner Party poobah.

[Diogenesis]

[rbmillerjr]

Of course the real story here is a NewOrleansesque sort of government incompetency of getting the vaccine out to health providers.

Whether you want the vaccine or not being set aside...this is government booracracy showing its incompetence, ineffectiveness, and malfeasance.

They are running a government information campaign of epic proportion for a vaccine they cannot deliver as we speak....the county I live in of about 80,000 only got 260 does...lmao.

[FreeKeys]

I wonder if the decision about who gets the vaccine is also religion based?

Of course! Only insane religions (like those that preach the murdering of naysayers, if not non-believers) derive their codes of morality from the ravings of madmen (mysticism) instead of from objective reality can come up with a moral code as evil as pure altruism. In the pure altruism the Obamunists believe in, ALL forms of selfishness, even just earning a living, engaging in trade, growing a nest egg, and taking care of yourself and your family (the GOOD kind of selfishness) is considered evil. Therefore this nonsense violates the establishment clause of the First Amendment. The motivation for it is ONLY mysticism based, taken on blind faith like crackpot arbitrary religious dogma.

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[SaraJohnson]

Obama does loves the little children
mmmm mmmm mmmm
As they slobber on each other
mmmm mmmm mmm
in all their public schools
mmmm mmmm mmmmm
he’s gonna have to kill ya
mmm mmmm mmmm
so other kids can live
mmm mmmm mmmm
Barack loves the little children
mmm mmm mmm

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

They can have mine,,,

Ain’t gunna use it anyway...;0)

[SaraJohnson]

Here’s a new public school children’s song for Dear Leader:

Ring around the rosey
Pockets full of posies
Too bad, too bad
Barack shared off our lives.

[GnuHere]

A: If this is truly a crisis and we need the shot, this is (more) treason.
B: If this is not a crisis and/or the vaccine is dangerous, we should be giving away 100% of it.

Those are the main possibilities I see.
And P.S., somebody is welcome to my shot.

[Thunder90]

We are also giving billions to Russia to “Disarm”...

[Freddd]

This swine flu is blown so out of proportion. It’s ridiculous.
It’s a mild flu. It will hit underdeveloped countries worse of course. And sure those with compromised immune systems will be hit the hardest. The majority MIGHT get it, but will be just fine!