Trump to sign order to 'prioritize America first' for vaccine

[mystery-ak]

Trump to sign order to 'prioritize America first' for vaccine
by Katherine Doyle, White House Correspondent |
 | December 07, 2020 03:32 PM

President Trump will sign an executive order ensuring all Americans can be vaccinated before doses are given to other nations.

The order is set to "reaffirm the position the president has held his entire administration, which is to prioritize America first," a senior administration official said.

Other countries will be in line for the vaccine "once we've ensured we've met the needs of the American people," the official said. "The excess supply will either be donated, or we'll begin to work with partnering companies and countries to make sure we have the ability to help them."

Canada's plan to import 250,000 vaccine doses from the United States before the end of the year will not be affected, another senior official said.

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[PeteS in CA]

Provided that Pfizer, Moderna, and other vaccine vendors meet the numbers and schedule of their contracts with the US this would not preclude those companies from selling what they might produce beyond those contracted amounts. I the cases of Pfizer and Moderna, both have manufacturing capacity in the US plus significant additional manufacturing capacity/partners in EuroLand and possibly in Asia. Both companies also have contracts with countries besides the US. This is a very long way of saying that the US is not selfishly hogging all these companies produce.

This is an Executive Order, which means Biden could alter or retract it. But what it does is draw a line in the sand, and if Biden crosses the line - i.e. significantly alters or retracts Trump's E.O. - he cannot do it quietly. If Biden acts against US citizens' interests it will be public. Further, if Biden alters/retracts Trump's E.O. he will be on the record as having significantly altered the distribution plan of OWS and Biden will "own" the consequences of his alteration.