WATCH: White House COVID coordinator warns of a surge in winter

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WATCH: White House COVID coordinator warns of a surge in winter
Politics Updated on Jun 2, 2022 5:40 PM EDT — Published on Jun 2, 2022 2:16 PM EDT


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0phUPrhcsQ&ab_channel=PBSNewsHour

The White House COVID-19 coordinator issued a dire warning Thursday about the nation’s ability to battle a potential pandemic surge this fall if Congress fails to provide billions more dollars to brace for the next wave.

Speaking at the White House briefing, Dr. Ashish Jha said the government purchased a large amount of both vaccines and therapeutics that will get the country through the summer, even with rising case numbers.

But he warned, those tools will begin to run out by the fall and winter, a time when some models show there could be “a sizeable wave of infections.”

“That’s where I start getting very, very concerned. I mean, you want to ask what keeps me awake at night? It is that we are going to run out of vaccines,” Jha said.

“We’re not going to able to have enough of the next generation of vaccines. We are going to run out of treatments and we’re going to run out of diagnostic tests probably in the late fall into winter if we end up having a significant surge of infections. We don’t have the resources to buy those things. And those purchases need to be made now,” he underscored.

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[jmyrlefuller]

They haven't released the "next generation of vaccines." As far as we know, they haven't even developed them. They're still using vaccines designed for the original Wuhan strain and trying to boost over and over again, to laughable results.

[libertybele]

They haven't released the "next generation of vaccines." As far as we know, they haven't even developed them. They're still using vaccines designed for the original Wuhan strain and trying to boost over and over again, to laughable results.

Gee and we also have a surge of the flu virus in the winter. 

[libertybele]

Working on vaccines for kids under 5.  No group shall go unscathed by the vaccines if the WH, WHO and CDC have their way.  Hopefully parents have wised up. 

[Wingnut]

If you like your virus you can keep your virus. 

[PeteS in CA]

If it's like the current "surge", the daily new cases bump will be barely measurable, and daily deaths will not increase at all, or possibly decrease.

I had a, "You were exposed, please test," up-and-downer last week. I was negative, on two antigen tests done 4 1/2 days apart. My employer provides the test kits.

[Kamaji]

Prelude to another DNC-fixed election.

[Free Vulcan]

After the widespread Winter of Death predicted by Joe Skeezy that we just came through, I don't see how we can withstand another one.

[EdinVA]

if Congress fails to provide billions more dollars to brace for the next wave.

Faucci still owes China payments on his "research"