FILE - In this March 16, 2020, file photo, a patient receives a shot in the first-stage safety study clinical trial of a potential vaccine for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle. When precious vats of COVID-19 vaccine are finally ready, the ability to jab the lifesaving solution into the arms of Americans will require hundreds of millions of injections.
Trump administration officials would not say why they are investing so heavily in ApiJect’s technology. The company has made only about 1,000 prototypes to date, and it’s not clear whether those devices can deliver the vaccines that are currently in development. So far, the leading candidates are using traditional vials to hold the vaccine, and needles and syringes in their clinical trials.ApiJect founder Marc Koska never intended to vaccinate the United States.
According to Walker, the CEO, ApiJect wasn’t interested in a federal contract — they were aiming to change the developing world with quick, inexpensive injection devices that could save millions of lives. Walker continued to resist, he said, but Giroir — who is also a doctor specializing in pediatric critical care — “wasn’t big on taking no for an answer,” Walker said.
When the pandemic emerged weeks later, officials sounded the alarm about a potential shortage of needles and syringes to deliver a vaccine if and when one became available. He recommended the task force “direct HHS BARDA to initiate a program to identify all alternate vaccine delivery methods and ramp up production.“ BARDA is the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority within HHS.
An estimated 700 million injections may be needed to inoculate the nation -- at least two shots for every person, according to the military document. And earlier this month Retractable entered into a second contract with the government, this one for $53 million meant to boost domestic manufacturing.But Retractable, which was worried enough about its financial future that earlier this year it received a $1.36 million loan from the Paycheck Protection Program, has been doing about 80% of its manufacturing in China.
The device includes a little computer chip — like the ones in credit cards — that can transmit information about the drug, dose, location and time of administration.
frontlinepbs When the vaccine is ready (same ingredents we would get), I would like to have all mainstream media take the vaccine in a public gathering. I will make sure you all take it. Then see the results in a year before you give it to the public. Just to see if it's truely safe.
frontlinepbs Refreshing to see the comments on this thread that none of us are interested in taking this rushed vaccine, regardless of party. Maybe this is what will finally bring us together? We all use common sense and stand up together and say NO to this insanity! NoCovidGuineaPigs
cearmario frontlinepbs This is also good news for covid-19 treatment.
frontlinepbs By the time there is a vaccine, Joe Biden will be President and this company will have disappeared, probably with billions of dollars that trump has already given them.
frontlinepbs What is the scam with these people 😒
frontlinepbs Jared? It’s Jared isn’t it? Right? Fuckin Jared...
frontlinepbs It’s probably owned and operated by Trump
frontlinepbs SCARY!
eclecticbrotha frontlinepbs OMG this smells like theranos. That woman should be in prison.
frontlinepbs Jared will profit.
frontlinepbs Has anyone seen Elizabeth Holmes lately?
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Tooda frontlinepbs Let me guess: it’s some how connected to Trump
frontlinepbs why?
frontlinepbs Is this draining the swamp
frontlinepbs Wait a minute most Americans won’t take it how ya figure that many doses hundreds of millions are we gonna vaccinate the whole Western Hemisphere
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frontlinepbs Don’t expect this crisis, a legitimate vaccine and delivery for covid until at least a year after frump and the swamp are removed from office. This administration cannot and will not do what’s necessary.
frontlinepbs Find the connection to a Trump family member or crony, and get back to us.
frontlinepbs By the time the vaccine is ready Trump will be long gone. I am not sure I would trust a vaccine developed under this administration.
HirokoTabuchi frontlinepbs I'm not an anti-vaxxer, but the political pressure to get a vaccine makes me concerned about corners cut. I'll get my annual Flu vaccine, and wait a little bit too see about the effectiveness and side-effects of the COVID-19 vaccine.
khatmal23 frontlinepbs Untested company, untested vaccine technology (RNA-based over the tried and true AAV5). Yea... we aren't getting it here anytime soon.
frontlinepbs We are fd
frontlinepbs Just why would that be?
HirokoTabuchi frontlinepbs I’m sure there’s a kickback involved.
frontlinepbs I am pro vax. But I will wait and see how this one goes before I commit
frontlinepbs I wonder who’s company or backer/s it/they is/are?! Let’s find a paper trail
frontlinepbs He went to Jared’s crime family to set it up. You know Eric is the new CEO...
frontlinepbs Vaccines are evil. Original vaccine was made by using cows sexually transmitted vaginal disease-are you kidding me.. vaccines _ EVIL from get go
frontlinepbs Either that or some weird Bill Barr connected lab
frontlinepbs You won’t see me in line first to it. I will let the three of four “opps” we gotta recall it happen first.
frontlinepbs Exactly why that idiot needs to be defeated in Nov
frontlinepbs So we went from a year to 4 months to it's ready know? Money grab or planned setup 🤔
frontlinepbs That's a negative from me. Nope.
frontlinepbs Pay offs gavd to stop!!
frontlinepbs Let me guess....Ivanka owns the company?
frontlinepbs ok, which one of his buddies runs this 'lab', and how much are they kicking back to Bonespurs himself?
joanneintexas frontlinepbs I bet they made a very nice donation to the campaign.
frontlinepbs Who the fuck even agreed to it ? Yeah no thanks
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JeffersonObama frontlinepbs This Admin is not capable of managing this
JeffersonObama frontlinepbs Typical...tRump’s buddies stuffing their pockets.
JeffersonObama frontlinepbs Follow the $'s.
frontlinepbs This is corrupt and obscene and must be stopped.
frontlinepbs This sounds like another non-story. Please try to keeps us informed of real news.
frontlinepbs Listen to the actual definition of a COVID death. The numbers are inflated.
frontlinepbs I think they are overestimating the number of injections. They are not sticking any of that shit into me or my children!
frontlinepbs Bet fifty percent do not get any shot for this. The crazies among us.
frontlinepbs A Jared start up?
frontlinepbs The debacle is complete
marynlm frontlinepbs Is anyone surprised? He does absolutely everything wrong.
frontlinepbs can't make me won't make me get no damn vaccine
frontlinepbs Makes sense 🙄 trumplabs scienceismagic coronavirus
frontlinepbs Plus it’s said it’s been said by Epidemiologists it should go to ⛑ First Responders first !! Then delegate the next so on
frontlinepbs U go first!
frontlinepbs Let me guess. He owns stock in that company.
frontlinepbs This is another Trump Fraud that will fail Trump Airline-Failed Trump Casino-Failed Trump University-Failed
frontlinepbs Hm. Who owns this company? Who has a financial interest in this company?
frontlinepbs We don't want a vaccine. How about promoting people stay healthy and support their immune system? Vitamin D far more effective as observed so far.
frontlinepbs Who are the shareholders? Javanka
frontlinepbs Tuskegee experiment 2.0
frontlinepbs So is this a company him or his family have a stake in? Is the Trump administration just giving American Tax Money to them to enrich themselves? TrumpsFailedPresidency TrumpDeathToll133K
frontlinepbs FollowTheMoney
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scottc_scottc frontlinepbs Does Jared own it?
frontlinepbs Don’t care where it comes from , not getting it!!!
frontlinepbs lol
frontlinepbs Who is making money from this & where does the chip go?
frontlinepbs I see trump is still draining that swamp...
frontlinepbs Does anybody know if Trump University will be online or in person in the Fall? 🤣
frontlinepbs Follow the money.
frontlinepbs Yeah he won’t be president anymore so his little company which his family probably has money will not be going foward in operation
frontlinepbs Nepotism again?
ByScottCullen frontlinepbs This is why Fauci is pissy, he has vaccine interest
frontlinepbs Why?
frontlinepbs Will they be free?
JonathanMetzl frontlinepbs Follow the money....
frontlinepbs Sounds like a plan
frontlinepbs Aka boondoggle
frontlinepbs Say no to fvm forcedvaccinemutilation
frontlinepbs Just look for the grift
frontlinepbs This is an amazing story - how can the US be committing to pay 2x the cost we pay other, proven & approved, suppliers?
frontlinepbs Predictable Trump administration MO. Predictable outcome: Failure.
frontlinepbs I can’t wait to hear about how this company has no employees and never made a vaccine before.
frontlinepbs So, the only real question is, how is the money getting to Trump or his criminal enterprises?
frontlinepbs It won't matter. I won't get a COVID-19 vaccination anyway.
frontlinepbs They'll vaccinate military personnel first.
frontlinepbs We're doomed.
susanesc frontlinepbs Who in his family or amongst his friends owns or has stake in this company?
frontlinepbs Just setting it up so when the rushed vaccine doesn't work they can blame Trump for it. What will Americans do when Covid mutates so much it can never be cured?
frontlinepbs What could possibly go wrong. No way I’ll get a vaccine until Trump and his cronies are gone. And I’m someone who should get protected. Age, diabetes, type A blood. That’s the level of trust I have in Trump and his administration.
frontlinepbs Hmmm, sounds like the electric company he hired to help Puerto Rico after the hurricane. I wonder who's in his bed this time Smells fishy and deadly.
frontlinepbs Not me. Come at me with a vaccine and it will get ugly. They don't know the difference between one virus and another. Giant money scheme that's all.
frontlinepbs Any company that trusts using the trump name at this point deserves to fail. By now it’s common knowledge that it’s the touch of death for any business.
frontlinepbs This is from the same fool touting Hydroxychloroquine which has had NO PROVEN impact on COVID__19 and may be harmful. Trump is gonna kill us all!
frontlinepbs YIKES.
frontlinepbs Whose cousin owns that company?
frontlinepbs Does it have connections to Trump or any of his regime members?
frontlinepbs bad decisions and bad bets have led us to where he has been (multiple bankruptcies) and to where we are now , chaos
frontlinepbs Line people up and use these. I remember these from when I was a kid
frontlinepbs My family not taking a vaccine for COVID. It doesn’t matter who it is . F vaccines
frontlinepbs Another Kushner business
frontlinepbs I believe the report that he paid d
frontlinepbs So giving money to someone who’ll shrug their shoulders and run
frontlinepbs Seriously! Trumpcannot get out of his own way.... ☹️
frontlinepbs Is it Jared darth
frontlinepbs Directly from the article: “The fact of this matter is, it would be crazy for people to just rely on us. I would be the first to say it,” said ApiJect CEO Jay Walker. “We should be America’s backup at this point, but probably not its primary.” trumpisadumbdumb
frontlinepbs wtf
frontlinepbs no vaccine for me until Biden is in power
frontlinepbs Sure one of Trump’s contributors owns the lab
frontlinepbs Sounds a bit like more money laundering...
frontlinepbs Is it owned by a family member?
frontlinepbs Where does the money-trail lead? To a friend? To a donor?
KathrynRedd frontlinepbs Follow the $$
frontlinepbs He wants death. How else to explain it
frontlinepbs you guys gotta start putting which administration member's nephew landed the contract in the headline
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frontlinepbs how long until we find out it’s just another shell corporation owned by a Trump donor?
frontlinepbs Another unqualified Trump donor feeding at the big government tit no doubt. Betting they fail spectacular but the money disappears.
frontlinepbs No one is excited for a vaccine that no one knows anything about or even how effective it will be. Concentrate on better treatment just like they have been doing with all other non curable diseases.
frontlinepbs Are they friends of Jared?
frontlinepbs They seem pretty confident on their website. What gives?
frontlinepbs Of course they are. They probably have a shadow group buying up all the stock.
frontlinepbs Sometimes one thinks that their only motivation comes down to money, not lives...
frontlinepbs America I am sorry
frontlinepbs BULLSHIT. In 1964 America vaccinated the entire country for FREE from Polio. Taken by mouth, in a sugar cube. Salk gave it AWAY for free, BUT there are no more men like Salk. WHO MADE THIS COMPLICATED? THE HIGH COST IS THE NEEDLE.
frontlinepbs So this will be yet another shit show, then.
frontlinepbs So freakin stupid. PE is not the answer to a global pandemic. Stop spending tax payer resources to fatten pockets of cronies. We learned our lesson with this massive testing failure. Startups are great for innovation, they can’t be trusted for mass scaling like this.
frontlinepbs Nah......vaccines
frontlinepbs always grifting. once trump is gone and if we ever get a functioning congress who’ll look into all of the theft, America will see that trump stole billions of dollars from taxpayers with impunity. GrifterInChief
frontlinepbs Let me guess....he went to Jared again...I'm sure it will be fine . We will be fine....😣🤦
frontlinepbs WTF
frontlinepbs No Factory, Not approved and a young company. It's called, KICK BACKS..........
frontlinepbs Which Trump entity or friend is benefitting from this company?
frontlinepbs There is no WAY in HELL I'd trust TRUMP or ANY of his mob to produce a safe vaccine for this country...NO WAY!!!! I'll gladly WAIT for him to be kicked out and a new adminstration to come in before I'd trust again.
frontlinepbs Let me guess: Trump's gardner?
frontlinepbs Let me guess Jared Kushner owns the company or his brother owns it or someone in the Trump family owns a portion of this company if not all of it.
frontlinepbs Have those who disbelieved not considered that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, and We separated them and made from water every living thing? Then will they not believe?
frontlinepbs New fresh hell everyday. Biden2020
frontlinepbs I AM SO TIRED OF THE COMPLETE INCOMPETENCE
frontlinepbs Is it called Kushner Labs?
frontlinepbs 🤦🏻♂️
frontlinepbs Sounds about right
frontlinepbs Follow the money
frontlinepbs Just like the small company that was asked to rebuild Puerto Rico's power grid, right?
frontlinepbs Golly I wonder who owns this new company 🤷♂️
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frontlinepbs Must be another one of his cronies!!!
frontlinepbs What could go wrong?
frontlinepbs just like a young vaccine that we will know nothing about, when ready!
frontlinepbs The AP is infected with Trump Derangement Syndrome and it's just pathetic at this point.