US bets on untested company to deliver COVID-19 vaccine

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As the U.S. government works to develop a vaccine, it's taking a big bet on a small company developing a new technology that hasn't yet set up a factory. Read more from AP, frontlinepbs and GlobalRepCentre

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.

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frontlinepbs GlobalRepCentre This was done before with the Polio vaccine because they wanted to push it out so fast. Guess what? Kids died b/c of the inexperienced company.

frontlinepbs GlobalRepCentre Wonder who the shareholders are?

frontlinepbs GlobalRepCentre It's not a bet, it's graft!

frontlinepbs GlobalRepCentre It’s like shark tank.

frontlinepbs GlobalRepCentre With so many anti-vaxxers and the anti-science president pandering to them, do you thint that enough people will get the vaccine?

frontlinepbs GlobalRepCentre The United States is under international lockdown. No one wants Americans in their countries! The States lead the world by far with over 3.2 million COVID-19 cases and over 136,000 Covid deaths. That’s 1/4 of the total COVID 19 deaths in the world! Winning!! All on you, tRump!

frontlinepbs GlobalRepCentre Dont worry US taxpayer, its your money and they give it to whoever.

frontlinepbs GlobalRepCentre Is there any way that trumpislosing or any of his white-boy billionaires club are involved in this startup?

frontlinepbs GlobalRepCentre Fully funded by Bill Gates Vaccines follow the money trail !!

frontlinepbs GlobalRepCentre A Jared scam!

frontlinepbs GlobalRepCentre This is just stupid. Bet the owner is connected to Jared somehow.

frontlinepbs GlobalRepCentre Stealing in broad daylight!

frontlinepbs GlobalRepCentre So who is related to who owns this company? Fucking so sick of this kind of bullshit.

frontlinepbs GlobalRepCentre They only have 20 employees and they were founded on 7/22/2016, according to Bloomberg’s website. Hmm.

frontlinepbs GlobalRepCentre “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. “

frontlinepbs GlobalRepCentre UNTESTED UNAPPROVED UNKNOWN TRUMP IS WASTING OUR TaxPayers $MONEY yet again! 1st it was the Hydroxychloroquine then ingesting or injecting disinfectant to NOW THIS! ANYONE WISHING TO PLAY GUINEA PIG (NO PUN INTENDED) FOR TRUMP MORE POWER TO YOU ALL! He's trying to KILL US!

frontlinepbs GlobalRepCentre Yes because it's not influenced by globalist marxist communist and it needs to clean of toxins that bill gates is putting into their vaccines.

frontlinepbs GlobalRepCentre Sounds about right...

frontlinepbs GlobalRepCentre So it’s a scam.

frontlinepbs GlobalRepCentre They need to find something quick because POTUS realDonaldTrump Blklivesmatter MoveOn robertjeffress Millennials GenZ and their supporters are treating COVID__19 pandemic in VERY callous manner, reverting back to Charles Darwin theory, survival of the fittest.

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