Governors’ red tape blamed as vaccine doses pile up

Governors’ red tape blamed as vaccine doses pile up-politico:  Governors face a growing outcry over inflexible vaccine policies that are now being blamed for leaving millions of doses to pile up in freezers — and some to land in the trash.

Hospitals say syringes supplied by feds waste vaccine doses

Hospitals say syringes supplied by feds waste vaccine doses-politico:  Hospitals are throwing out doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine because the federal government is giving some of the facilities syringes that can only extract five doses from vials that often contain more.

FDA advisory panel recommends use of Pfizer vaccine

FDA advisory panel recommends use of Pfizer vaccine-politico:  An independent FDA advisory committee on Thursday said that the benefits of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine outweigh the risks, setting the stage for the agency to authorize emergency use of the shot for people 16 and older.

A vaccine? Yes. An effective way to get it to people? No.

A vaccine? Yes. An effective way to get it to people? No-politico:  Trump says tens of millions of doses of coronavirus vaccines, which hold the promise of blunting a pandemic that has killed nearly a quarter-million Americans, will be delivered to every state as soon as December.  But interviews with more than two dozen experts who work in pharmacies, rural clinics and public health, as well as state and local officials, reveal serious concerns that states may not be ready to distribute a vaccine by then.

Delayed transition could hamper coronavirus vaccine preparations

Delayed transition could hamper coronavirus vaccine preparations-politico:  The Trump administration's refusal to acknowledge Joe Biden's electoral victory could hinder the incoming team's preparations on pressing issues, including the distribution of a coronavirus vaccine, Biden's future chief of staff said Thursday.

The next vaccine challenge: Nationalism

The next vaccine challenge: Nationalism-politico:  As scientists edge closer to a vaccine for Covid-19, a more vexing exercise may be ahead: overcoming the mounting forces of nationalism to get all those doses around the world.