something else that is a head turner on the way out to the family photo, president biden was asked by a member of the u.s. press pool what his message for vladimir putin is going to be. when he gets to switzerland for their one-on-one meeting. he said his message is i will tell you after i deliver it. we did to the president and the first lady there. the main advantage today on the first day of the g7 is going to be a talk about the pandemic. the g7 leaders announced they are going to collectively donate 1 billion doses of the covid vaccine to low and middle income countries. about half of those are going to be coming from the united states. some of the money is from the american rescue plan. the president wants to make clear that the united states is not going to ask for favors the way that china and russia have been accused of donating to people who they think can be strategic partners. there are going to be no preconditions and no strings attached and no pressure for favors or conce
vaccine that s proven very effective. they will start to be shipped in august. 200 million of these doses will be deliver this had year, 2021. let me be clear, the united states is providing these half million doses with no strings attached. let me say it again. with no strings attached. our vaccine donations don t include pressure for favors or potential concessions. we re doing this to save lives, to end this pandemic. that s it. period. we ve got ep to know each other the last few months. he and i, his entire team have
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united states default position being internationalist or could it go back to being something more like some? it s a different turn but there are still an element of american exceptionalism and that again today from joe biden talking about the 500 million doses they are donating to the rest of the world, this comes with no strings attached. we go when we see people suffering. i think he realises that they are behind the curve. they ve missed the opportunity from vaccine diplomacy. you are right, it s exceptionalism but a different kind to donald trump who was utterly unashamed and saying the best thing in the united do and knew all say america first. if we look after ourselves, a popular message with support, it is different in the sense of the value driven power, and you want to help
covid-19 in every known variant of that virus thus far. these half a billion vaccines will start to be shipped in august as quickly as they roll off the manufacturing line. 200 million of these doses could be delivered this year, 2021, and 300 million more would be delivered in the first half of 2022. to be clear, just as with the 80 million doses we previously announced the united states is providing those half million doses with no strings attached. let me say it again, with no strings attached. our vaccine donations don t include pressure for favors or potential concessions, we are doing this to save lives and ends the pandemic. that s it. i also want to think the pfizer ceo and chairman for joining me today.