by Tyler Durden
Sunday, Apr 04, 2021 - 02:05 PM
The federal government has ordered Johnson & Johnson to take control of a Baltimore factory being used to produce doses of COVID-19 vaccines after workers at the factory mixed up ingredients for the J&J and AstraZeneca jabs being prepared at the factory, spoiling 15MM doses, the latest - and biggest - case of spoiled batches in the US.
Reports of the spoiled jabs created a major headache for the Biden Administration, which has made the vaccine rollout its most urgent political priority.
The Administration is rumored to have pressured Democratic governors to publicly receive the JNJ vaccine on camera to send the message that the jab is safe to the public. Argentine President Alberto Fernandez recently tested positive after falling ill, despite having been vaccinated with a Russian-made vaccine that s similar to the AstraZeneca jab. His case has stoked fears that it might cause more to question the efficacy of vaccines.
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Mitch McConnell said Republicans would have a talk with Americans about the bill s issues.
Meanwhile, funding for healthcare and restaurants is being praised by some GOP members.
For months, Congressional Republicans have been unanimously opposed to the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package that was backed by President Joe Biden and signed into law in March.
The stimulus package, which included $1,400 direct stimulus payments for individuals, funding for state and local governments, $300 in federal unemployment aid through September, and an expansion of the child tax credit, among other measures, did not receive a single GOP vote of support in the House or Senate.
At least nine people the age of 100 died after taking the COVID-19 vaccine across the US, according to the National Vaccine Information Center.
Both authorized vaccines, Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, were both approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for emergency use in December 2020, according to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
While patients have passed away after receiving a dose of the two authorized vaccines, data from the National Vaccine Information Centre does not prove or disprove a direct link between receiving the vaccine and death.
Autopsies are not ordered in many cases. Reasons for those who ve died are varied and unique, including massive heart attack several days after receiving the vaccine to suffering intense flu-like symptoms within hours of receiving the vaccine.