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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Biden Makes Easter Plea; U.K. Plans Vaccine Passes: Virus Update
Bloomberg 36 mins ago Bloomberg News © Bloomberg Vials of the AstraZeneca Plc Covid-19 vaccine at Central Mosque of Brent in the Willesden Green district of London, U.K., on Friday, March 19, 2021. Skepticism and misinformation are hampering efforts to protect the U.K. s most diverse and deprived communities.
(Bloomberg)
President Joe Biden issued an Easter message casting vaccinations as a “moral obligation, one that can save your life and the lives of others.” Republican opposition to vaccine passports grew as Mississippi’s governor said they were not “a good thing to do in America.”