Big Gaps In Vaccination Supplies Highlighted In Whistleblower Complaint; Will RAPID Partnership Save The Day?

Ousted BARDA chief says HHS leaders ignored his warnings that the US lacks the necessary supplies of needles and syringes to administer a widespread COVID-19 vaccination campaign, and it could take the country two years to have enough supplies. A new public-private partnership announced in March is working to fill in those gaps. 

Close-up medical syringe with a vaccine.
HHS has a new public-private partnership that might help fill a big gap in vaccine syringe and needle supplies • Source: Shutterstock

The US lacks the necessary supplies of needles and syringes to administer a widespread COVID-19 vaccination campaign and it could take the country two years to have enough supplies, ousted Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority Director Rick Bright warned government officials this winter as the coronavirus crisis emerged, but those claims fell on deaf ears, Bright’s whistleblower complaint says.

The Health and Human Services Department did not respond to a request for comment on Bright’s allegations or to a...

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