HHS Pays $1.2B For Vaccine Made At Obama-Built Govt. Facility

By John Wilkerson / May 21, 2020 at 4:28 PM
HHS on Wednesday (May 20) said it will pay AstraZeneca $1.2 billion to research and make at least 300 million COVID-19 investigational vaccine doses, and the first doses could be delivered as early as October, according to HHS and AstraZeneca press releases, though many say that’s probably an overly optimistic timeline. The vaccine, which Oxford University invented, will be made at a government-run facility built by the Obama administration. HHS and AstraZeneca press releases says HHS’ Biomedical Advanced Research and...


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