Bisbee Gal Posted January 18, 2021 Report Share Posted January 18, 2021 What a dope. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/mexico-says-its-ok-with-getting-less-pfizer-vaccine-for-now/2021/01/17/63ef3bf0-592b-11eb-a849-6f9423a75ffd_story.html Jan. 17, 2021 at 7:20 p.m. CST MEXICO CITY — President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Sunday that his government has agreed with a U.N. proposal to delay shipments of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine to countries like Mexico that had exiting purchase agreements, in order to get more doses to poorer countries quicker. López Obrador said the delayed shipments would be made up later. “Anyway, that won’t change our plan, because we are already seeking out other vaccines,”’ López Obrador said, referring to the AstraZeneca vaccine as well as the Chinese CanSino and Russian Sputnik V vaccines, neither of which has been approved for use yet. “We are going to have enough vaccines.” Mexico has so far received almost a half million doses of the Pfizer vaccine and used nearly all of them. López Obrador criticized wealthier countries that have stockpiled large amounts of vaccines but have not used them. “We are going to have more authority and rights than those who get vaccines and don’t administer them, who keep them frozen, as is happening in some countries in Europe,” López Obrador said. Teams vaccinating front-line health care workers in Mexico have administered about 463,000 shots so far, far short of the country’s total of 750,000 such workers, each of whom will require two doses. Mexico posted its second day of more than 20,000 coronavirus infections Saturday, suggesting a surge in a country already struggling in many areas with overflowing hospitals. There were 20,523 newly confirmed cases Saturday, after 21,366 infections were reported Friday. On Sunday, 11,170 new cases were confirmed. Reporting normally declines on weekends, so the coming week could bring even higher numbers. Officials reported 1,219 deaths Saturday, which was a near-record for one day, and 463 deaths Sunday. Mexico has now seen over 1.64 million total infections and registered over 140,000 deaths so far in the pandemic. With the country’s extremely low testing rate, official estimates suggest the real death toll is closer to 195,000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngusMactavish Posted January 18, 2021 Report Share Posted January 18, 2021 14 minutes ago, Bisbee Gal said: What a dope. If ignorance is bliss, he is blistered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bisbee Gal Posted January 18, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2021 21 minutes ago, Bisbee Gal said: From the article: López Obrador criticized wealthier countries that have stockpiled large amounts of vaccines but have not used them. Yet........ From https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-vaccine-tracker-global-distribution/ Global Vaccination Campaign Country No. of doses administered Per 100 people Last updated Global total 42,224,141 – Jan. 17 Israel 2,345,250 25.91 Jan. 17 U.A.E. 1,882,778 17.52 Jan. 17 Bahrain 141,563 9.54 Jan. 17 U.K. 4,307,002 6.45 Jan. 17 U.S. 14,306,422 4.36 Jan. 17 Denmark 167,011 2.88 Jan. 17 Slovenia 41,439 2.00 Jan. 17 Malta 9,496 1.92 Jan. 15 Italy 1,147,373 1.90 Jan. 17 Lithuania 46,923 1.69 Jan. 17 Spain 768,950 1.65 Jan. 15 Ireland 77,303 1.56 Jan. 13 Iceland 5,517 1.55 Jan. 14 Canada 560,740 1.49 Jan. 17 Estonia 18,179 1.37 Jan. 17 Germany 1,048,160 1.26 Jan. 16 Hungary 119,944 1.23 Jan. 17 Poland 457,303 1.20 Jan. 17 EU 5,272,355 1.19 Jan. 17 Cyprus 10,226 1.17 Jan. 16 Austria* 102,790 1.16 Jan. 17 Croatia 45,906 1.13 Jan. 17 Slovakia 57,804 1.06 Jan. 17 Romania 205,060 1.06 Jan. 17 Portugal 106,000 1.03 Jan. 15 Russia* 1,500,000 1.02 Jan. 11 Czech Republic 94,328 0.89 Jan. 15 Saudi Arabia 295,530 0.87 Jan. 17 Turkey 707,292 0.85 Jan. 17 Norway 42,003 0.78 Jan. 15 Finland 43,143 0.78 Jan. 15 Sweden 79,466 0.77 Jan. 13 Greece 79,744 0.74 Jan. 16 China 10,000,000 0.71 Jan. 13 Latvia 13,129 0.68 Jan. 15 France 422,127 0.65 Jan. 16 Oman 24,773 0.59 Jan. 17 Costa Rica 24,859 0.49 Jan. 15 Argentina 200,759 0.45 Jan. 15 Belgium 49,847 0.44 Jan. 15 Luxembourg 2,372 0.39 Jan. 13 Serbia 22,000 0.32 Jan. 17 Bulgaria 18,332 0.26 Jan. 16 Mexico 329,983 0.26 Jan. 14 Netherlands 40,000 0.23 Jan. 15 Chile 21,972 0.11 Jan. 17 Singapore 6,200 0.11 Jan. 13 Kuwait 2,500 0.05 Dec. 29 India 224,301 0.02 Jan. 17 Albania 266 0.01 Jan. 15 Guinea 55 0.00 Dec. 30 Indonesia 21 0.00 Jan. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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