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A new report paints a damning picture of how health officials in
the Biden administration "miscalculated" the need for vaccines
to combat monkeypox.

Sources who spoke to the New York Times fault the Department of
Health and Human Services for failing early on in the outbreak
to ask Denmark-based manufacturer Bavarian Nordic to prepare
bulk stocks of the two-dose vaccine already owned by the United
States for distribution. The U.S. government, which invested
more than $1 billion in the vaccine's development, is now
distributing 1.1 million doses, which is less than the 3.5
million health officials estimate is necessary, per the report.

WHO DECLARES MONKEYPOX GLOBAL HEALTH EMERGENCY AS OUTBREAK
SPREADS WORLDWIDE

Further, the report notes, HHS does not expect the next delivery
of half a million doses until October, and much of another 5.5
million ordered by the U.S. is not scheduled for delivery until
next year.

Among the factors fueling the dilemma was the U.S. failing to
replenish its national stockpile of roughly 20 million doses and
waiting weeks after the first case was detected in mid-May to
request delivery.

On May 23, HHS officials allowed Bavarian Nordic to deliver
roughly 215,000 fully finished doses already purchased by the
federal government to Europe instead of holding them for the
U.S., the report said. At that time, the report added, there
were only eight confirmed cases in the U.S., and the Food and
Drug Administration had not yet certified the plant where the
Jynneos vaccine was poured into vials.

Lawrence Gostin, a former adviser to the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention who has consulted with the White House
about monkeypox, said there have been "the same kinds of
bureaucratic delays and forgetfulness and dropping the ball that
we did during the COVID pandemic."

The Biden administration is taking steps to remedy the shortage,
including searching for another firm to take over the final
manufacturing phase of bottling, capping, and labeling frozen
bulk vaccine stored at Bavarian Nordic's headquarters outside
Copenhagen. Discussions are underway with Grand River Aseptic
Manufacturing, a Michigan factory that has helped produce COVID-
19 vaccines, according to the report. The administration has
also ramped up testing capacity from around 6,000 tests
performed per week to over 80,000 tests per week.

"Our response has accelerated to meet evolving needs on the
ground, and it will keep accelerating. We will use every lever
possible to continue allocating doses ahead of timelines as
possible," HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Sarah
Lovenheim told the news outlet.

President Joe Biden, who, according to the report, is upset by
the vaccine shortage, has formed a team led by two veteran
public health experts to lead the national response to the
monkeypox outbreak. Robert Fenton, a regional administrator for
the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is serving as the White
House monkeypox coordinator. With him, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis,
director of the Division of HIV Prevention at the CDC and an
expert in health issues affecting gay and transgender people, is
serving as deputy coordinator.

Monkeypox typically spreads via skin-to-skin contact with such
symptoms as headaches, fevers, swollen lymph nodes, and rashes,
among others. The CDC reported 6,617 confirmed
monkeypox/orthopoxvirus cases as of Wednesday evening.

The administration appointments came after Democratic Govs.
Gavin Newsom (CA) and J.B. Pritzker (IL) declared states of
emergency over monkeypox on Monday, following Gov. Kathy
Hochul's (D-NY) declaration last week.

Original Location: How badly did Biden botch monkeypox response?
Report on vaccines shows HHS 'dropping the ball'

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monkeypox-response-report-on-vaccines-shows-hhs-dropping-the-
ball/article_7e5dc4a3-0927-5925-960a-04550f77f8aa.html