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LIVE: Operation Warp Speed's Moncel Slaoui said @modernatx vaccine has efficacy of 94.1% overall, 87% efficacy in preventing moderate disease in adults over 65, 100% effective at preventing severe disease in all ages. #HHS #OWS
LIVE: Slaoui says we should be able to vaccinate 100 million people by end of February, protecting most of the higher risk people. #ows #hhs
LIVE: Gen. Perna says OWS has shipped 6.4 million doses of @pfizer vaccines to states, territories, major cities, and 12.5 million doses for @modernatx. They're shipping first doses only, to avoid sending more than states/clinics can store. #ows #hhs
LIVE: Gustave Perna commends @CDCgov for "remarkable work they are doing...Really proud to be a part of the collaboration w/ them." Once vaccines are shipped to cities/states/territories, "jurisdictions and governors quite frankly will decide where they want them to go.” #OWS
LIVE: Gen. Gustave Perna says the job of Operation Warp Speed is to enable jurisdictions to carry out their own vaccination plans. #ows #hhs
LIVE: Gen. Gustave Perna on being vaccinated against covid-19. "I just ask everybody to really educate yourself... Don't allow one headline to determine what you are going to do." #ows #hhs
LIVE: Slaoui says #OWS will ship covid-19 vaccines for 20 million people in December, another 30 million people in January, additional 50 million by February. If Jansen vaccine is authorized, could have more vaccine doses in February. #hhs
LIVE: General Perna said that after the initial pushes to deliver covid-19 vaccines, there will be regular weekly shipments as they're available. #hhs #ows
LIVE: General Perna of #ows notes people will need 2 doses of covid vaccine, says states will get one dose of vaccine at a time, followed 3-4 wks later by the second dose. "Our responsibility is to make sure we have the second dose in hand before we send out the first dose." #hhs
LIVE: Can people who've had asymptomatic covid-19 still get vaccinated? Moncef Slaoui says 5-10% of participants in clinical trials were sero-positive, although no one who was actually sick was included. #ows #hhs
LIVE: Vaccine allocations are going out to 64 jurisdictions and 5 federal agencies, Gen. Perna said, based on population. #ows #hhs
LIVE: Moncef Slaoui says @AstraZeneca's vaccine data may be available in January, potentially for an emergency use authorization. #ows #hhs
LIVE: Gen. Perna: In addition to 64 jurisdictions, vaccines will also ship to 5 federal agencies: the departments of Defense and State, Veterans Affairs Department’s Veterans Health Administration, the Bureau of Prisons and Indian Health Service. #hhs #ows
