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Lots of noise from @GovTimWalz last weeknd feigning anger at federal government over vaccine supply.

I have extensive background in this field, so lets set the record straight: Asst Coach Walz & @mnhealth r trying to deflect attention from THEIR failures
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1/11

Vaccines are NOT produced by the federal government. They might be in communist countries, but in America they’re made by pharmaceutical companies.

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2/11

The @realDonaldTrump admin did amazing things to speed up testing and production. For months they told states “get ready, as soon as these are approved we’ll have dose ready to go an a steady supply of more.”

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3/11

Although Walz has never worked for a biz let alone run one, most inventory mngmt has switched to whats called Just-in-Time (JIT). This means as soon as a product comes off line it goes thru supply chain & into customers hands. Gone r the days of stockpiling in warehouses.

4/11

JIT means the feds r wasting vaccines by keeping them on a shelf. Even if there could be a stockpile of vaccine inventory, it wasnt the plan. As soon as its ready, its sent to states to use. EXCEPTION: a portion was held back by feds to ensure 2nd dose was available. But...
5/11

...Once the feds saw that vaccines could be made at a steady rate without production issues, they didn’t need to hold onto the reserves, so they released them, knowing that when the second doses came due, new vaccines would be rolling off Just In Time.

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6/11

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For weeks, some states, like Minnesota, have had extra vaccines on hand but have not been using them. This is 100% on @GovTimWalz .

Walz had MONTHS to get the system ready and didn’t.

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7/11

At the same time, @govtimwalz was asking the federal government to open up the criteria beyond 1A, in part because he was struggling getting vaccines to 1A people (in part because many didn’t want it).

The government granted Walz’s wish/called his bluff.

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8/11

Feds said “Ok, u can give it to anyone about 65." This didnt magically make more vaccines, recall theyre rolling off the line, going into supply chain & being sent to states JIT. Feds dont make vaccines & besides holding sum early 2nd doses in stock, they dont stockpile.

9/11

So now @GovTimWalz has two problems. (1) he still can’t get his vaccines out and (2) he has many more people eligible, so there no excuse to for not finding a willing person to be vaccinated.

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10/11

Instead of admitting things arent going well, Walz blames feds for doing what he asked. Thus, his feigning anger at them. He takes his talking points from @washingtonpost story claiming feds had already depleted their supply when they expanded what states could do. BUT...

11/11

BONUS TWEET:

Per above, its a good thing they dont have any supply - remember JIT.

So the question remains:

WHY DO WE HAVE VACCINES IN HAND THAT HAVE NOT BEEN USED?

No amount of WORD SALAD or doublespeak from @govtimwalz or @mdhcommmalcolm can overcome that fact.

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DOUBLE BONUS TWEET

. @GovTimWalz lies exposed by @pfizer just HOURS after he blamed feds.

See below screenshot:
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