[stjohnswarts]

This is why I was so angry to find out that the Trump administration passed on 100 million doses. Are you kidding me? And they didn't have to pay for them if it wasn't proven to be effective. There was literally no downside! This has just been a terrible Presidency from all angles.

[zaroth]

If Trump had stockpiled even more doses he would just be called a mass murderer for hoarding the initial supply. America has enough of the first round of production locked up.

[maxerickson]

Their purchase targets across all the vaccine candidates should have been in the billions, with the idea of distributing any excess (FDA approved) vaccines around the world.

[tathougies]

The US has 100 million doses of Pfizer and 50 million of Moderna, enough to cover a bit under half the country. Then, it has 500 million of the Oxford vaccine. Altogether, this is more than enough to cover the country. And then it has the option to purchase more..

[CydeWeys]

It's two doses per person, so the first 150M only cover 75M people, not half of the country.

[tathougies]

No, I read that the doses reported by the government are the full two doses, so if there are 100 million doses, then the government has 200 million shots.