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Since the early days of the pandemic, CBS News has repeatedly suggested the Trump administration was not taking coronavirus seriously and was doing next to nothing to address it. But on Thursday, CBS Evening News was disgusted after learning that the administration was in the process of stockpiling glass vials so that when America’s vaccines were ready for distribution we had them.
On top of that, they omitted how the administration was funding groundbreaking syringe manufacturing techniques that eliminated the need for glass vials.
“A potential coronavirus vaccine made by the Massachusetts-based company Moderna should go into advanced trials later this month. But even if a vaccine is proven to be safe and effective, there are concerns that a global shortage of specialized glass for vaccine vials could delay its rollout,” warned fill-in anchor Margaret Brennan.
The report delivered by correspondent Imtiaz Tyab initially focused on the work of the Serum Institute of India, who was “the world's largest manufacturer of vaccines” and was working with “AstraZeneca to produce over a billion doses of the vaccine being trialed by Oxford University.”
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