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What is going on over that NBC News? On Monday, they threw Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo under the bus and reported on how he was forcing elderly coronavirus patients into nursing homes. Then, on Tuesday, they credited President Trump for funding a groundbreaking manufacturing technique that would allow syringes for vaccines to be produced faster, in greater number, and domestically.
“Even if a vaccine is developed, is the U.S. prepared to deliver the millions of doses that would be available? Experts say no, but our Gabe Gutierrez talked to a CEO who says his company can solve a critical roadblock,” announced anchor Lester Holt at the top of the segment (an NBC News exclusive).
Correspondent Gabe Gutierrez began by noting that the director for the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Francis Collins was “sounding the alarm” during a Senate hearing earlier in the day over concerns for the U.S. was going to ramp up production of a coronavirus vaccine.
“Late today, the Trump administration announced a new $138 million effort, called Project Jump-start, to dramatically increase domestic production of syringes,” Gutierrez countered the concern. He then reported that, “The departments of Defense and Health and Human Services will now partner with health start-up Apiject Systems America. The company makes plastic prefilled syringes.”
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