Shortly after President Joe Biden was sworn in on Wednesday, Amazon congratulated him on his inauguration and offered their extensive resources to help the new government with the vaccination effort.
“As you begin your work to lead the country out of the COVID-19 crisis, Amazon is ready to help you reach your goal of vaccinating 100 million Americans in the first 100 days of your administration,” “said Dave Clark, CEO of Amazon’s Global Consumer. business, wrote in a letter to Biden Wednesday.
“We are willing to leverage our operations, information technology and communications capabilities and expertise to assist your administration’s vaccination efforts,” Clark continued. “Our scale enables us to immediately make a significant impact in the fight against Covid-19, and we are ready to assist you in this endeavor.”
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Amazon’s offer was welcomed by many after a slow implementation of the recently approved Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.
An Amazon spokesman declined to comment on why the company did not offer their help to the Trump administration.
Amazon did tell Fox News that the company had been in contact with U.S. government officials over the past nine months over the response to COVID-19. An Amazon spokesman also pointed to a letter Clark sent to a CDC advisory board on Dec. 16 about the distribution of vaccines.
‘We request it [Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices] continue to prioritize those essential workers who are unable to work from home, such as those working at Amazon fulfillment centers, AWS data centers and Whole Foods Market stores, to prioritize the COVID-19 vaccine at the earliest convenient time received, “Clark told ACIP chairman Dr. Jose R. Romero.
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Clark’s December letter contains no offer of help with the distribution of vaccines.
Clark on Wednesday offered Amazon’s “operations, information technology and communication capabilities and expertise” to distribute the vaccine.
Clark also reiterated on Wednesday that the “essential employees who work at Amazon fulfillment centers, AWS data centers and Whole Foods Market stores across the country who cannot work from home, the COVID-19 vaccine at the earliest appropriate time. must receive. “
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On December 11, the FDA issued the first emergency authorization for Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine. Moderna’s vaccine was approved on 18 December.
More than a month after both vaccines were distributed, only 16,525,281 Americans received the first dose, according to the CDC. 35 990 150 doses have been distributed so far.
The blame for the messy deployment has changed over time. The Trump administration was heavily involved in the vaccine development process through Operation Warp Speed, but left it to states to distribute the vaccine themselves.
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“It is up to the States to distribute the vaccines that were once brought to the designated areas by the Federal Government,” former President Trump tweeted in late December. “We not only developed the vaccines, including raising money to speed up the process, but also bringing them to the states.”
President Joe Biden has vowed to step up the federal government’s involvement in the vaccination process, saying he will rely on the Defense Production Act to increase the supply of vaccines, while using the National Guard and Federal Emergency Management Agency to spread.