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‘It Was a Fraud,’ Cuomo Says of Vaccine Rollout

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York said on Monday that he had asked the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer to directly sell doses to the state, so that it does not have to depend solely on the federal government to distribute doses.

A stressor on this entire situation, and a stressor on people across the state is the federal government increased eligibility dramatically, but never increase the supply of the dosages. So I’m not really eligible if there’s no supply. It was a fraud. And you told me I was eligible, but you don’t have a vaccine for me. So what was the point? As a state, we’re trying to do everything that we can. I sent a letter to the Pfizer corporation today. Pfizer is technically not bound by any federal agreement because they did not get engaged in what the federal government called Operation Warp Speed, where they gave money to drug companies to expedite the vaccine. Pfizer is a private company. They produced it on their own. They can do what they want with it. I sent the president and chairman, Mr. Bourla, Dr. Bourla, a letter asking if New York could buy directly from Pfizer.

Coronavirus Pandemic: Latest Updates

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‘It Was a Fraud,’ Cuomo Says of Vaccine Rollout

By Reuters January 18, 2021

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York said on Monday that he had asked the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer to directly sell doses to the state, so that it does not have to depend solely on the federal government to distribute doses.

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