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The federal government has canceled a $600 million contract with COVID-19 vaccine manufacturer Emergent BioSolutions, which earlier this year was responsible for ruining millions of doses of the vaccine.
During the onset of the pandemic in Spring 2020, the government decided to bank on the company to become the only domestic manufacturer of the Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca vaccines. But, in March, a batch of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine produced at the company’s Maryland headquarters was found to be contaminated, which led to an inspection of the facility that unveiled a series of other problems.
Emergent executives revealed the status of the contract on a call with investors on Thursday. The government ceased making payments earlier this year, and the company will now forgo close to $180 million of the total amount that the deal was worth.
On the arrival of the pandemic, Emergent’s Baltimore facility had not been approved by regulators for the mass-production of any approved product. In 2012, an effort was begun between the government and the facility to make the site one that would be able to safely, rapidly produce vaccines should a novel virus become a threat. That effort ended with the cancelation of the contract.
Emergent CEO Robert Kramer blames the government for the failure of the project, arguing that no administration has adequately funded the effort. “The necessary operational investments by all administrations fell short of what was needed to maintain capability in case of an emergency,” he said.
The cancelation has not yet had a tangible effect on the availability of the vaccines in the U.S. The contract involved only the production of the AstraZeneca vaccine, which is not approved for distribution inside the U.S. Production for the Johnson & Johnson vaccine was arranged under a separate contract.
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Will America-First News Outlets Make it to 2023?
Things are looking grim for conservative and populist news sites.
There’s something happening behind the scenes at several popular conservative news outlets. 2021 was bad, but 2022 is proving to be disastrous for news sites that aren’t “playing ball” with the corporate media narrative. It’s being said that advertisers are cracking down, forcing some of the biggest ad networks like Google and Yahoo to pull their inventory from conservative outlets. This has had two major effects. First, it has cooled most conservative outlets from discussing “taboo” topics like Pandemic Panic Theater, voter fraud, or The Great Reset. Second, it has isolated those ad networks that aren’t playing ball.
Certain topics are anathema for most ad networks. Speaking out against vaccines or vaccine mandates is a certain path to being demonetized. Highlighting voter fraud in the 2020 and future elections is another instant advertising death penalty. Throw in truthful stories about climate change hysteria, Critical Race Theory, and the border crisis and it’s easy to understand how difficult it is for America-First news outlets to spread the facts, share conservative opinions, and still pay the bills.
Without naming names, I have been told of several news outlets who have been forced to either consolidate with larger organizations or who have backed down on covering certain topics out of fear of being “canceled” by the ad networks. I get it. This is a business for many of us and it’s not very profitable. Those of us who do this for a living are often barely squeaking by, so loss of additional revenue can often mean being forced to make cuts. That means not being able to cover the topics properly. Its a Catch-22: Tell the truth and lose the money necessary to keep telling the truth, or avoid the truth and make enough money to survive. Those who have chosen survival simply aren’t able to spread the truth properly.
We will never avoid the truth. The Lord will provide if it is His will. Our job is simply to share the facts, spread the Gospel, and educate as many Americans as possible while exposing the forces of evil.
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