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Claim: “U.S. Orders MILLIONS Of Smallpox Vaccines Amid Global Monkeypox Outbreak.” (Facebook posts, 2022-05-21)
Evidence (2022-08-09): In recent years the World Health Organization has endorsed the approach to address outbreaks of yellow fever, polio and other diseases. "This is not an uncommon situation" said Dr. William Moss of Johns Hopkins’ Vaccine Access Center. "It comes down to the public health decision-making: In the midst of an outbreak where you have insufficient supply, do you make this tradeoff?" Both the U.K. and Canada have adopted a single-dose vaccine strategy prioritizing people who face the highest risk from monkeypox. And health departments in several large U.S. cities adopted a similar strategy amid limited supplies, including New York, San Francisco and Washington. U.S. officials have shipped more than 617,000 full vaccine doses to state and local health departments. So far the shots have been recommended for people who have already been exposed to monkeypox or are likely to get it due to recent sexual contacts in areas where the virus is spreading. The Biden administration has come under fire for not quickly marshaling millions more doses from the nation’s strategic national stockpile. Officials have ordered 5 million shots since July, but most aren’t expected to be delivered until 2023.
Claim: “U.S. Orders MILLIONS Of Smallpox Vaccines Amid Global Monkeypox Outbreak.” (Facebook posts, 2022-05-21)
Evidence (2022-08-18): Top Biden administration officials announced new steps Thursday to accelerate the US response to the spread of monkeypox amid high demand for vaccines and treatments. That includes boosting supply with an additional 1.8 million doses of the Jynneos monkeypox vaccine, accelerating the US Department of Health and Human Services’ vaccine distribution timeline. HHS is also launching a new program aimed at making vaccines available and engaging with at-risk communities at large events attracting LGBTQ communities. And the administration is pre-positioning doses of an antiviral treatment for individuals who test positive. [...] In a briefing Thursday morning alongside HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra and CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, White House monkeypox response coordinator Bob Fenton announced, "We have accelerated phase four of our national vaccine strategy. Starting Monday, an additional 1.8 million doses of vaccine will be available to jurisdictions for ordering."That accelerated allocation phase will give states and jurisdictions more visibility into how much of the vaccine to expect as they make plans to distribute it.
Claim: “U.S. Orders MILLIONS Of Smallpox Vaccines Amid Global Monkeypox Outbreak.” (Facebook posts, 2022-05-21)
Evidence (2023-11-20): Strategic stockpiles are a stopgap in a health emergency, offering critical medical countermeasures when market supplies may be short. The US Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority’s (BARDA) Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Stockpile Program stockpiles antivirals and pre-pandemic flu vaccines using egg- and cell-based technologies, as well as adjuvants45. BARDA has for example accumulated hundreds of millions of prepandemic H5N1 bulk vaccine doses, with multiple other countries having stockpiled H5N1 vaccines45. Stockpiles also extend beyond influenza; Gavi in partnership with UNICEF has routinely stockpiled Ebola vaccines46. Another example includes the stockpiling of smallpox vaccines, which were quickly distributed amid a 2022 outbreak of monkeypox47. If a pathogen with an outbreak or pandemic potential emerges that closely aligns with a stockpile, it can be quickly distributed to protect the population or provide some level of protection before more tailored interventions are developed if they are necessary. For that reason, stockpiles are one of a set of tools used for pandemic preparedness. One of the limitations of stockpiling is the short shelf life of some products leading to significant financial and material wastage. An additional consideration is that maintaining stockpiles requires stringent inventory management and replenishment.
Claim: “U.S. Orders MILLIONS Of Smallpox Vaccines Amid Global Monkeypox Outbreak.” (Facebook posts, 2022-05-21)
Evidence (2022-05-19): The U.S. government has ordered millions of doses of a vaccine that protects against monkeypox. The news follows the first confirmed case in the states—a man in Massachusetts—following an outbreak in the U.K. The order amounts to a $119 million order for Jynneos vaccines, which are used for the prevention of both smallpox and monkeypox. It was announced by biotechnology company Bavarian Nordic, which makes the vaccine, on Wednesday. [...] The order comes amid concern about monkeypox cases that have been reported in the U.K. with one case also being reported in Massachusetts.
Claim: “U.S. Orders MILLIONS Of Smallpox Vaccines Amid Global Monkeypox Outbreak.” (Facebook posts, 2022-05-21)
Evidence (2023-09-27): An illuminating example of the difficulties of the current national stockpile model is the response to the 2022 outbreak of mpox (formerly known as monkeypox), a viral disease that produces skin lesions and is related to the smallpox virus. In May 2022, the Biden administration stated that vaccines for smallpox were effective against mpox and available for deployment, if necessary.9 The 2 available vaccines effective against mpox in the SNS were JYNNEOS® and ACAM2000® (a third, unapproved vaccine, Aventis Pasteur Smallpox Vaccine, was also available in the event of a declared emergency if no doses of ACAM2000 were available). However, only JYNNEOS was US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved for mpox. ACAM2000 was not approved for mpox due to its more severe side effects, including pain, redness, and even myopericarditis and contraindications in infants and pregnant persons, but it was available via compassionate use programs.10,11 The SNS had large stores of ACAM2000, but not JYNNEOS. [...] HHS orders 2.5 million more doses of JYNNEOS vaccine for monkeypox preparedness. News release. US Department of Health and Human Services; July 1 , 2022. Accessed March 3, 2022. https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2022/07/01/hhs-orders-2-point-5-million-more-doses-jynneos-vaccine-for-monkeypox-preparedness.html 14. J. How the US let 20 million doses of monkeypox vaccine expire. New York Times. August 1 , 2022. Accessed September 25, 2023. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/01/nyregion/monkeypox-vaccine-jynneos-us.html#:~:text=At%20several%20points%20federal%20officials,its%20three%2Dyear%20shelf%20life.Google Scholar 15.
Claim: “U.S. Orders MILLIONS Of Smallpox Vaccines Amid Global Monkeypox Outbreak.” (Facebook posts, 2022-05-21)
Evidence (2024-08-19): The mpox outbreak puts pressure on the eastern region already struggling with a lack of medicines and an ongoing armed rebellion. [...] Two days prior, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued its highest alert level for mpox after the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) declared the viral disease previously known as monkeypox a continental emergency. [...] Originally named "monkeypox" when it was first identified in monkeys in 1958, the name of the disease was updated to "mpox" in 2022 to reduce stigma.
Claim: “U.S. Orders MILLIONS Of Smallpox Vaccines Amid Global Monkeypox Outbreak.” (Facebook posts, 2022-05-21)
Evidence (2024-04-01): An illuminating example of the difficulties of the current national stockpile model is the response to the 2022 outbreak of mpox (formerly known as monkeypox), a viral disease that produces skin lesions and is related to the smallpox virus. In May 2022, the Biden administration stated that vaccines for smallpox were effective against mpox and available for deployment, if necessary.9 The 2 available vaccines effective against mpox in the SNS were JYNNEOS® and ACAM2000® (a third, unapproved vaccine, Aventis Pasteur Smallpox Vaccine, was also available in the event of a declared emergency if no doses of ACAM2000 were available). However, only JYNNEOS was US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved for mpox. ACAM2000 was not approved for mpox due to its more severe side effects, including pain, redness, and even myopericarditis and contraindications in infants and pregnant persons, but it was available via compassionate use programs.10,11 The SNS had large stores of ACAM2000, but not JYNNEOS. [...] HHS orders 2.5 million more doses of JYNNEOS vaccine for monkeypox preparedness. News release. US Department of Health and Human Services; July 1, 2022. Accessed March 3, 2022. https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2022/07/01/hhs-orders-2-point-5-million-more-doses-jynneos-vaccine-for-monkeypox-preparedness.html -
Claim: “U.S. Orders MILLIONS Of Smallpox Vaccines Amid Global Monkeypox Outbreak.” (Facebook posts, 2022-05-21)
Evidence (2022-09-19): Health and Human Services is doling out $11 million to support the first U.S.-based manufacturing of the JYNNEOS smallpox and monkeypox vaccine. [...] The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced it is distributing another 786,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine as cases continue to spread in the U.S. [...] The World Health Organization (WHO) designated the ongoing multi-country monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), sparking renewed pledges from U.S. public health leaders to ramp up vaccination and other response measures.
Claim: “U.S. Orders MILLIONS Of Smallpox Vaccines Amid Global Monkeypox Outbreak.” (Facebook posts, 2022-05-21)
Evidence (2024-08-22): Shares of Danish biotech Bavarian Nordic surged on Thursday after the company reported strong earnings and a large order of its mpox vaccine, extending its gains this year as nations mobilize to combat an escalating outbreak of the disease in Africa. [...] World Health Organization director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared a public health emergency of international concern last week in response to an outbreak of mpox in central Africa. The decision came on the heels of a similar announcement by the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the continent’s top public health body, which warned there had been at least 17,000 cases and more than 500 deaths from the virus this year so far. More than a dozen countries have been affected, though the outbreak is predominantly centered on the Democratic Republic of Congo. Mpox, formerly called monkeypox, spreads primarily through close contact with infected people, animals or contaminated materials like toweling and often causes symptoms including a fever, swollen lymph nodes and characteristic, pus-filled rash. While the disease is normally mild, it can be lethal, and young children, pregnant people and people with compromised immune systems are at the highest risk of poor outcomes. There are two named groups of viruses that can cause mpox—broadly split into genetic groupings called clade I (1) and clade II (2)—and the variant responsible for this outbreak is an offshoot of clade I called clade Ib.
Claim: “U.S. Orders MILLIONS Of Smallpox Vaccines Amid Global Monkeypox Outbreak.” (Facebook posts, 2022-05-21)
Evidence (2024-08-14): HERA to donate over 215,000 mpox vaccine doses to Africa CDC amid urgent outbreak [...] Since the 2022 mpox outbreak, HERA has collaborated with Bavarian Nordic, initially through direct procurement agreements. This partnership was further strengthened with a joint procurement agreement, enabling EU Member States, EEA countries, and Western Balkan nations to secure the mpox vaccine for national use. - European Commission coordinates procurement and donation of 215,000 vaccine doses from Bavarian Nordic to support Africa CDC in addressing the Mpox outbreak - Africa CDC Declares Mpox A Public Health Emergency of Continental Security, Mobilizing Resources Across the Continent - European Health Union: HERA secures up to 2 million doses of the monkeypox vaccine - European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) – Mpox (Monkeypox)
Claim: “U.S. Orders MILLIONS Of Smallpox Vaccines Amid Global Monkeypox Outbreak.” (Facebook posts, 2022-05-21)
Evidence (2024-08-16): With the World Health Organization this week declaring the mpox outbreak a global health emergency, Bavarian Nordic now faces a promising windfall opportunity for its smallpox vaccine Jynneos. [...] There are two known clades of mpox. In 2022, the milder clade II caused an outbreak in the U.S., forcing several states to declare local health emergencies. However, the current outbreak is caused by clade Ib, which according to WHO is a new virus strain that appears to be deadlier. Earlier this week, Africa CDC put out a call for support to mobilize two million mpox vaccines. [...] Jefferies analyst Peter Welford in a note to investors said the mpox emergency could be a "windfall" for Bavarian Nordic, which has said that it could produce around three million Jynneos doses this year, given that there are firm orders in place. The company can also make 10 million more doses available next year.
Claim: “U.S. Orders MILLIONS Of Smallpox Vaccines Amid Global Monkeypox Outbreak.” (Facebook posts, 2022-05-21)
Evidence (2022-06-15): Vaccines for smallpox, a related disease, are thought to be about 85% effective against monkeypox. WHO’s Europe director, Dr. Hans Kluge, said Wednesday he was concerned by the scramble by some rich countries to buy more vaccines without talk of buying supplies for Africa. [...] The official said the U.S. had returned more than 200,000 doses of a smallpox vaccine to the manufacturer so they would be available to others. The official declined to say if the U.S. considers the current monkeypox outbreak an emergency that warrants the release of the 20 million pledged vaccines. According to the health data and analytics firm Airfinity, the U.S. has at least 1.4 million doses of vaccine and has ordered another 13 million. To date, the U.S. has reported 72 monkeypox cases.
Claim: “U.S. Orders MILLIONS Of Smallpox Vaccines Amid Global Monkeypox Outbreak.” (Facebook posts, 2022-05-21)
Evidence (2022-07-28): More than 780,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine will be made available Friday, as the Biden administration tries to stay ahead of a growing outbreak. [...] Many more Jynneos shots, a newer generation of a smallpox vaccine in low supply globally, are on the way, with the U.S. ordering 5.5 million additional doses to be filled and finished from existing bulk material. By May 2023, the U.S. expects to have nearly 7 million doses. [...] The government will also have the option of ordering more than 11 million more doses of the vaccine — saying they hope to do so in the future. If doses aren’t used, they will be added to the smallpox preparedness program, Dawn O’Connell, who leads the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, told reporters Thursday.
Claim: “U.S. Orders MILLIONS Of Smallpox Vaccines Amid Global Monkeypox Outbreak.” (Facebook posts, 2022-05-21)
Evidence (2022-06-15): The U.S. government is buying more monkeypox vaccine as a surprising international outbreak continues to grow. [...] The official said the U.S. had returned more than 200,000 doses of a smallpox vaccine to the manufacturer so they would be available to others. The official declined to say if the U.S. considers the current monkeypox outbreak an emergency that warrants the release of the 20 million pledged vaccines. According to the health data and analytics firm Airfinity, the U.S. has at least 1.4 million doses of vaccine and has ordered an additional 13 million. To date, the U.S. has reported 72 monkeypox cases.
Claim: “U.S. Orders MILLIONS Of Smallpox Vaccines Amid Global Monkeypox Outbreak.” (Facebook posts, 2022-05-21)
Evidence (2022-05-07): As a monkeypox outbreak quietly spreads in the U.S. and abroad, vaccines against the virus have become a hot commodity. Now, Bavarian Nordic, which has been at the forefront of the world’s monkeypox response, has lined up another major supply deal with the U.S. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has locked up another 2.5 million doses of Bavarian Nordic’s smallpox and monkeypox vaccine Jynneos, bringing the government’s "rapidly available supply" to more than 4 million shots, HHS said in a recent release. [...] Aside from the doses of Bavarian Nordic’s Jynneos, the U.S. Strategic National Stockpile also has access to more than 100 million doses of Sanofi’s smallpox vaccine ACAM2000, which can be used to prevent monkeypox, too, under an expanded access protocol from the CDC.
Claim: “Classified documents can never be taken out of a (sensitive compartmented information facility), ever.” (Brian Fitzpatrick, 2023-01-22)
Evidence (2023-01-22): There are scenarios in which classified documents can be removed from a sensitive compartmented information facility, also known as a SCIF. It’s a physical space that meets intelligence community protocols that allows officials with the proper security clearance to study classified documents. Sensitive compartmented information facilities are used typically for materials categorized as "top secret/sensitive compartmented information." There are differing levels of classified documents, with escalating levels of security clearances required to view them. Not all classified documents must be viewed in a SCIF.
Claim: “Classified documents can never be taken out of a (sensitive compartmented information facility), ever.” (Brian Fitzpatrick, 2023-01-22)
Evidence (2023-01-22): There are scenarios in which classified documents can be removed from a sensitive compartmented information facility, also known as a SCIF. It’s a physical space that meets intelligence community protocols that allows officials with the proper security clearance to study classified documents. [...] Referring to Biden’s handling of materials with classified markings, Fitzpatrick cited his experience as an FBI special agent and a federal prosecutor, and said: "Classified documents can never be taken out of a SCIF, ever." [...] This is exaggerated. SCIFs must be used when documents with the highest-level classifications have to be reviewed. But even the most highly classified documents can be taken out of a SCIF, as long as specific precautions are taken that ensure similar levels of security.
Claim: “Classified documents can never be taken out of a (sensitive compartmented information facility), ever.” (Brian Fitzpatrick, 2023-01-22)
Evidence (2024-08-31): Reasons for such restrictions can include export controls, privacy regulations, court orders, and ongoing criminal investigations, as well as national security. Information that was never classified is sometimes referred to as "open source" by those who work in classified activities. Public Safety Sensitive (PSS) refers to information that is similar to Law Enforcement Sensitive but could be shared between the various public safety disciplines (Law Enforcement, Fire, and Emergency Medical Services). [...] Sensitive Compartmented Information [edit]Classified information concerning or derived from sensitive intelligence sources, methods, or analytical processes. All SCI must be handled within formal access control systems established by the Director of National Intelligence.[33][34][35][20] [...] Thus established, all information generated within the compartment is classified according to the general rules above. However, to emphasize that the information is compartmented, all documents are marked with both the classification level and the codeword (and the caveat "Handle via <compartment name> Channels Only", or "Handle via <compartment names> Jointly" if the document contains material from multiple programs).
Claim: “Classified documents can never be taken out of a (sensitive compartmented information facility), ever.” (Brian Fitzpatrick, 2023-01-22)
Evidence (2023-01-24): Classified information at the top secret level typically also entails a strict signing in and out process. An individual needing to see a Top Secret document often must sign the document out and sign it back in on return, often times to only be used in a Sensitive Compartment Information Facility (SCIF). [...] Items that can be subject to classification include everything from military plans to foreign government information to the safeguarding of nuclear materials. [...] The president and a few others have special authorities to view classified information while in or out of office. Any former president, vice president and a few others, by law, have access to all and any classified information in perpetuity by the nature of the position they held. But no one may remove classified information without proper authorization, including the president.
Claim: “Classified documents can never be taken out of a (sensitive compartmented information facility), ever.” (Brian Fitzpatrick, 2023-01-22)
Evidence (2023-01-14): The most sensitive classified documents are serialized, for example, whereas less-sensitive files are not. There are some documents so sensitive they cannot leave the room in which they are presented. But it is important to note that the majority of classified government documents are not tracked item by item. [...] The most highly sensitive classified documents fall under a check-out system [...] The process for regulating the whereabouts of classified documents is challenging because some such information can live on through administrations, Cohen said. It is also possible that the president, vice president, or an administration staffer removes a few pages of a larger classified binder.
Claim: “Classified documents can never be taken out of a (sensitive compartmented information facility), ever.” (Brian Fitzpatrick, 2023-01-22)
Evidence (2020-03-04): Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) is information about certain intelligence sources and methods and can include information pertaining to sensitive collection systems, analytical processing, and targeting, or which is derived from it. Access to SCI is only granted to individuals who have a need-to-know, have been granted a Top Secret clearance by Personnel Security (PerSec), and are approved by the Department of Commerce’s Intelligence Community granting agency, and only upon completion of a separate Nondisclosure Agreement, the IC Form 4414. Information that has been determined to be SCI may only be stored and used in a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF). SCIFs have specific construction requirements, and their subsequent accreditation is separate from those for Controlled Areas and is coordinated by the Department’s Special Security Officer (SSO). [...] For more information on access to SCI, please visit the Personnel Security page, Access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI).
Claim: “Classified documents can never be taken out of a (sensitive compartmented information facility), ever.” (Brian Fitzpatrick, 2023-01-22)
Evidence (2017-05-17): Dealing with large amounts of classified information over a career increases the possibility of accidentally sharing a small nugget. Sharing classified information knowingly, or revealing information one should know is sensitive, is a different matter. [...] Executive Order 13256 spells out who specifically may classify information. Authority to take certain pieces of information, say the existence of a weapons program, and classify it top secret is given only to specific individuals. They include the president and vice president, agency heads and those specifically designated by authorities outlined in the executive order.