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around the country already cines, controls its own distribu-
to vaccine sites. That would tion.
amount to less than two weeks
of supply, which could easily be the company is committed to
wiped out if there were even a delivering 220 million doses to
brief manufacturing delay.
The government contract the U.s. by the end of May. More
with Moderna also says that the than 170 million doses have al-
government may not use or au- ready been dispatched, and the
thorize use of its vaccine order
“unless such use occurs in the drugmaker is producing more
United States and is protected than the U.s. orders each week.
from liability under a declara-
tion issued under the Public Other states are paring
Readiness and Emergency.’’ down. After peaking at almost
Biden would have to strike 600,000 doses at its peak in
a deal with Moderna or find a April, Illinois’ most recent re-
way around that clause to share quest was just 8,510, according
his doses. to the state. It’s also sending
Pfizer, the only other U.S. unused doses to areas where
manufacturer of mRNA vac- local demand is higher.

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