“That’s not preparedness,” said the former senior health official. But money for Jynneos shots competed with funding for more pressing priorities and threats the administration perceived as more likely. The number of Jynneos doses the government could afford as of 2019, that official said, was around 40 million. For example, one former senior official said the department kept two numbers on hand - the number of doses the stockpile could afford to purchase and the number of doses that were actually needed to distribute to a certain population. The senior officials who spoke to POLITICO said the requirements for the stockpile - levels set in part by HHS - often shift and are, at times, outdated. “That’s people are vulnerable who shouldn’t really receive first and second generation vaccines,” Chaplin said.Īn official at the Department of Health and Human Services suggested the 120 million dose figure was higher than the government threshold but did not dispute that the Jynneos stockpile level was below what it should have been, and declined to provide what the SNS requirements actually say. That meant about 132 million doses of the Jynneos shot were needed for people who cannot receive ACAM 2000 in the event of a smallpox outbreak. stockpile requirement called for the protection of 66 million at-risk Americans. Paul Chaplin, CEO of Bavarian Nordic, told POLITICO on Thursday that after the vaccine received approval from the Food and Drug Administration in 2019, the U.S. purchased just over 1 million doses to replenish expired vaccine. Jynneos was stockpiled as an alternative to ACAM 2000, a different vaccine that is not suitable for people who are immunocompromised. The Strategic National Stockpile was supposed to have about 120 million Jynneos doses, enough for 60 million people, said the officials who were granted anonymity to discuss sensitive government matters. We need to get this SNS fully funded and stocked against what we think the next threats are.” “The SNS … has been chronically underfunded. “Every time I meet a member of Congress, I let them know what the need is,” said Dawn O’Connell, head of the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, in an interview.
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