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RFK Jr. Denies CDC Is Spending $1.2 Billion on COVID-19 Vaccines
Kennedy said the cited contracts are pre-positioned agreements and that HHS and CDC have not bought vaccines for the coming respiratory season.
- On Thursday, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. denied that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spent $1.24 billion on COVID-19 vaccines, calling reports of the expenditure "simply wrong" in a social media post.
- Reports earlier this month claimed the CDC awarded Pfizer $1.24 billion for COVID-19 vaccines, prompting Kennedy's correction; the agency clarified these are Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contracts rather than finalized purchases.
- Federal records show the CDC established a $735.7 million contract for pediatric vaccines and a $505.3 million contract for adult doses, while HHS confirmed no actual purchases for the respiratory season have been made.
- In a separate post, Kennedy thanked Wisconsin GOP Sen. Ron Johnson for his investigations into undisclosed vaccine risks and the alleged efforts by the Biden administration to conceal information from the public.
- IDIQ contracts allow for future orders based on availability but do not represent actual spending, effectively separating the administrative process from the immediate utilization of taxpayer dollars.
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RFK Jr. Denies CDC Is Spending $1.2 Billion on COVID-19 Vaccines
The health secretary has been under pressure to cancel the contracts.
·New York, United States
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