They've had months to roll this out.

The government isn't administering the vaccines, but they bankrolled the private pharmaceutical industry to study, create a vaccine, distribute and administer the vaccines.

$483 million in support available for Moderna's candidate vaccine.
$456 million in funds for Johnson & Johnson's candidate vaccine.
$1.2 billion in support for AstraZeneca's candidate vaccine.
$450 million in funds to support the large-scale manufacturing of Regeneron's COVID-19 investigational anti-viral antibody treatment, REGN-COV2.
$1.6 billion in funds to support the large-scale manufacturing of Novavax's vaccine candidate.
$1.95 billion in funds to Pfizer for the large-scale manufacturing and nationwide distribution of 100 million doses of their vaccine candidate.
$2 billion in funds to support the advanced development, including clinical trials and large scale manufacturing, of Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) investigational adjuvanted vaccine.
Approximately $1 billion in funds to support the large-scale manufacturing and delivery of Johnson & Johnson's (Janssen) investigational vaccine candidate.
The U.S. Government will own the resulting 100 million doses of vaccine, and will have the option to acquire more.
$1.5 billion in funds to support the large-scale manufacturing and delivery of Moderna's investigational vaccine candidate.
The U.S. Government will own the resulting 100 million doses of vaccine, and will have the option to acquire more.
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