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DISCUSSION: Prioritization in the Critical Infrastructure (CI) Group

COMMENT: Towns were told they are not allowed to buy antivirals


Submitted by Katharine Fisher on 12/6/07 6:20 AM

Towns here in CT were told that they were not allowed to purchase antivirals in conjunction with the federal contract that provided the lowered prices.

The State of CT told town leaders that only the state could make these purchases. Towns such as New Canaan, who wished to purchase antivirals under the federal contract (that seemed to seek to encourage state and local entities to do so) were told they could not.

On the other hand, contracts from Texas show that the State of Texas extended the ability to ride on that federal antiviral contract to their county and municipal entities.

Why are local jurisdictions here in CT forbidden from joining in the antiviral purchase plan? Here we have localities willing to spend their resources to protect their populations, and they are being told they cannot do so. Why would we not want to encourage any official local government entity that wished to purchase antivirals for their first responders (or for their entire community, for that matter) from doing so?

There is no antiviral shortage. They are willing to spend their own resources. This makes no sense.



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Submitted by Nick Kelley on 12/5/07 06:41 AM