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Chris Smith
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- Police and health experts warn that the imminent rollout of coronavirus vaccines will spawn a black market, as demand will surge for the potentially life-saving drugs.
- People with means could use various tricks to get vaccines early by abusing immunization guidelines to be bumped up higher on the list.
- Interpol worries that organized crime groups could attempt to steal vaccines or create fakes to sell them to unsuspecting buyers who want to be immunized as quickly as possible.
The novel coronavirus pandemic reached an important milestone earlier this week. The UK drug regulator approved the Pfizer/BioNTech drug for use, and the US and European Union will soon follow. Moderna’s drug, which works just as well as the BioNTech vaccine, will probably get its own Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) soon as well. Millions of Americans will be inoculated by the end of December, with vaccines expected to be widely available to the general public in April. Until then, the CDC will have guidelines in place for ensuring that the drugs reach the people who are most at risk, including older people living in nursing homes and their caregivers, health care personnel, essential workers, and people suffering from other medical conditions that can lead to severe cases of COVID-19.
The supply issues will be resolved as manufacturing picks up in the early months of 2021, and as more vaccines are approved. The percentage of the population that refuses to take the vaccines will somewhat offset the supply issues. As some people will refuse vaccination, others will benefit in their stead. But while some are wary of coronavirus vaccines, many others want vaccines badly. People are already worried that a coronavirus vaccine black market is about to spawn. Many will try to buy their way to the front of the line, while organized crime groups might be planning to take advantage of the coronavirus vaccine frenzy.
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It’s a matter of time before COVID-19 vaccines hit the black market originally appeared on BGR.com on Fri, 4 Dec 2020 at 00:10:02 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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