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Glass Supply Chain Frayed

Glass Supply Chain Frayed "Created in 2003, this historic image depicts Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Clinic Chief Nurse, Lee Ann Jean-Louis, extracting a dose of Influenza Virus Vaccine, Fluzone\u00ae from a 5 ml. vial. In this particular view, you see a close view of her hands, holding the vaccine vial with her left hand, and using a syringe, extracting the vaccine dose, with her right."

According to ABC 7, the glass supply chain is strained causing shortages for drugmakers looking to find a cure for Covid.

Even though many potential COVID-19 vaccines require different pharmaceutical ingredients and processes, drugmakers the world over have found themselves racing to acquire a key ingredient without which they can't distribute their live-saving drugs: glass.

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