{"id":1978022,"date":"2023-07-19T21:58:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T01:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pfizer-manufacturing-plant-leveled-by-tornado-50000-pallets-of-medicine-damaged-report\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T22:00:39","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T02:00:39","slug":"pfizer-manufacturing-plant-leveled-by-tornado-50000-pallets-of-medicine-damaged-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pfizer-manufacturing-plant-leveled-by-tornado-50000-pallets-of-medicine-damaged-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Pfizer plant destroyed by tornado; 50,000 medicine pallets damaged: Report."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpfizer-manufacturing-plant-leveled-by-tornado-50000-pallets-of-medicine-damaged-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1978022&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Devastating Tornado \u2062Hits Pfizer \u200cFacility in North Carolina<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/restaurants-and-community-members-feed-those-in-need-after-ala-tornado\/\" title=\"Restaurants and community members feed those in need after Ala. tornado\">tornado tore<\/a> through\u2063 a Pfizer \u2063manufacturing \u200cfacility in\u200d North Carolina on\u200d Wednesday afternoon,\u200d causing \u200dextensive damage\u200c to a\u200d crucial stockpile \u2062of medicines \u2062used in hospitals across the United\u200b States.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Widespread Destruction<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-mcconnell-discusses-tornado-recovery-efforts-build-back-better\/\" title=\"Sen. McConnell discusses tornado recovery efforts, Build Back Better\">destructive tornado<\/a>\u200c not only \u2064wreaked \u2062havoc\u200b on \u200cthe Pfizer Rocky \u200dMount\u2062 facility but also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-gov-gretchen-whitmer-unveils-plans-to-shut-down-a-65-year-old-pipeline\/\" title=\"Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Unveils Plans To Shut Down A 65-Year-Old Pipeline\">caused significant damage<\/a> to vegetation\u2064 and\u2062 homes \u2062in \u200dNash\u200d County.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Medicine\u2063 Stockpile in Ruins<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Nash\u2064 County Sheriff Keith Stone \u200breported \u200cthat approximately 50,000 pallets of \u2062medicine were \u2064scattered \u2063and damaged by \u2063the rain\u2062 and\u2064 wind\u2063 within the \u2062facility.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Pfizer&#8217;s \u2062Response<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Pfizer confirmed the damage\u2063 caused \u2064by\u200c the tornado\u2064 and \u2062assured that all \u200demployees followed\u2062 safety \u2064protocols and were \u2063safely evacuated.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063company stated, \u200b&#8221;We \u2064are\u200c currently \u200dassessing\u200d the situation\u200b to \u2063determine the impact\u200d on production.\u2063 Our \u200dthoughts\u2063 are \u200dwith our \u200bcolleagues, patients, and\u200b the community\u200b as we work towards \u200crebuilding \u2063after \u200dthis \u2064severe weather\u2063 event.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>A World-Class Facility<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Pfizer Rocky\u2063 Mount facility, \u2064spanning \u200bover 250 \u200cacres \u2064in\u2063 Eastern \u200cNorth \u200bCarolina, is \u200done\u2062 of \u2062the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pfizer-manufacturing-plant-leveled-by-tornado-50000-pallets-of-medicine-damaged-report\/\" title=\"Pfizer plant destroyed by tornado; 50,000 medicine pallets damaged: Report.\">largest \u2064sterile \u200cinjectable \u200bfacilities globally<\/a>, with\u200c more \u200dthan\u2063 1.4 \u200bmillion square feet \u2063of manufacturing\u200d space.<\/p>\n<p>This\u200d facility \u200cplays a vital\u2062 role in producing nearly \u200ba quarter\u2064 of \u2063all \u2063sterile injectables\u2063 used in \u200cU.S. hospitals,\u2062 including anesthesia,\u2062 analgesia,\u200c therapeutics, \u2064anti-infectives, \u200band \u2063neuromuscular \u2064blockers.<\/p>\n<p>From \u200bampules,\u2064 vials, \u200dand syringes\u2062 to \u2063IV\u2064 bags and\u200c semi-rigid bottles, the facility manufactures \u200ca wide range \u200bof products,\u2063 with over 400 million units \u2063leaving \u200bthe \u200dsite \u200dannually\u2064 to help patients\u200b worldwide.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A powerful tornado tore through a Pfizer plant in North Carolina, wrecking a vital stockpile of essential medicines for hospitals nationwide. The destructive twister also caused extensive harm to vegetation, homes, and the Pfizer Rocky Mount facility. Nash County Sheriff Keith Stone expressed his concern, stating, &#8220;I&#8217;ve never seen such devastation before.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":1978023,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1978022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1978022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1978022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1978022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1978023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1978022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1978022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1978022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}