Frustration develops with the launch of the coronavirus vaccine. The Trump administration has promised 20 million doses of vaccine by the end of the year, but so far not even 3 million vaccines have been given and just over 11 million doses have been shipped.
President-elect Joe Biden suggested On Tuesday, the Trump administration overpriced and was under-delivered. Mr Biden mentioned that, at the current rate, it would take years to vaccinate the country against COVID-19. Mr Biden has vowed to speed up vaccinations and boost Americans’ confidence in gunfire once he swears next month.
“This is the biggest operational challenge we have faced as a nation,” Biden said on Tuesday.
Mr Biden said his incoming administration would move heaven and earth to resume the vaccination effort. “We can do this, but it will take up to 1 million photos a day, even so, it will take months for most to be vaccinated,” he said.
Mr Biden provided some details on how his administration would achieve that mark, but said he would invoke the Defense Production Act to speed up the supply of vaccines. He named the recently approved $ 900 billion COVID exemption bill as an advance on pandemic control.
Thousands of vulnerable seniors lined up in Florida on Tuesday, with some waiting overnight, hoping to get a coveted first dose of COVID vaccine. “She is over 70 years old, diabetic and I thought, like everyone else, that this is a vaccine for life or death,” said Marie Petitti about her husband, Tony.
But there are not enough vaccines for everyone in Lee County, which was in capacity until Tuesday at 7 p.m. Distribution was slower than promised.
In Georgia, nursing home residents have just begun receiving the shot, 11 days after the FDA approved the Moderna vaccine.
“It’s incredibly frustrating. Ten months after this pandemic, we’re still talking about the basics of how we get vaccines in people’s arms,” said Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health.
“We obviously have a huge demand that is not being met and there is no well-coordinated and careful plan for how we will vaccinate,” Jha added.
Distribution plans and execution already belong to the public health departments.
The new COVID rescue bill has $ 8.75 billion allocated for vaccine distribution, including $ 4.5 billion for states. But it will take time to distribute this money, postponing vital awareness campaigns.