I failed : General in charge of Trump s vaccine rollout admits error I failed : General in charge of Trump s vaccine rollout admits error
By Elizabeth Weise
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New York: In the first major hiccup of the rollout of the coronavirus vaccine across the US, states this week found themselves scrambling to adjust as they received word they would get between 20 per cent and 40 per cent less vaccine next week than they had been told.
States were given estimates that turned out to be based on vaccine doses produced, not those that had completed quality control and were releasable. Only on Wednesday and later were states informed of the actual numbers.
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The largest mass vaccination campaign in U.S. history is underway now that two COVID-19 vaccines have been authorized for emergency use by the Food And Drug Administration. Inoculations for millions of health care workers, long-term care facility residents, and other high-priority Americans (like President-Elect Biden) are underway, using the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, which the FDA authorized for emergency use on December 11, and the second vaccine, made by Moderna, authorized on December 18.
States were left scrambling after finding out they d get 20-40% less vaccine than they expected. Here s why. Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY
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In the first major hiccup of the rollout of the coronavirus vaccine, states this week found themselves scrambling to adjust as they received word they would get between 20% and 40% less vaccine next week than they had been told as late as Dec. 9.
States were given estimates that turned out to be based on vaccine doses produced, not those that had completed quality control and were releasable. Only on Wednesday and later were states informed of the actual numbers.