“The frustrating thing is it’s not ramping up that’s not happening. States have not seen their allocations increase,” Claire Hannan, executive director of the Association of Immunization Managers, told The Washington Times. “The president can say he wants to set up 100 vaccination centers but there just aren’t doses to do that.”
Mr. Biden on Tuesday said help is on the way.
The weekly allocation of vaccines will grow from 8.6 million doses to 10 million, a 16% increase, for at least the next three weeks. The doses are distributed based on population to each of the states, plus eight territories and six metropolitan areas.
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Residents wait during a follow-up check-up after receiving a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at an independent-living community for seniors in Miami on January 12.Eva Marie Uzcategui Trinkl / Anadolu Agency / Getty
The Grants Pass Clinic in southern Oregon is more than ready to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to its 20,000-some patients. It has seven exam rooms devoted to vaccination. The staff has ordered fridges and syringes. The phones ring nonstop, with patients calling to ask when they can come in to get their shot. But the clinic has barely any doses to give out.
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Wisconsin ranks near bottom nationwide; Rollout blasted by Republicans Vaccination rates per state tracked by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have consistently ranked Wisconsin near the bottom for shots in arms per 100,000 in population. On Sunday, Wisconsin registered as 7th from the bottom at about 5.3% of every one hundred thousand in population with a shot–up from.