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States skeptical of Biden s Covid-19 vaccine plan as they await the missing details
Biden announces the members of his health team. (CNN)State officials are skeptical that President-elect Joe Biden can meet his goal of 100 million coronavirus shots in his first 100 days, with a week to go before his start date and a slew of unanswered questions still swirling around his plan.
Multiple state officials and sources familiar with the Biden transition team s outreach told CNN in recent interviews that they are unclear on major details of the Biden team s plans including those for mass vaccination sites, vaccine supply issues and funding for local governments.
States face difficult balance of supply and demand for COVID-19 vaccine
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Why are people hesitant to trust a COVID-19 vaccine?
Vaccines are proven to reduce deaths and help end pandemics, but the historic speed that the coronavirus vaccines have been developed has made some people hesitant to take them.Octavio Jones/Reuters
Public health experts and state officials say most Americans will need to be patient as the available supply of COVID-19 vaccines works to catch up to the demand as states start to make vaccination available to more people.
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azarannounced several changes to the vaccine rollout meant to speed things up in his last briefing with Operation Warp Speed, including releasing more doses and pushing governors to expand those eligible to include everyone older than 65 and younger adults with medical conditions.
The vaccines last a paltry six hours once the first dose is removed from a vial. That short shelf life raises the stakes for the largest vaccination effort in U.S. history by forcing clinicians to anticipate the exact number of doses they’ll need each day. If they don’t get it right, precious stores of vaccine may go to waste.