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Governors across the country are criticizing the Trump administration for making false claims about the existence of a federal reserve of COVID-19 vaccines.
Following guidance from the Health and Human Services Secretary to increase who is eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, states are now dealing with a chaotic situation as people try to find a shot. And now, multiple governors are saying the promised increased shipments of the vaccine are not coming.
The federal government said Thursday that its reserve of vaccine doses is exhausted, as states scramble to deal with the last-minute revelation.
Gov. Kate Brown tweeted Friday morning that Oregon would not be getting an expected stockpile of COVID-19 vaccines from the federal reserve next week.
Oregon and other states will not receive increased shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine from the national stockpile next week because no such stockpile exists, Gov. Kate Brown said early Friday morning. In a series of tweets, Brown said the information was confirmed to her by General Gustave Perna, who is the chief operating officer of Operation Warp Speed, the Trump administration’s effort to quickly develop and distribute a COVID-19 vaccine. “I...