Dr. Paul Offit Calls For 'Mass Vaccination Events' To Speed Up Distribution
Font Size: Dr. Paul Offit, a vaccinologist at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, called for “mass vaccination events” Thursday to speed up distribution of the coronavirus vaccine. While Operation Warp Speed has helped COVID-19 vaccines from both Pfizer and Moderna gain FDA approval in record time with more on the way, rollout so far has been lower than expectations. As of Thursday morning, almost 2.8 million Americans have received the first vaccine dose out of the more than 12 million doses distributed, including only 167,149 in long-term health facilities. This falls well short ...