"On the current pace, by that point [Inauguration Day] about 6 million Americans — perhaps 10 million — would have been vaccinated. And, depending on local bureaucracy and storage capacity, perhaps many million doses will be set to expire."https://t.co/ldT33ZNJ4x
— Matthew Yglesias 🍦 (@mattyglesias) December 30, 2020
At the current rate of #covid19 vaccinations, it will take the U.S. 10 years to inoculate 80% of Americans.
— Leana Wen, M.D. (@DrLeanaWen) December 29, 2020
Instead of obfuscating & deflecting responsibility, the federal government needs to take 3 urgent steps.
My @washingtonpost op-ed (1/6): https://t.co/81ex7IluL3
Here's HHS Sec Azar being very specific about the 20 million promise, as recently as December 3. https://t.co/yKhqwwaquU pic.twitter.com/4T6CKG83ET
— David Frum (@davidfrum) December 30, 2020
“What this reveals is…a failure to have a national strategy to vaccinate individuals across the country…and a failure to be honest and transparent with Americans,” Rick Bright, a member of Biden’s coronavirus advisory board, says about slower-than-promised US vaccinations. pic.twitter.com/K2H2AEzazz
— New Day (@NewDay) December 30, 2020
Here's video of Trump vaccine program head Dr Moncef Slaoui predicting: "Overall in the month of December, we expect to have immunized 20 million of our American people and to have 20 million doses in reserve for their second dose a few weeks later"
— David Frum (@davidfrum) December 30, 2020
https://t.co/6I5cSFGtq2
Dr. @ashishkjha says there could be "many weeks of unnecessary delays essentially because the federal government has made no real effort to get the vaccination infrastructure.”
— New Day (@NewDay) December 30, 2020
“It strikes me as a level of incompetence I have to say I am stunned by.” pic.twitter.com/avqwWUdSf6
Honestly people should vote governors in/out of office based on how fast their states are at administering vaccines. https://t.co/CPPsyHDpyc
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) December 30, 2020
In virtually every campaign rally Trump promised 100 million PEOPLE would be vaccinated by the end of December. https://t.co/t6mmrAFfCG
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) December 30, 2020
The U.S. is vaccinating only 200,000 people a day, and will end the year millions short of its goal of 20 million shots administered.https://t.co/t9CvTkfSQV
— Drew Armstrong (@ArmstrongDrew) December 29, 2020
Gov Larry Hogan repeatedly said 155K people in Maryland would be vaccinated against Covid by end of December…perhaps even 300k.
— Jayne Miller (@jemillerwbal) December 30, 2020
To date # vaccinated in Maryland–
About 28k pic.twitter.com/L5DkED5JfH
The president washes his hands of the flawed vaccine distribution effort https://t.co/RfZi9Lm8l5
— Chris Megerian (@ChrisMegerian) December 30, 2020
Some states buck federal vaccine recommendations and prioritize the elderly over essential workers https://t.co/qFa1TKgfqs
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 29, 2020
At the current rate, it would take almost 10 years to vaccinate enough Americans to get the pandemic under control, @NBCNews analysis shows. https://t.co/dcOBXqKAxK
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) December 29, 2020
Remember when president @realdonaldtrump said that we would have 100 million vaccinations by the end of 2020? Or Secretary Azar saying that we'd vaccinate 20 million people by then? Here is where we are. (By the way, allocated just means that states can put in their orders.) pic.twitter.com/KAvd0s4ksn
— Leana Wen, M.D. (@DrLeanaWen) December 30, 2020
A CNN analysis of the most recent government data shows that the U.S. is falling behind some countries in its Covid-19 vaccination efforts @elizcohencnn reports pic.twitter.com/wDtRQ91UAs
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) December 30, 2020
GWU doctor blasts Trump administration’s vaccine distribution so far @JReinerMD discusses pic.twitter.com/COXdthCeP7
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) December 30, 2020
White House coronavirus testing czar: "We need to be doing a better job" with Covid-19 vaccine rollout https://t.co/QvigOZoKPj pic.twitter.com/unD4pJ1WWD
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) December 30, 2020
Shots are slow to reach arms as Trump administration leaves final steps of mass vaccination to beleaguered states https://t.co/2ve9jAFKy7
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 30, 2020
Sad! 