Health
The COVID vaccine rollout is falling millions of doses short. Here’s why. – CBS News
The top adviser for the vaccination effort recently admitted that “shots in the arms” are taking place “slower than we thought it would be.”
The Trump administration has fallen far behind on its initial pledge to vaccinate 20 million Americans by the end of 2020, with under 3 million people receiving COVID-19 vaccinations out of the 14 million doses that have shipped. Local health providers responsible for the last mile of the vaccine’s delivery are short-staffed and exhausted by the ongoing battle against the pandemic, and limited resources, prioritization plans and mistakes have also hampered the nationwide vaccination effort.
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