- According to analysis from NBC News, it could take the US nearly a decade to vaccinate enough Americans to bring the pandemic under control at its current pace.
- President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday said the Trump administration is falling “far behind” on vaccinations.
- Dr. Ashish K. Jha, dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health, said the problem lies with the federal government.
- It has bucked the responsibility of vaccine distribution to already overwhelmed state health departments.
According to a recent news articles published in the Business Insider, written by Connor Perrett, the US is vaccinating people way too slowly. A top doctor says the federal government is to blame.
What is the Dr. Ashish K. Jha saying
Dr. Ashish K. Jha, a top US doctor and the dean of Brown University School of Public Health, on Tuesday shared in a Twitter thread why he believed the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in the US was flawed, and he said the issue begins with the federal government.
2 different vaccines authorized
The US Food and Drug Administration in December authorized two different vaccines for COVID-19 .
- One created by Moderna and the National Institutes of Health.
- Another created by Pfizer and BioNTech – for emergency use in the US.
People have already begun to receive vaccine
While people across the US have already begun to receive the vaccine, a limited supply means the vaccine won’t be widely available to all who need it well into 2021.
This would prolong the pandemic that has so far killed more than 336,000 people in the US, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
More insights into the matter
According to an analysis published Tuesday by NBC News, at the current pace, it could take the US nearly a decade to vaccinate enough Americans to meaningfully bring the pandemic under control.
The White House previously said it aimed to vaccinate 80% of Americans by the end of June, which would require more than 3 million vaccinations per day, according to the report. So far, the US has vaccinated just about 2 million people in 16 days.
President-elect Joe Biden, who last week received the first dose of the two-shot Pfizer vaccine, on Tuesday said the Trump administration is falling “far behind” on vaccinations.
“As I long feared and warned, the effort to distribute and administer the vaccine is not progressing as it should,” Biden said.
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Source: Business Insider
