Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said that vaccine rollout has been disappointingly slow and called for more resources for states and counties to speed up the process. Trump administration officials had said they projected 20 million people would get vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of the year. According to the CDC, more than 12.4 million doses of Pfizer and Moderna’s two-dose vaccines have been distributed in the United States as of Dec. 30, but just 2.8 million doses have been administered. Fauci said in an interview Thursday on NBC’s “TODAY” program that, “we would’ve liked to have seen it run smoothly and have 20 million doses into people today, by the end of the [year] 2020, which was the projection. Obviously, it didn’t happen and that’s disappointing.” “Hopefully, as you get into the first couple of weeks in January, the gaining of momentum …
Fauci Says Vaccine Rollout Disappointingly Slow Because States and Counties Lack Resources
January 1, 2021
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