President Trump is targeting the states for the slow implementation of COVID-19 vaccinations across the country.
“The federal government has distributed the vaccines to the states. Now it’s up to the states to administer. Move!” Trump tweeted Wednesday morning.
Hours earlier, Trump had tweeted that “it is up to the States to distribute the vaccines that were once brought to the designated areas by the Federal Government. We did not just develop the vaccines, including raising money. to make the process move quickly, but brought them to the states. ‘
BIDEN SAY TRUMP ADMINSTRATION’S COVID VACCINE DISTRIBUTION PLNS FALLING ‘FAR BEHIND’
The tweets follow President-elect Joe Biden’s warning that the Trump administration’s attempt to vaccinate Americans against the coronavirus is “falling behind, far behind.”
Biden spoke in his hometown of Wilmington, Del., On Tuesday after virtually meeting with advisers, and “made a more aggressive effort” to get the rate of vaccinations ‘back on track’.
Biden said: “As I have long feared and warned, efforts to distribute and administer the vaccine are not progressing as they should. A few weeks ago, the Trump administration proposed that 20 million Americans by the end of December With only a few days left in December, we have only vaccinated a few million so far. ‘
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Trump officials who led Operation Warp Speed last week acknowledged that the rollout of vaccines was unlikely to reach its goal of 20 million vaccinations by the end of the month.
Dr Moncef Slaoui, who heads the government’s efforts to speed up vaccine production and distribution, told reporters the process was “slower than we thought it would be.”
Biden said he had instructed his team “to prepare for a much more aggressive effort with more federal involvement and leadership to get things going. We will find ways to increase the rate of vaccinations.”
He reiterates his goal of ensuring that 100 million shots are fired at the end of the first 100 days.
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“If Congress provides the funding, we will be able to achieve this incredible goal. It will increase the current rate five to six times to 1 million shots per day,” Biden said.
The president-elect also acknowledges that “this will be the biggest operational challenge ever faced as a nation, but we will do it.”