President Trump is targeting the states for the slow implementation so far of COVID-19 vaccinations across the country.
“The Federal Government distributed the vaccines to the states. Now it is up to the states to manage. Move! ” Trump tweeted Wednesday morning.
Hours earlier, Trump emphasized in a tweet that “It is up to the states to distribute the vaccines once they are delivered to areas designated by the Federal Government. We not only developed the vaccines, including providing money to speed up the process, but took them to the states. “
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The tweets follow President-elect Joe Biden’s warning that the Trump administration’s efforts to vaccinate Americans against coronavirus “are lagging behind, far behind.”
Speaking in his hometown of Wilmington, Del., On Tuesday after meeting virtually with advisers, Biden promised “a more aggressive effort” to get the pace of vaccinations “back on track.”
Biden said that “as he has long feared and warned, the effort to distribute and administer the vaccine is not progressing as it should. A few weeks ago, the Trump administration suggested that 20 million Americans could be vaccinated by the end of December. With just a few days until December, we’ve only vaccinated a few million so far. “
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Trump officials who led Operation Warp Speed last week acknowledged that the vaccine’s launch 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 accelerate the production and distribution of vaccines, told reporters that the process has been “slower than we thought it would be”.
Biden said he instructed his team “to prepare a much more aggressive effort with more federal involvement and leadership to get things back on track. We will find ways to increase the pace of vaccinations.”
He reiterated his goal of “ensuring that 100 million kicks are administered by the end of the first 100 days”.
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“If Congress provides the funding, we will be able to meet that incredible goal. It would be necessary to increase the current pace five to six times to 1 million shots a day,” said Biden.
The president-elect also acknowledged that “this will be the biggest operational challenge ever faced as a nation, but we will make it happen”.