The US response to the COVID-19 pandemic under former President Trump was “even more terrible than we thought,” said President Biden CBS News on Sunday night.
In discussing the mass closure of schools for almost an entire year and the decreasing volume of women in the workforce due to the pandemic – two situations Biden calls a national emergency – he also noted that his team was surprised by the disorder of the response to the pandemic by the Trump administration.
One factor that surprised Biden’s administration was the supply of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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“We think they indicated that there was a lot more vaccine available,” said Biden. “And it ended up not being the case. That’s why we increased it in every way that we can.”
One of the next initiatives that the Biden administration plans to establish is to convert all 32 NFL stadiums into vaccination centers with the help of League Commissioner Roger Goodell.
Despite apparent progress, including more pharmaceutical companies like Johnson & Johnson sending their candidate vaccines COVID-19 for emergency use authorization, Biden noted that a mass deployment will be daunting.
“The idea that this can be done and we can get collective immunity long before the end of next year – this summer, is very difficult.”
The logistical challenges surrounding the launch of the vaccine are also compounded by the new mutations that spread around the world and that have been documented in the USA
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