President-elect calls for huge expansion of federal aid as administration faces array of obstacles to historic project
President-elect Joe Biden has called for a vast expansion of federal aid in order to vaccinate 100 million Americans in his first 100 days in office, an ambitious target set as a new and more transmissible strain of Covid-19 is expected to sweep the country.
Seeking to mount the most complex and logistically challenging vaccination campaign in US history, Biden’s administration will have to confront vaccine hesitancy, a burned out healthcare workforce, a lack of clear information on vaccine distribution and demand that far outstrips supply.
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This is a nice summary of the Biden vaccine plan
And its a smart one
We need more simplicity in our approach, more widespread availability, equity achieved through focused delivery, better communication, more supply.
Oh — and a federal government that is helpful to states https://t.co/MmQX98iquh