Dismally Slow Vaccine Distribution Sets Up A Long 2021

WESTBOROUGH - DECEMBER 28: Olivia Siegel, CVS Pharmacist kept an eye on the temperature of the bag containing doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center in Westborough, MA on Dec. 28, 2020. (Photo by Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

It’s becoming increasingly clear that it will be many months until the U.S.’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign reaches the general public, as government data shows severe delays in the effort amid a lack of planning by the Trump administration.

The country has managed to distribute 15.4 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine as of this writing, according to CDC data. But distributed is different than getting shots into arms: only 4.5 million Americans have received their first dose.

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