It is a health crisis that could continue to stretch well into 2021. “So, this is really, really serious business.” “There are lives that we will continue to lose that we could have saved,” Dr. Even if a million people get vaccinated every day, which isn’t even close to happening right now, it would take about six months for the shot to reach just half of the country’s 330 million people. “So, the federal government needs to organize and coordinate the entire vaccine supply chain.”Īs it stands now, the timeline for when everyone can get the vaccine is getting pushed further back. “Ultimately, this is a national concern,” Dr. The plan consists of 3 phases, which reflect several priorities. A timeline of vaccine agreements by vaccine type and amount shows the United Kingdom was the first to publicly strike a deal for vaccines in early May 2020. The solution, he said, would involve more federal involvement. Massachusetts’ COVID-19 vaccination plan was guided by the Commonwealth’s COVID-19 Vaccine Advisory Group, a diverse group launched in October consisting of medical professionals, public health experts, elected officials, community leaders, and infectious disease specialists. “There is not enough transparency in terms of where the issues are and where the problems are because if you don't have that transparency, you can't solve the problem,” he said. Although that timeline is rapid, it still involves extra days, and makes it even more improbable that vaccine. Lee says why that is happening isn’t clear at any government level. “There's not enough delivered to the states,” he said, “and then, you can see there's this discrepancy between the number of doses that were delivered to the states, according to the tracker, and the number of doses that were administered.” Lee said the delay lies with both the federal government and the states. He is also a senior contributor to Forbes magazine.ĭr. Lee, Professor at CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy and executive director of PHICOR (Public Health Informatics, Computational and Operations Research). “Indications are that it's all along the supply chain,” said Dr. Yet, according to the CDC, nearly two weeks into the new year, only 8 million people have received an initial dose and the numbers are even smaller for those who have received the second, required follow-up shot: just over 272,000. The federal government set a goal of having 20 million people vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of 2020, starting with health care workers and the elderly in December. David Shulkin, former secretary of veterans affairs. “The issue is not the supply of the vaccine the issue is not being able to get enough people injected with the vaccine,” said Dr. Despite the lightning-fast development of several COVID-19 vaccines, Operation Warp Speed is now hitting speed bumps when it comes to actually administering the needed shots.
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