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8 Jan, 10 tweets, 2 min read

Pres.-elect Joe Biden is making the distribution of coronavirus vaccines a top priority. Today, the Biden transition team announced that the president-elect plans on immediately releasing nearly all available COVID-19 vaccines instead of only half of them...

...which was the plan set by Operation Warp Speed and the Trump administration.

‘The president-elect believes we must accelerate distribution of the vaccine while continuing to ensure the Americans who need it most get it as soon as possible,’ said Biden spokesperson TJ Ducklo.

‘[Pres.-elect Biden] supports releasing available doses immediately, and believes the government should stop holding back vaccine supply so we can get more shots in Americans’ arms now.

He will share additional details next week on how his administration will begin releasing available doses when he assumes office on January 20th.’

A proper vaccination using the vaccines on the market today requires 2 separate injections, and the Trump administration moved to hold back half of the available vaccines in order to ensure that those who received their first shot can also receive their second in a timely fashion

Though Biden’s decision would go against the recommendation of the Food and Drug Administration, he believes that drug manufacturers will be able to produce enough for a second round of shots shortly after the first is widely distributed.

The Biden transition team has also said the president-elect would use the Defense Protection Act to speed up the manufacturing process if necessary.

The vaccination rollout has been much slower than anticipated following the emergency authorization of both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines, and even slower than promised by the Trump admin who projected numbers in the tens of millions.

‘We will deliver 100 million doses of a safe vaccine before the end of the year,’ Trump promised in October. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that of the more than 29 million doses distributed, only about 5.9 million have been administered.

Meanwhile, for the second day in a row, the U.S. has set a new record for COVID-19 deaths in a single day, this time with more than 4,000 deaths. More than 280,000 new cases were also reported in a single day period.

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