Over the past few weeks, administration officials have repeatedly briefed President Donald Trump on data showing that COVD-19 infection and death would soon bring the country out of the darker epidemic of epidemics.
But Trump, according to three sources familiar with the situation, has remained uncontrollable.
“There has been no change in his approach,” said a senior administration official who works closely with the task force. The official added that Trump has often responded to such warnings by insisting that his administration did a “miracle” with the development of the covid vaccine – an implementation of the fight against the epidemic that President Joe Biden said could not pull in the 2020 election.
Trump’s nonchalance to face horrific COVID news is hardly new. Also, his optimism is not about bragging about the coming vaccine.
And yet, in the latest round of downplaying, shocks are still being sent by administration brass and senior public health officials, who fear not only the damage to come in the coming weeks but also understand the real, irrelevant obstacles. Vaccine for people.
Despite many successes involving vaccine research, state and local officials across the country say they are still unclear about basic operational elements, such as how many doses they will receive from the federal government, especially in their communities. , And how long the supply of immunization will last.
The inability to get answers to those questions has led to confusion and frustration among those handling the COVID fight. And in today’s stern rebuke, a member of Biden’s own task force team attacked the Trump administration on Monday for failing to ensure states needed to distribute the Covid-19 vaccine to him.
“I see and hear that Operation Operation is a line of motion … the preparation of planes and trucks with special freezer units. And we hear that they are dropping vaccines somewhere on a warehouse full of cold freezers. But I don’t hear more details about the next plan, “said Rick Bright, a former director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority and a member of Biden’s coronavirus transition task force. “It’s hard to keep track of the last mile between the loading dock and the patient’s arm. The second part that has not yet happened in this administration is ensuring that adequate financial resources are made available to support vaccination programs and vaccine administration. “
“I see and hear that Operation Operation is the speed of the warp … Preparing planes and trucks with special freezer units. And we hear that they are dropping vaccines somewhere on a warehouse full of cold freezers. But I don’t hear in more detail about the plan after that.”
– Rick Bright Dr.
Bright’s warnings are not the only frustration of the current administration’s current well-known critic. (Bright resigned from the federal government in October, when he filed a senior blower claim that his superiors removed him from his position because he pushed back on political pressure to support the use of hydroxychloroquine).
Officials across the country say there is a lack of a clear message from the federal government on how the country is conceived by Federer preferring an initial round of vaccine doses. While states across the U.S. are in constant communication with officials involved in Operation Operation Worm Speed - a public-private partnership aimed at expediting the investigation of a coronavirus vaccine – there is widespread concern about the details of vaccine distribution.
Each state and region submitted their interim plans for vaccine distribution in October, many of them drawing on previous distribution plans as a sample to visualize how the COOID-19 vaccine would reach the people. While most of these plans have been updated after further discussions with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Operation Operations, the plans can only go so far without further guidance from the federal government on priorities.
Last week, for example, the Republican Missouri governor. A spokesman for Mike Parsons said the state “expects to receive approximately 185,000 doses on initial shipment,” but “does not know for sure.” In Pennsylvania, a spokesman for the state Department of Health said, “A number of details are still being worked out at the federal level regarding vaccine distribution.” In the executive summary of the department’s October-October vaccination plan, “a very limited number of doses at the beginning of its vaccination program” was expected, as it outlines its vaccination priorities.
While the White House Coronavirus Task Force has been urging states for months to try and urge trust in their communities about the vaccine, local officials and individuals familiar with the administration’s plan said those efforts have dwindled.
A senior local official in New Jersey asked not to be named because they do not have the authority to speak on the issue, and a senior local official in the state requested anonymity. “This is possible because state officials are still trying to figure out how to arrange for someone to receive this item,” he said. But we met nurses and doctors who asked us who comes to their hospitals and right now we don’t have the answers. ”
In an interim version of the New Jersey COVID-19 vaccination distribution plan, officials said the state plans to follow CDC recommendations for a phased approach to vaccine rollout and will give healthcare workers the first vaccination. The interim report said the state would need to prioritize which line healthcare workers head toward, “initially expecting a rare vaccine availability and the possibility of a shortage of the entire supply,” the interim report said. The report also added that New Jersey does not expect federal funding for NJ to date to be sufficient to meet the resource requirements for this complex, large-scale vaccination program. “
Within President Trump’s Covid Task Force, vaccine distribution has played an increasingly important role and has become one of the most debated issues in semi-regular briefings with governors. Trump has mostly been MIA on those discussions and meetings, And he’s convinced that – according to two people who spoke to him since election day – some experts, including Chief Foucault, were “wrong” in the past and somehow supported Biden.
On Monday, Trump’s chief aide on the task force, radiologist Scott Atlas, announced that he was resigning. Some Trump allies and advisers say they expect or hope the president will keep his distance as he moves forward.
“I’m not sure what task force members want to do at the moment and why they might need face time. [Scott] Atlas gone. Let’s go [Vice President] Pence’s message and lead on Covid, ”said President Trump, a former top domestic policy adviser. Grogan said Monday. “[Trump] Behind the scenes can privately direct as president and keep the military in line. “
“I’m not sure what task force members want to do at this point in time and why they might need face time.”
– The same Gro Grogan
Where Trump has shown little interest, however, is in the pace of vaccine production and distribution. According to a CNN report, he called his chief of staff to the head of the Federal Drug Administration at the White House to seek an explanation as to why the agency did not use Pfizer’s vaccine more quickly for emergency use. Trump also plans to hold a vaccine summit with manufacturers and distributors at the White House next week, two days before the FDA’s meeting on Pfizer’s Emergency Use.
Some accept the Trump administration’s health officials Priority talks have been slow, mainly because the FDA has yet to evaluate Pfizer and Modern’s Emergency Use Author Thoracicization. But others pointing to the CDC say the agency has been slow to finalize and announce its recommended priority plan.
The CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice, which helps the CDC provide information on priorities, is due to meet Tuesday afternoon to discuss the details of who should receive the COVID-19 vaccine recipients first. CDC Director Robert Redfield and Vice President Mike Pence have suggested that the distribution of vaccines could begin next week and that “the weakest” Americans should get it earlier. Both said the most vulnerable populations include frontline healthcare workers, nursing home residents and staff, and individuals over the age of 65.
State and local officials say the problem is unclear from the federal government’s perspective on whether there will be enough vaccine availability to reach the masses. As reviewed by several state officials and the Daily Beast according to the state COVID-19 vaccination distribution plan, there is little concern that vaccines will be lacking in the early stages of vaccination and they expect some confusion among residents. Not only who is eligible to receive the first dose, but also how and when to follow up for the second shot of vaccination. (The Pfizer vaccine requires two doses within three weeks of each other).
Lynn Sutfin, a public information officer with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, told the Daily Beast that officials expect the number of COVID-19 vaccination doses to be “very low” and “only available to front-line healthcare workers.”
In Ohio, the state Department of Health said that if only a small amount of the vaccine is available, “those most at risk, including those working in long-term care facilities, nursing homes and other community care facilities, high-risk health care.” Workers and first responders may choose to receive it. “
“Specific administration or vaccination details are not available until the vaccine is approved by the FDA,” Ohio Health Department spokeswoman Melanie Amato told the Daily Beast in an email. “… We continue to await further guidance from the federal government.”
Looking forward to January, members of Biden’s COWID Task Force say they are already working with states to ensure how the vaccine can be distributed.
In an interview with CNN last week, Biden team member Dr. “The president plans to release public health experts and scientists to make the best announcement on how to allocate limited supplies first,” said Celine Gounder.
“We want to make sure that science is at the forefront and that politics stays out of the way. And at the same time, we want to coordinate at the state and local levels, in hospitals and through dialogue,” Bright said. So that they don’t feel like they are on their own, they don’t feel like they have to come up with their own plan independently. So, and no one feels like they are themselves. “
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