US Will Fall Nearly 18 Million Doses Short of Year-End Vaccine Goal, Army General Says – By Richard Sisk (Military.com) / Dec 30 2020
Factors ranging from snowstorms and holidays to poor coordination with the states led to the U.S. falling nearly 18 million doses short of its year-end goal of having 20 million Americans vaccinated against COVID-19, the general overseeing the distribution effort said Wednesday.
About 20 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna two-dose vaccines have been produced and are available, and 14 million doses have been delivered to the states, but only about 2.1 million Americans have received the shots, said Gen. Gus Perna, the chief operating officer of Operation Warp Speed.
However, Perna said he expected the administration of shots to increase “exponentially” in the coming weeks through smoother delivery arrangements with the states.
The Pfizer vaccine received emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration Dec. 11, and the Moderna vaccine was approved Dec. 18.
