Uptick in available Covid vaccine doses tests White House distribution system

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WASHINGTON — Before an uptick in available vaccines in the next month, the Biden administration has been taking control of an increasing number of doses, bypassing state programs in an effort to get shots to Black, Latino and low-income communities.

But after less than five weeks to retool the system they inherited from the Trump administration, the Biden plan to use pharmacies and federally run mass vaccination sites could be tested by a new wave of doses.

"There is a lot of untapped capacity out there, " said Celine Gounder, an infectious disease specialist at New York University, who advised the Biden transition. "I think there is huge potential to scale up through the retail pharmacies. It has been much more focused until now, but once supply opens up they will be targeting those most-at-risk populations, but also scaling up more broadly."

On Thursday, President Joe Biden marked the 50 millionth vaccine with a White House event that included a made-for-television administration of vaccines to four people — a teacher, a grocery store manager, an EMT and a firefighter.

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1. In my second shot nurses were replaced by national guard

In shot one the county fairgrounds pavilion had maybe 30 nurses giving us shots. Four weeks later they had all been replaced by national guard members. So the original 30 nurses were free to give shots at their original work site. I think we can use national guard, who are well trained in logistics, to acquire, transport and inject a huge number of additional vaccines. And of course there are pharmacies in every neighborhood. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.