Here’s How The U.S. Can Jump Start Its Sluggish COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout

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January 8th, 2021

U.S. COVID-19 vaccination programs are off to a slow start, but with more funding, better coordination and public awareness campaigns, things could speed up, experts say.

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This time last year, the world was heading into a pandemic that would upend everything and cost 1.9 million lives — and counting. The promise of the new year is that vaccines are finally here and offer a way out.

But the vaccination campaign has gotten off to a sluggish start in the U.S. Instead of 20 million people vaccinated by the end of 2020 — a frequent promise of the Trump administration — only around 6 million people have gotten their first dose so far. Explanations for this include the holidays, snowstorms, and the need to train health care workers to give the shots.

But case and death counts keep rising, making widespread vaccination more urgent than ever. So how can the U.S. jump start the COVID-19 vaccination campaign?

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