- Pfizer has millions of doses in warehouses ready for shipping instructions from CDC
- States say hey cannot meet their commitments
- Healthcare workers were first faced with PPE shortages; now vaccines.
- Today’s daily COVID-19 death toll reaches 3,500 and rising.
- There isalready a shortage of qualified doctors and nurses to care for seriously ill patients.
- Hospitals are asking staff to stay on the job if they are COVID-19 positive and not showing symptoms.
- In the coming months, the loss of a single nurse or doctor will surely cost lives.
- Vaccine begins protecting after 10 days.
- Delaying thousands of vaccine doses for 10 days will put thousands of lives at risk.
- CDC’s Explanation: {crickets}
States report confusion as feds slash vaccine shipments, and Pfizer says it has ‘millions’ of unclaimed doses
By Josh Dawsey, Lena H. Sun, Isaac Stanley-Becker and Yasmeen Abutaleb The Washington Post