Democratic group warns that the U.S. is unprepared to distribute a Covid-19 vaccine
WASHINGTON — A Democratic group warned Tuesday that the U.S. is fundamentally unprepared to manufacture and distribute hundreds of millions of Covid-19 vaccine doses when one becomes available, urging Congress to step up preparedness efforts and spend $40 billion to quickly increase manufacturing and distribution capacity.
In a 20-page report published by the Center for American Progress, two leading Democratic health policy figures called the current vaccine manufacturing setup “haphazard.” Potential shortages of vaccine-brewing equipment, cold storage, and other raw materials, they warned, could pose major bottlenecks to a fast rollout of a Covid-19 vaccine once one is approved.
