Operation Warp Speed is turning out to be another Trumpian clusterfuck.
BY REID WILSON
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) told states to expect fewer coronavirus vaccine doses next week than had been originally planned, according to four state governors.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) said in a tweet that he was told his state’s allocation of the new vaccine, produced by Pfizer and the German pharmaceutical company BioNTech, would be slashed by 40 percent.
A spokesman for Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) said his state, too, had been told its allocations would be cut.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) have also said their expected allocations had been reduced during press conferences this week.
Pritzker during a press conference on Wednesday said he anticipates about half as many doses as was originally promised: “I now no longer believe projections that are put in front of us by the federal government,” Pritzker said. “Having said that, we’re hopeful that they’re accurate.”