An example of a Biden MalAdministration twerp lying:
Trump vaccine plan left logistics to states, but it did existhttps://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/27/ron-klain/trump-vaccine-plan-left-logistics-states-it-did-ex/On Meet the Press, Chuck Todd asked Klain about conflicting comments by Biden officials about whether the new administration had to create a vaccination distribution plan from scratch.
Klain said Biden was building on progress from the initial wave of vaccinations, "no question about it."
"But the process to distribute the vaccine, particularly outside of nursing homes and hospitals out into the community as a whole did not really exist when we came into the White House," Klain said.
Really? We found that’s taking things too far.
Many experts said that the Trump administration’s plan had some key holes, including a failure to communicate with the states and cities about the rollout and inadequate funding for vaccine distribution. But it did have a plan: rely on the states.
"The federal plan, much like the rest of the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic, was very hands off when it comes to details of implementing public health interventions," said Josh Michaud, associate director of global health policy at the Kaiser Family Foundation. "The last mile of vaccine delivery was not a big part of the federal plan by design."
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At the same time, it’s clear there was some level of coordination. The U.S. would not have been able to give shots to millions of people, enroll tens of thousands of private providers, and set up a data collection system tying in all 50 states if the federal and state governments had done no planning.
This statement is false, "... including a failure to communicate with the states and cities about the rollout ...". The Feds informed the states at least as early as September 4th that one or more vaccines could be approved as early as November.
OWS relied on states and counties to use their knowledge of state and local resources to do their local-level planning.
Which some states have done, very effectively. What Politifact left out was context. In the context of 202, especially September, October, and into November, some major states' governors were all but at war with the Trump Administration. Those governors were working to defeat Trump. What was good for their states' citizens was secondary. Some of those governors were also telling their citizens and the nation that the coming vaccines could not be trusted, because Trump.
In that context, any Federal vaccination plan that extended Federal control into what the states would do would have resulted in lawsuits and an impeachment effort.
Because Trump.Many/most of the states whose governors devoted more energy to fighting Trump than to organizing vaccine distribution are now lagging in that distribution. Unsurprisingly. The Feds gave the states ample notice. Some states used the following months to prepare, and their efforts have gone well. Other states governments chose not to prepare, and their performance reflects that choice.
The, "Without dollars to make them happen ..." excuse is a red herring. Why should the Feds fund states vaccination distribution? How did some states do so well before receiving Federal funding? Why are so many states still doing poorly now that they have Federal funding?
