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Can America’s vaccine rollout be fixed?

Post Reports

The Washington Post

Daily News, Politics, News

4.45.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2021

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Why the vaccine rollout has been slower than expected in the United States. And, the political theater of counting electoral college votes. 

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On Wednesday, Joe Biden will be one step closer to the presidency. Rosalind S. Helderman reports on what to expect during the congressional counting of electoral votes, and the futility of Republican lawmakers' objections

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0:00.0

From the newsroom of the Washington Post.

0:07.0

Hi, this is Tracy Jamm, Colleen from the Post.

0:09.0

I'm a president for PowerU Power.

0:12.0

Hi, it's Robert Given, of the Washington Post.

0:14.0

This is Post Reports.

0:16.0

I'm routine powers.

0:20.0

It's Tuesday, January 5th.

0:25.0

Today, why the distribution of vaccines has gone much slower than expected,

0:30.0

and the political theater of telling electoral college votes.

0:37.0

So how many people have already received coronavirus vaccines in the United States?

0:42.0

About five and a half million have received a shot of the coronavirus vaccine.

0:47.0

And how does that compare to what is happening in other countries?

0:51.0

There's wide variation.

0:56.0

I'm Isaac Stanley Becker.

0:57.0

I'm a national political reporter for the post.

1:02.0

You know, a number of countries, even some countries whose responses have been really, you know,

1:08.0

vented have also had sluggish starts to the vaccination process.

1:12.0

Now, there are some notable exceptions.

1:15.0

Israel has moved really, really quickly, and within a short span of time,

1:19.0

they said they've been able to vaccinate about one in 20 of their residents,

1:23.0

which is really quite remarkable when you compare that to other places,

1:28.0

including the US, which began earlier.

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