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Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) Everyone would be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine by mid-March regardless of how much vaccine is available, under a bill heard by the Assembly Health Committee on Wednesday. The state is taking a “lackadaisical” approach to vaccinating people, bill sponsor and committee chairman Rep. Joe Sanfelippo said at a hearing on the measure Wednesday. The bill would speed the vaccine rollout and another proposal would expand those who can deliver the shots. “We want to safely administer as many vaccines to as many people as quickly as possible,” Sanfelippo said. Gov. Tony Evers and the state’s health leaders have defended the vaccine rollout, saying how quickly people can be vaccinated is limited by the number of doses being sent by the federal government. Wisconsin currently receives about 70,000 doses of vaccine a week but Evers has repeatedly called on the federal government to release more to the state.

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