declared it a public health emergency earlier this month but critics argue they have not moved fast enough. yesterday the deputy a mmonkeyp defense coordinator defended their response. we know what we got in terms of this outbreak. it s acting differently than any mo monkeypox outbreak before. we need what needs to be implemented to control the outbreak and clear which populations we need to focus on. it s more about the right time as opposed to there being a delay. those comments came one day after the white house announced a new plan called for boosting vaccine supply making anti viral treatments more readily available and reaching out to at risk communities. that plan is being put into action this weekend in s charlotte. health care workers in north carolina will be administering free monkeypox vaccine at pride events across the city. charlotte is one of several receiving 50,000 vaccine doses from the national stockpile ahead of large public events. we want to get in
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charlotte is one of several receiving 50,000 vaccine doses from the national stockpile ahead of large public events. we want to get insight from an expert. we have kathleen with us this morning, the secretary of health and human services during the obama administration. kathleen, grateful to have your expertise and insight with us. so the biden administration is brushing off criticism that they ve taken too long to form a task force and declare monkeypox a national emergency. how would you grade the white house response so far? well, boris, i think that they are working rapidly to both distribute vaccine in an equatable fashion and get more vaccine out to states as quickly as possible. i think that testing has been a bit slow and needs to pick up pace and their aim to do that but i think we have a huge