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President Joe Biden and VP Kamala Harris stand on stage during their inauguration on Wednesday, Jan. 20. | Andrew Harnik/Pool via Getty Images
Welcome to the
JOE BIDEN presidency. “Democracy has prevailed,” he declared at the open of his inaugural address.
Doctors inject sisters Claudia Scott-Mighty, left, Althea Scott-Bonaparte, who are patient care directors, and Christine Scott, an ICU nurse, with their second shot of the Pfizer vaccine at NewYork-Presbyterian Lawrence Hospital in Bronxville, N.Y., on Friday. The second round of the vaccine increases its efficacy to 95%, according to Pfizer. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen).
(CN) The decentralized rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine in the United States is moving slower than anticipated, but a massive boost in funding this week and a new plan from President-elect Joe Biden could alleviate some of states’ most pressing concerns about distribution.
On Friday, Biden said he will reverse the Trump administration’s distribution approach for second doses of vaccine. The move followed a letter from six state governors asking for the change.