Also on Thursday, Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz condemned the actions of 15 state Republicans who signed a letter to Vice President Mike Pence seeking to halt the count of
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Freshly drawn up doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are placed in a tray Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, at SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital – Madison. Angela Major/WPR
Republican state lawmakers criticized Gov.
Tony Evers’ administration on Thursday for the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine in Wisconsin, saying projections for when the vaccine will be available to the general public are unacceptable.
The Assembly health committee held a lengthy public hearing on vaccine rollout, taking testimony from state and local health officials, medical experts and health care groups. The hearing followed weeks of sharp criticism from the GOP majority over how the Evers administration has handled vaccine distribution.
Updated: 5:09 PM CST Jan 14, 2021 Wisconsin s vaccine roll-out came under fire Thursday at the state Capitol in Madison.Continuing Coverage: Coronavirus in WisconsinLawmakers questioned state health officials, who now say it could take a year to reach herd immunity in Wisconsin.Gov. Tony Evers administration said it was moving as quickly as it can administering doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.But some Republican state representatives pressed health officials about what s being done to speed up the process to make the vaccine available to everyone.The answers they got may not have been what they were hoping for. The minute we get a vaccine from the federal government, it should be in and out the next day and in somebody s arm, Rep. Joe Sanfellipo (R-New Berlin) said.Those lawmakers said the slow roll-out was unacceptable and they want answers for their constituents. A mother with four kids and they re at home, and she just calls and says, When can I expect to get the vacci
Also on Thursday, Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz condemned the actions of 15 state Republicans who signed a letter to Vice President Mike Pence seeking to halt the count of