Commonwealth Fund December 16, 2020
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More than $8 billion in federal funding is needed to support effective and equitable COVID-19 vaccine rollouts in the states
State and local public vaccination campaigns face daunting challenges. Unless Congress includes public health aid to states in its COVID-19 recovery bill, the success of the vaccination effort is at risk
Through Operation Warp Speed, the U.S. government invested more than $18 billion in the rapid development and nationwide distribution of COVID-19 vaccines that will help us emerge from the pandemic. But alongside this federal effort, success also will depend on state governments and local public health partners getting the vaccine into the arms of hundreds of millions of people across the country. The publicity surrounding the shipments of...