White House COVID-19 Adviser Andy Slavitt Says There Are No Vaccine 'Silver Bullets'
Slavitt tells NPR that getting more vaccines out quicker will involve lots of "small steps." He says people will have to be "more patient than they want to be," but supplies are increasing.
The U.S. is currently administering about 1.4 million vaccination shots a day. About 9.5% of people in the U.S. have already gotten one dose.
But demand still outstrips supply in cities across the country, while anecdotes abound about difficulties of trying to get appointments.
Scientists say vaccinations need to be as fast as possible to prevent more contagious coronavirus variants from taking over.
Andy Slavitt, a White House senior adviser on the COVID-19 response, says "people are going to have to probably continue
