The Vaccine Rollout Hits Some Bumps

So far, the vaccine roll out in the United States has been underwhelming. States are scrambling to get doses out to patients before they expire. We won’t be behind schedule on vaccine distribution forever, but to make matters worse, a more infectious variant of COVID-19 has increased the urgency.

Guest: Apoorva Mandavilli is a health and science reporter with the New York Times.

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