South Bay officials joined the chorus of criticism facing the federal government’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout, after news broke that the supply of available doses is smaller than expected.
Santa Clara County has faced scrutiny for its slow vaccine rollout over the past few weeks, but little by little the distribution has been ramping up.
“The biggest constraints we are facing right now is the availability of vaccines,” said County Health Official Dr. Jennifer Tong.
And it’s a constraint that seemingly got worse overnight, following the revelation Friday that a stockpile of vaccine doses that the federal government had promised to deliver to states, does not exist.
County Counsel James Williams said that the federal government had created expectations around vaccine delivery. He placed the blame squarely on the Trump Administration.
“You know, this pandemic has been one of such extraordinary challenges across the board, under a federal administration that, frankly, for four years has seemed to mess basically everything up,” Williams told KCBS Radio.
The county said it will soon have the capacity to deliver 30,000 doses a week, the question is whether or not it will have those doses to give.
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