https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/536123-biden-adviser-says-months-before-everyone-who-wants-a-covid-vaccine-can-get

Biden COVID-19 adviser: It will be 'months' before all who want A White House COVID-19 adviser on Wednesday said that it will be "months" before all Americans who want a coronavirus vaccine can get one, a much more pessimistic message than the one delivered by Nathaniel Weixel TheHill

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A White House COVID-19 adviser on Wednesday said that it will be "months" before all Americans who want a coronavirus vaccine can get one, a much more pessimistic message than the one delivered by President Biden.

"We are taking action to increase supply and increase capacity. But even so, it will be months before everyone who wants a vaccine will be able to get one," Andy Slavitt, senior adviser to the White House COVID-19 Response Team, said during a briefing.

Slavitt added that there is a difference between vaccines produced and vaccines administered, and the administration is working to bridge that gap.

“I want to level with the public that we're facing two constraining factors. The first is getting enough supply quickly enough, and the second is the ability to administer the vaccines quickly once they're produced and sent out to the sites,” Slavitt said.

"I don't want you to hear that just because they will be manufactured and produced by a certain date, that is the same thing as" getting the vaccine into people's arms, he added.

Slavitt's comments are markedly different from remarks Biden gave Monday when he said he thinks any American who wants a COVID-19 vaccine should be able to get one by spring.

“It’s going to be a logistical challenge that exceeds anything we’ve ever tried in this country, but I think we can do that,” Biden said during a press conference.

Biden added that he hoped the U.S. could be vaccinating 1.5 million people per day in the coming weeks.

But ever since those comments, the White House has been working to temper expectations. ...