Biden COVID Adviser: Lack of Cooperation by Trump Admin Could ‘Very Likely’ Delay Vaccine Distribution
Dr. Rick Bright, a member of President-elect Joe Biden’s coronavirus task force, is predicting a delayed vaccine distribution if the incoming administration is unable to meet with President Donald Trump’s…
Dr. Rick Bright, a member of President-elect Joe Biden’s coronavirus task force, is predicting a delayed vaccine distribution if the incoming administration is unable to meet with President Donald Trump’s administration.
During Wednesday’s appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Bright mentioned Biden’s promise to distribute a COVID-19 vaccine and other therapeutics in an “equitable manner.”
He stressed, in order to do that, it is “absolutely critical” the transition team meets with the Trump administration to discuss the “protocols of the trials, to be able to discuss the technical aspects of the vaccine, and the rollout, and the distribution campaigns.”
Bright added, “We have been held at an arm’s pace. We have no insight to the plans from this current administration. We do not even have direct access to the data.”
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He continued, “So the GSA delay of the ascertainment of this election is causing significant delays with this critical time point in the data and the vaccine availability.”
Co-host Mika Brzezinski pressed Bright on whether the Trump administration’s decision not to cooperate will delay equitable distribution of the vaccine.
Bright replied, “It very likely can.”
Three leading healthcare organizations implored Trump to provide Biden with COVID-19 data, as IJR previously reported