Gavin Newsom acknowledged this week that vaccine distribution is slower than originally hoped for in the Golden Gate State, but health experts are hopeful vaccinations will pick up in the new year. "That we’ve already administered 300,000 doses is extraordinary," Newsom said during a Wednesday Facebook live event with Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. "But there’s been some frustration, a little bit of frustration — we may have overpromised a little bit in the short run about the availability and the distribution of vaccine." "There is a learning curve," Moncef Slaoui, chief science adviser for Operation Warp Speed, told reporters Wednesday. California originally expected to receive 2.4 million doses by the end of December, but received just 1.8 million instead, according to the San Francisco Chronical.

Source: Fox News January 01, 2021 02:15 UTC