Trump Admin Stumbles On Vaccine Rollout Are A Warning Sign As Operation Scales Up | Rachel Maddow

Laurie Garrett, health policy analyst, talks with Ali Velshi about the snags and stumbles the Trump administration has encountered in the early days of distributing the coronavirus vaccine and the implications for the even greater number of logistical challenges when there are multiple vaccines going to an even wider distribution of Americans. Aired on 12/19/2020.
» Subscribe to MSNBC:

About The Rachel Maddow Show: Through her unique approach to storytelling, Rachel Maddow provides in-depth reporting to illuminate the current state of political affairs and reveals the importance of transparency and accountability from our leaders. Maddow seeks to explain our complex world and deliver news in a way that's illuminating and dynamic, connecting the dots to make sense of complex issues. Maddow also conducts interviews with individuals at the center of current news stories to provide important perspective.

MSNBC delivers breaking news, in-depth analysis of politics headlines, as well as commentary and informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments from The Rachel Maddow Show, Morning Joe, Meet the Press Daily, The Beat with Ari Melber, Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace, Hardball, All In, Last Word, 11th Hour, and more.

Connect with MSNBC Online
Visit msnbc.com:
Subscribe to MSNBC Newsletter:
Find MSNBC on Facebook:
Follow MSNBC on Twitter:
Follow MSNBC on Instagram:

#TrumpAdmin #VaccineRollout #MSNBC

Trump Admin Stumbles On Vaccine Rollout Are A Warning Sign As Operation Scales Up | Rachel Maddow

79 comments

    1. I’d like to see the table of which states are getting short-shipped their vaccines vs which states didn’t vote for Trump. Betcha they are very much in congruence.

    2. @surely you joke, mein failüre They are both Republican (IN, KS, IA) and Democratic-voting states (CT, CA, MD).

    3. trump is always ALL about money for him.
      I get how the PPE scam worked. and how trump _TRIED_ to profit off his hydroxychloroquine schtick.
      I don’t get how trump profits (bc that’s what it’s always about) from slowing the vaccines.

      that said, every OTHER move since January has been to increase demand for trump’s supply of PPE, HQ, … and now vaccine?

  1. Trump : “The military will be ready to distribute the vaccines” UPS and FEDEX flights and trucks were delayed….where is our military that Trump was boasting about?

    1. Yeah I remember he said that..I was so excited as our proud military in the Pandemic on tv and cable showing our Mighty military roll out their power of the USA might in saving the American citizens..and all I saw was a freaking Brown UPS truck rolling out…Wtf. ..where are the Stallion helicopter..the C37 cargo military plane..where are the Aircraft carriers..where are the military convoy running down all major American cities bringing in the vaccines from Operation Warp Speed..?

    1. @Frail Bones Biden No that would be the Trump virus not the vaccine five other countries got it before America let that sink in

    2. ATHLETE’S FOOT FACE DEMENTIA JOE KID TOUCH was against travel bans and said that preventing the coronavirus is xenophobic,while Trump made travel bans! Its estimated that over 2 million Americans would have died from Cuomo-19 under Dementia Joe Kid Touch! Biden will probably say the vaccine is xenophobic and throw it in the ocean!

    1. Steven Scott, ABSOLUTELY! They had him fire all the good, capable experts and installed incompetent boobs in crucial areas of government, whereby they were able to enter the backdoors left open to cyber hacking. Now that the Military is compromised and the nuclear program is exposed America is vulnerable to attack. The worst is yet to come! Too many traitors within the country to stop a coup.

    1. @Helene Flamand – I agree that the special refrigeration requirements were foreseeable, Helene. But at what point was it realized how severe the issue was going to be? The parameters require systems that can, at minimum, maintain temperatures of MINUS 70 degrees Celsius for up to ten days. And, from what I’ve been able to ascertain, that wasn’t determined until around mid-November.
      And the equipment HAS to be portable, so you can ship the vaccine around the country. You can’t just stick the vaccine in a cooler with some dry ice. It requires much more stringent care and protection than that.
      ‘Warp Speed’ had just weeks to source this very specialized PORTABLE equipment. And it was competing with the rest of the world, which learned these exacting parameters at around the same time as we did.
      This administration can legitimately be pilloried for many (and vast) errors, miss-steps and and outright malfeasance. Don’t concentrate on an issue like this. Because it runs the risk of de-legitimizing other, truly foreseeable and outrageous errors they’ve made.

    2. @Rumi900 The point is: this administration is not good at anything that looks like ‘planning’. The vaccines’ rollout promise to be chaotic.

    3. @Helene Flamand – Not an issue for the current administration, though. Republican voters will blame any problems with the vaccine rollout on the new administration. That’s what happened with worldwide sub-prime mortgage fiasco, remember? It actually occurred in 2007, under the Bush administration. But most Republicans now believe it was Obama’s fault, even though his presidency didn’t start January 2009, over a year and half later! Remember, the Republican Party has become a post-truth party. Along with most of it’s voters.

  2. And how strange that we even would openly mention that withholding vaccine as a political consideration might be a possibility however remote.

    1. Thank you. I don’t see how anyone can keep supporting a party that is letting Russia take over, letting our people die and treating the average American with the contempt and disdain they show daily.

    2. @Wild Wilder David knows nothing of communist..he is only a player from calls of duty ..playing his video game..there is no way if a foreign enemies attack USA would he sacrifice his life for the American way…heh David ..yeah you ..communist would have you within 15 minutes at your door and take you to a place you would never been seen again ..that is how ruthless they are..and guess who turned you in ? Your own family …yep that is how communist are..so don’t make threats to your fellow Americans unless you know what communist are capable of..

  3. The CEO of Pfiser said they are waiting for directives to deliver to states. How sad that the real story is not being told.

    1. Nancy, the really story has NEVER been told … why in the world would we think that this spineless ADMINSTATION would start NOW!

    1. LOng h4mm3r…No, Pfizer said there production is on schedule ( they indeed have the doses they are not to blame) and they have nothing to do with the cut back on supply…so who is responsible? One guess and it’s not the weather. Hint, they can just nuke the weather.

  4. These aren’t “accidents.” He’s getting revenge for losing. Imagine if he was still POTUS for 4 more years. THIS was EXACTLY the kind of stuff we said would happen if he didn’t have to care about reelection.

    1. @Annie Freiler Wouldn’t put it past him, but then, I think the reason he’s cool with the bounties that Russia pays the Taliban for dead US soldiers is that Putin gives him a 10% cut of the business in exchange for turning a blind eye.

    1. The govt siding with Covid19 against the people is not incompetent, it is evil. They knew herd immunity would cost about a million lives, and that is looking about where it will be. Half a million by mid February and nobody can stop it now because Trump has wrecked the US public’s ability to follow the simple instructions that save lives elsewhere.

  5. The level of morbid incompetence in this administration will astound historians for centuries to come.

    1. The administration is doing something fairly normal for autocratic administrations. That stuff is as old as dirt. What’s sad is that the Republicans seem to have chosen Trump as the hill-of-lard to die on.

    1. If most of the people meaning black and mexican people die , he think he will win in 2024 But NO he will not as long as Jesus Christ have something to do with it ,he want ever win . Not in this country!!

    2. Rather ironically, the white house was still rapid-testing anyone who could come in (because they knew the virus could be fatal) even while publicly they were pushing for more people to spread the disease around. That’s roughly the definition of felony manslaughter. Lotta blood on their hands. That’s like operating a meat grinder playground for other folks’ kids to die in, while making sure that your own kids avoid the place.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.