Prognosis

Biden Plans Fewer Rules, More Shots in New Vaccination Drive

Trump vaccine rollout has been ‘dismal failure,’ Biden says
Promises FEMA-run vaccination sites, mobile clinics for shots

President-elect Joe Biden speaks in Wilmington, Delaware, on Jan. 14.
Photographer: Alex Wong/Getty Images

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By Josh Wingrove, Nancy Cook, and Angelica Peebles

January 15, 2021 at 8:45 PM UTC

Updated on

January 15, 2021 at 10:05 PM UTC

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President-Elect Joe Biden proposed to overhaul eligibility rules for coronavirus vaccines and open more sites for distribution but his plan to significantly ramp up U.S. inoculations largely retains the bones of the Trump administration’s system.

Ahead of remarks in Wilmington, Delaware, Biden’s office released changes he’d make to boost vaccination rates. His pledges are vague about timelines, reinforcing Biden’s previous warnings that there’ll be no quick fix to the virus spread in the U.S.