“There was no national strategy or plan for vaccinations. We were leaving it to the states and local leaders to try and figure it out. And so in many ways, we’re starting from scratch on something that’s been raging for almost an entire year!”
What Washington Post found
The Biden administration has sped up the tempo of vaccinations and expanded access, but it has built on concepts left behind by the Trump administration.
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In short
Kamala Harris (Vice President) made this claim around 15 February 2021. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 17 February 2021, 2 days later. Its rating was “Two Pinocchios”.
Kamala Harris has 63 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 13 of them false or fake, 40 misleading or mixed and 7 true.
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