VA Secretary says 'supply' is biggest challenge to vaccinating vets
Secretary of Veteran's Affairs Denis McDonough joined the White House press briefing on Thursday to discuss the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on veterans and the ongoing efforts to get veterans vaccinated.
"Countless veterans have lost jobs, closed businesses, home-schooled their own children, and faced uncertain prospects while our nation grappled with the pandemic," McDonough said. "And like the rest of the country, many veterans were directly affected by the deadly virus, with more than 230,000 veterans in our care infected by it and, sadly, 10,605 dying from the disease."
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McDonough says that even though the VA has infrastructure to get the vaccines out the greatest challenge is "supply."
"So the big challenge for us is supply. From what I hear from our [doctors] is, from the moment we get it, our allotments are in arms within two to three days," McDonough said.