President Biden’s coronavirus advisers are confident more vaccine will come, Dr. Vivek Murthy, who is the candidate for general surgeon, said on Friday.
The transition team began talking to vaccine-making companies to try to get an idea of the actual amount of supply available and how quickly production could be intensified, Murthy said in a webcast sponsored by the Conference of Mayors of the United States.
“We’ve been deeply involved in conversations with companies on a very regular basis and they were conversations that frankly started even before the election to try to understand more closely what the offer was, what the challenges were, what they were the obstacles we had to accelerate the supply even more, what would be the possible points of failure that we have to take into account and plan ”, said Murthy.
“I think these conversations have given us more confidence that there will be more supply and that it will continue to increase steadily over the next few months,” Murthy added.
“And part of what we’ve talked about is also the importance of making this data clearly available and transparent so that mayors and the general public can also see a lot of what we’re seeing and have some confidence in what the supply looks like over the next few years. weeks “.
State and local leaders want and need to know so they can plan, he said.
“One of the clearest comments we received from the governors, which was also echoed by the mayors, was that they needed more information about when the supply would arrive. They needed more than four or five days’ notice, they needed an ideal notice of several weeks. so they could plan and set up their operations accordingly, and we felt it strong and clear, ”Murthy said.
“So I think what you will see in the coming weeks is a greater focus on this transparency around the offer so that you have a better idea of what we are seeing and also so that you have an idea of what the offer will also come to. your status over the next few weeks. “