拜登嫌弃特朗普抗疫“龟速”，全美仅210万人接种疫苗
美国当选总统乔·拜登本周二批评特朗普政府推进疫苗接种工作的进展缓慢，并且他预测，美国的新冠疫情“情况将变得越来越糟。”
拜登周二在特拉华州威尔明顿发表讲话时表示：“我们需要说实话，接下来几周和几个月对我们国家来说会非常艰难，非常艰难。也许是整个疫情期间最艰难的时刻。”
就在拜登发言的时候，美国的新冠疫情已经造成了超过336,000人死亡，有专家警告节日出行和聚会可能再次引发确诊病例激增，尽管美国各地的感染者人数已经在大幅增长。
拜登鼓励美国民众“振作起来”迎接挑战，并预测“情况在好转之前，首先会变得更糟糕。”
他还提到了特朗普政府的疫苗接种工作，警告称“曲速行动”（Operation Warp Speed）项目推进的速度过慢，无法满足需求。
他说：“我一直担心并且曾经警告，疫苗发放和接种工作的进展缓慢。”
本月早些时候，特朗普政府的官员称，计划在年底之前发放2,000万剂疫苗。但疾控中心的数据显示，政府目前仅发放了超过1,140万剂疫苗，只有210万人接种了第一剂疫苗。
拜登表示，按照目前的速度，“全体美国民众接种疫苗可能需要几年时间，而不是几个月。”
作为当选总统，拜登将在1月20日就职。他表示，他已经指示团队准备“采取更积极的措施，增加联邦政府的参与和领导力，使事情重回正轨。”
拜登称他会“竭尽全力让我们朝着正确的方向前进。”
他提出在上任100天内为美国人接种1亿剂疫苗，但他表示要实现这个目标，需要将疫苗接种速度提高五到六倍，每天接种100万剂。然而，拜登承认，即使按照这个速度，“大部分美国人完成疫苗接种依旧需要几个月的时间。”
拜登将抗击新冠疫情作为过渡期的工作重心。他承诺，就任总统之后将首先批准国会的一份综合新冠救助法案，内容包括拨款扩大疫苗接种和检测范围等。他还成立了一个新冠疫情工作组，致力于更好地简化政府对疫情的响应措施，并帮助扭转感染人数激增的形势。
但拜登警告，在他上任之后，美国民众仍需要几个月时间才有可能看到新冠疫情出现积极变化。
他表示：“扭转疫情的趋势需要时间。我们可能要到3月才能看到情况有所好转，因为我们的新冠疫情响应计划初见成效需要时间。”（财富中文网）
翻译：刘进龙
审校：汪皓
美国当选总统乔·拜登本周二批评特朗普政府推进疫苗接种工作的进展缓慢，并且他预测，美国的新冠疫情“情况将变得越来越糟。”
拜登周二在特拉华州威尔明顿发表讲话时表示：“我们需要说实话，接下来几周和几个月对我们国家来说会非常艰难，非常艰难。也许是整个疫情期间最艰难的时刻。”
就在拜登发言的时候，美国的新冠疫情已经造成了超过336,000人死亡，有专家警告节日出行和聚会可能再次引发确诊病例激增，尽管美国各地的感染者人数已经在大幅增长。
拜登鼓励美国民众“振作起来”迎接挑战，并预测“情况在好转之前，首先会变得更糟糕。”
他还提到了特朗普政府的疫苗接种工作，警告称“曲速行动”（Operation Warp Speed）项目推进的速度过慢，无法满足需求。
他说：“我一直担心并且曾经警告，疫苗发放和接种工作的进展缓慢。”
本月早些时候，特朗普政府的官员称，计划在年底之前发放2,000万剂疫苗。但疾控中心的数据显示，政府目前仅发放了超过1,140万剂疫苗，只有210万人接种了第一剂疫苗。
拜登表示，按照目前的速度，“全体美国民众接种疫苗可能需要几年时间，而不是几个月。”
作为当选总统，拜登将在1月20日就职。他表示，他已经指示团队准备“采取更积极的措施，增加联邦政府的参与和领导力，使事情重回正轨。”
拜登称他会“竭尽全力让我们朝着正确的方向前进。”
他提出在上任100天内为美国人接种1亿剂疫苗，但他表示要实现这个目标，需要将疫苗接种速度提高五到六倍，每天接种100万剂。然而，拜登承认，即使按照这个速度，“大部分美国人完成疫苗接种依旧需要几个月的时间。”
拜登将抗击新冠疫情作为过渡期的工作重心。他承诺，就任总统之后将首先批准国会的一份综合新冠救助法案，内容包括拨款扩大疫苗接种和检测范围等。他还成立了一个新冠疫情工作组，致力于更好地简化政府对疫情的响应措施，并帮助扭转感染人数激增的形势。
但拜登警告，在他上任之后，美国民众仍需要几个月时间才有可能看到新冠疫情出现积极变化。
他表示：“扭转疫情的趋势需要时间。我们可能要到3月才能看到情况有所好转，因为我们的新冠疫情响应计划初见成效需要时间。”（财富中文网）
翻译：刘进龙
审校：汪皓
President-elect Joe Biden criticized the Trump administration Tuesday for the pace of distributing COVID-19 vaccines and predicted that “things will get worse before they get better” when it comes to the pandemic.
“We need to be honest — the next few weeks and months are going to be very tough, very tough for our nation. Maybe the toughest during this entire pandemic,” Biden said during remarks in Wilmington, Delaware on Tuesday.
His comments come as the coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 336,000 Americans, with experts warning holiday travel and gatherings could precipitate yet another spike in virus cases even as the virus has already been surging in states nationwide.
Biden encouraged Americans to “steel our spines” for challenges to come and predicted that “things are going to get worse before they get better.”
He also went after the Trump Administration over their vaccination efforts, warning that the project, dubbed Operation Warp Speed, is moving at a slower pace than needed.
“As I long feared and warned the effort to distribute and administer the vaccine is not progressing as it should," he said.
Earlier this month, Trump administration officials said they planned to have 20 million doses of the vaccine distributed by the end of the year. But according to data provided by the Centers for Disease Control, just over 11.4 million doses have been distributed and only 2.1 million people have received their first dose.
At the current pace, Biden said “it’s gonna take years, not months, to vaccinate the American people.”
The president-elect, who takes office Jan. 20, said he has directed his team to prepare a “much more aggressive effort, with more federal involvement and leadership, to get things back on track."
Biden said he would “move heaven and earth to get us going in the right direction."
He set a goal of administering 100 million shots of the vaccine within his first 100 days in office, but said to accomplish that, the pace of vaccinations would have to increase five to six times to 1 million shots a day. Even with that pace, however, Biden acknowledged it “will still take months to have the majority of Americans vaccinated.”
Biden has made combating the coronavirus pandemic a central focus of his transition work. He has pledged that one of his first acts as president will be to release a comprehensive coronavirus aid bill to Congress that will include funding for expanded vaccinations and testing, among other things. He also has a COVID-19 task force working on ways to better streamline the government response to the pandemic and help turn the tide of infections.
Still, Biden warned that it would take months after he’s in office for Americans to see positive change in the course of the virus.
“Turning this around is going to take time. We might not see improvement until we’re well into March, as it will take time for our COVID response plan to produce visible progress,” he said.
