最近的冬天天气抨击美国已经推迟新冠肺炎（新型冠状病毒肺炎）疫苗运送和强制疫苗接种点关闭。
白宫高级顾问安迪·斯拉维特(Andy Slavitt)表示，意外的挫折影响了所有50个州，导致约600万剂疫苗的积压和2000个疫苗接种点断电。
“我们预计所有积压的剂量将在下周内交付，大多数将在未来几天内交付，”斯拉维特在周五的新闻发布会上说。
乔·拜登总统承诺到7月底提供超过6亿剂疫苗的机会可能岌岌可危，但拜登周五表示他相信常态会回归到年底。
拜登说:“如果上帝愿意，今年的圣诞节将与去年不同，但我不能向你做出承诺。”。
周五，拜登参观了辉瑞在密歇根州卡拉马祖的装配线，以获得生产的第一手资料。
“获得疫苗并获得它并不等同于把它放在某人的手臂上，”他说。"这将是一个持续的滚动努力."
辉瑞公司周五宣布，他们正在采取措施简化分销过程。他们已经向食品和药物管理局提出请求，允许其疫苗在交付后在普通冰箱中储存长达两周，这种疫苗通常需要超低温储存疫苗更广泛地被利用。
“如果有一个信息可以传达给这个国家的每个人，那就是:疫苗是安全的。轮到你的时候可以打疫苗。这就是如何战胜这场流行病，”拜登说。
由于冬季风暴加剧了运输问题，洛杉矶面临疫苗短缺，周二，洛杉矶开设了第一个由联邦应急管理局管理的新冠肺炎大规模疫苗接种点。市长埃里克·加希提表示，配送速度的放缓对受灾严重的城市不利。
加尔塞蒂说:“我们正在与时间赛跑，在感染和注射之间赛跑，任何减缓我们进步的事情都是不可接受的。”。
在北卡罗莱纳州，91岁的莉莉·佩纳说，尽管排队两次，她还是不能得到第二剂。
“我很沮丧，”她说。“连我都生气了。”
6 million doses of vaccine delayed due to winter weather
The recent winter weather slamming the U.S. has delayed COVID-19 vaccine deliveries and forced vaccination sites to close.
The unforeseen setbacks have impacted all 50 states and left a backlog of about 6 million doses of vaccine and 2,000 vaccination sites left without power, according to White House senior adviser Andy Slavitt.
"We anticipate that all the backlog doses will be delivered within the next week, with most being delivered within the next several days," Slavitt said during a press briefing on Friday.
The chances of President Joe Biden's promise of over 600 million doses of vaccine delivered by the end of July could be in jeopardy, but Biden said Friday that he believes normalcy will return by the end of the year.
"God willing, this Christmas will be different than last, but I can't make that commitment to you," said Biden.
On Friday, Biden visited Pfizer's assembly line in Kalamazoo, Michigan, to get a first-hand look at production.
"Getting the vaccine and having it available is not the same as putting it in somebody's arm," he said. "This is going to be a continuous rolling effort."
Pfizer announced Friday they're taking steps to simplify the distribution process. They've put in a request to the Food and Drug Administration to allow its vaccine, which usually requires ultra-cold storage, to be stored in regular freezers for up to two weeks after delivery, allowing vaccines to be more widely available.
"If there's one message to cut through to everyone in the country, it's this: The vaccines are safe. Take the vaccine when it's your turn and available. That's how to beat this pandemic," said Biden.
Los Angeles, facing vaccine shortages due to shipping problems exacerbated by the winter storms, opened the first COVID-19 mass vaccination sites run by the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday. Mayor Eric Garcetti said the slow down in distribution is detrimental to the hard-hit city.
"We are in a race against time, a race between infections and injections, and anything that slows down our progress is unacceptable," said Garcetti.
In North Carolina, 91-year-old Lilly Pena said she couldn't get a second dose despite waiting in line twice.
"I'm very frustrated," she said. "Even I'm angry."
