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Biden Blasts Trump’s Failures to Prepare for Vaccinations as U.S. COVID-19 Death Toll Tops 475,000

HeadlineFeb 12, 2021

The United States reported nearly 3,900 new deaths from COVID-19 Thursday, pushing the U.S. death toll past 475,000, by far the highest in the world.

Here in New York, the top aide to Governor Andrew Cuomo apologized to Democratic lawmakers this week for not initially reporting close to half of the 15,000 deaths at nursing homes and other long-term care facilities.

Meanwhile, California has surpassed New York as the state with the highest death toll, with over 46,000 COVID deaths reported. Health officials in Los Angeles temporarily closed five vaccination centers Thursday, including a massive site at Dodger Stadium, after the city ran out of vaccine doses.

In Bethesda, Maryland, President Biden visited the National Institutes of Health, where he slammed Donald Trump’s failure to prepare for mass vaccinations. 

President Joe Biden: “He didn’t order enough vaccines. He didn’t mobilize enough people to administer the shots. He didn’t set up federal vaccine centers, where eligible people could go and get their shots.”

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