Biden inherits big challenges from Trump on COVID-19 vaccines

President-elect Joe Biden and his team are walking a tightrope with their coronavirus vaccine plan, rolling out an ambitious strategy while also tempering expectations as to how quickly it can be enacted.

Biden’s plan, officially announced Friday, is a sweeping proposal aimed at dramatically increasing the federal involvement in the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines.

Biden has pledged to vaccinate 100 million people in his first 100 days in office, and wants the National Guard and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help by building clinics and helping to administer shots.

Biden on Friday said that by the end of his first month in office, there will be 100 federally supported centers across the nation.

A big question: What is not clear is how Biden will increase the availability of actual vaccines, which remain a fixed and limited quantity.

Biden acknowledged that nothing will change overnight, and his inauguration alone won’t solve the crisis.