{"id":67223,"date":"2020-12-20T16:15:13","date_gmt":"2020-12-20T16:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/12\/20\/general-leading-vaccine-distribution-apologizes-for-miscommunication-over-shipments\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:14:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:14:48","slug":"general-leading-vaccine-distribution-apologizes-for-miscommunication-over-shipments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2020\/12\/20\/general-leading-vaccine-distribution-apologizes-for-miscommunication-over-shipments\/","title":{"rendered":"General leading vaccine distribution apologizes for \u2018miscommunication\u2019 over shipments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army general in charge of getting COVID-19 vaccines across the United States apologized on Saturday for \u201cmiscommunication\u201d with states over the number of doses to be delivered in the early stages of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/coronavirus\/2020\/12\/14\/national-guard-distributing-coronavirus-vaccine-in-26-states\/\" target=_blank>distribution<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI failed. I\u2019m adjusting. I am fixing and we will move forward from there,\u201d Gen. Gustave Perna told reporters in a telephone briefing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perna\u2019s remarks came a day after a second vaccine, produced by Moderna, was added in the fight against COVID-19, which has killed more than 312,000 people in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2020\/12\/12\/army-general-says-covid-19-vaccines-will-begin-arriving-across-the-country-as-early-as-monday\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/warp-speed.webp_.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Army general says COVID-19 vaccines will begin arriving across the country as early as Monday<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">After the approval of Pfizer&#039;s COVID-19 vaccine on Friday evening, Operation Warp Speed&#039;s distribution plans sprung into effect.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Governors in more than a dozen states have said the federal government has told them that next week\u2019s shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will be less than originally projected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perna acknowledged the criticism and accepted blame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI want to take personal responsibility for the miscommunication,\u201d he said. \u201cI know that\u2019s not done much these days. But I am responsible&#8230; This is a Herculean effort and we are not perfect.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The general said he made mistakes by citing numbers of doses that he believed would be ready.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am the one who approved forecast sheets. I\u2019m the one who approved allocations,\u201d Perna said. \u201cThere is no problem with the process. There is no problem with the Pfizer vaccine. There is no problem with the Moderna vaccine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s a distinction between manufactured vaccine and doses that are ready to be released. The finished product must undergo \u201crigorous quality control and sterility tests,\u201d which can take up to a month, the Department of Health and Human Services said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perna said the government now is on track to get approximately 20 million doses to states by the first week of January, a combination of the newly approved Moderna vaccine and the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perna said 2.9 million Pfizer-BioNTech doses have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/12\/11\/va-unveils-first-coronavirus-vaccine-sites-as-case-numbers-continue-to-climb\/\" target=_blank>delivered to states<\/a> so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Michigan, where the Pfizer vaccine is produced, Democratic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2020\/10\/10\/two-men-arrested-in-plot-to-kidnap-michigan-governor-were-marine-veterans\/?utm_source=clavis\" target=_blank>Gov. 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