Michael Osterholm, director of the Center of Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota said at a press: "The next months will be the "darkest of the pandemic". "Between now and the holidays, the US will see numbers "much, much larger than even the 67 to 75,000 cases."

据报道，美国明尼苏达大学传染病研究与政策中心主任麦克·奥斯特霍尔姆在一场记者会上表示：“接下来数月美国将迎来‘疫情的至暗时刻’”。他表示：“往后美国的单日新增确诊病例将会远远高于6.7-7.5万例。”

States still have no idea how they're going to pay for coronavirus vaccine distribution, despite filing plans last week, state officials said Monday.

Friday was the deadline for states to submit their plans to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but they still don't have the needed federal money to help carry them out, officials said.

"As it stands now, we do not have any capability to fund the imminent implementation of the plan."The CDC distributed $200 million to states for preparedness and planning, which "certainly would not be sufficient at all for a campaign of this magnitude and duration."James Blumenstock, senior vice president for pandemic response and recovery at the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials.

The funding for vaccines isn't the only problem. Health officials are also having to deal with a very skeptical public. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Monday it may be a challenge to get people to take the vaccine.

"It would be a terrible shame if we have -- and I think we will have -- a safe and effective vaccine but we're not able to widely distribute it to those who need it," Fauci said in a virtual event for the National Academy of Medicine on Monday.