Governors tell Biden in letter some vaccine efforts are creating confusion and inefficiency

A bipartisan group of governors expressed concern Monday at the Biden administration's vaccine rollout, writing in a letter to the White House that better coordination is needed between the federal government and states on distributing doses to prevent confusion and duplicative efforts.

The executive committee of the National Governors Association, comprised of Democrats and Republicans, raised alarm over two areas of confusion: first, the numbers publicly reported by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for vaccine distribution; and second, the separate federal distribution systems -- including a recently launched program sending vaccines directly to retail pharmacies -- they say have caused inefficiencies. The letter amounted to the most explicit call governors have made for the Biden administration to publicly clarify how it is running its distribution process.