How the US vaccine effort derailed | First Thing

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Since the first coronavirus vaccines were approved, the US bought enough to inoculate the entire population, and even potentially embark on a round of booster shots, but health professionals have found an essential element to a successful vaccination campaign has been lacking: trust.

That low confidence has garnered the US an unenviable distinction - in mid-September it became the least vaccinated member of the world's seven most populous and wealthy democracies, or G7, which includes Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan.