The White House has scoffed at the idea Donald Trump deserves any vaccine praise, saying that 500,000 people died on his watch.
Press secretary Jen Psaki refused to give the ex-president any credit when questioned about it during her daily briefing.
Ms Psaki was asked about recent comments from Admiral Brett Giroir, the former assistant secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services, who has said that the Trump administration deserves more credit for planning the distribution of the vaccine.
“I don’t think anyone deserves credit when half a million people in the country have died of this pandemic,” replied Ms Psaki.
The Biden White House was critical of the Trump administration’s rollout plans when it took office with the goal of 100 million vaccinations in 100 days.
Bloomberg statistics show that on 20 January when Mr Biden was inaugurated, the US was administering an average of 900,000 vaccinations a day.
That number has jumped to 2 million doses a day as of 4 March. »