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Kemp disputes numbers on Georgia's slow vaccine rollout

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp listens as James C. Stallings, Director of the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency, speaks about the state's COVID-19 vaccination roll-out during a news conference at the Georgia State Capitol, Tuesday, March 16, 2021, in Atlanta. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Virus_Georgia — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp listens as James C. Stallings, Director of the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency, speaks about the state's COVID-19 vaccination roll-out during a news conference at the Georgia State Capitol, Tuesday, March 16, 2021, in Atlanta. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Georgia’s failure to open mass vaccination sites earlier and relatively slow expansion of eligibility for shots are to blame in part for the state’s dismal COVID-19 inoculation rate, health experts say.