This Week President Biden Announced 250 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Shots Have Been Administered Since Taking Office As the CDC Eases Mask Policy and COVID-19 Cases Plummet, Deaths Drop to Lowest Since April 2020
President Biden’s vaccine effort continues to show how effective his leadership has been during this crisis. Yesterday, the CDC announced that due to the administration’s unprecedented vaccine effort, fully vaccinated Americans no longer need to wear a mask in most settings. This monumental news followed the announcement this week that 250 million COVID-19 vaccine shots have been administered since President Biden took office. The good news continued as reports this week also showed that COVID-19 cases are plummeting and deaths are down to their lowest point since April of 2020 highlighting President Biden’s commitment to defeating this pandemic is paying off.
In response to President Biden’s key milestones reached this week in the fight to defeat COVID-19, Protect Our Care’s War Room Spokesperson Michael Feldman released the following statement:
“President Biden’s historic achievement of delivering 250 million COVID-19 shots is a victory for all Americans and a testament to his aggressive action to end this crisis. Thanks to this administration’s unprecedented vaccine program, fully-vaccinated Americans will be able to regain a sense of normalcy not felt since before this crisis. President Biden’s vaccine effort continues to go from good to great as coronavirus deaths are down to the lowest levels since April of 2020 and cases plummet nationwide to the lowest point in months.
“Starting the day he took office, President Biden took immediate action to transform the disastrous vaccine distribution program he inherited into one that’s delivering vaccines at a record pace.
“As the Biden Administration expands vaccine eligibility for 12-15 year olds and COVID-19 cases and deaths drop to near-pandemic era lows it’s clear that President Biden’s vaccination strategy is exceeding expectations and under his leadership we are closer than ever to defeating this pandemic.”
Read how President Biden’s unprecedented vaccine program is paying off for Americans:
CNN: People Vaccinated Against Covid-19 Can Go Without Masks Indoors and Outdoors, CDC Says. “If you are fully vaccinated, you can start doing the things that you had stopped doing because of the pandemic,” Dr. Rochelle Walensky said during a White House Covid-19 briefing. “We have all longed for this moment when we can get back to some sense of normalcy.” [CNN, 5/13/21]
Axios: America Is Finally Winning Its Fight Against the Coronavirus. “The big picture: For the first time in a long time, nobody needs to cherry-pick some misleading data to make it seem like things are going well, and the good news doesn’t need an endless list of caveats, either. It’s just really good news. We’re winning. Be happy.” [Axios, 5/13/21]
PBS: U.S. COVID-19 Deaths Hit Lowest Level in 10 Months. “COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have tumbled to an average of around 600 per day — the lowest level in 10 months — with the number of lives lost dropping to single digits in well over half the states and hitting zero on some days.” [PBS, 5/12/21]
CBS News: This week President Biden Announced that 250 Million COVID-19 vaccine shots have been administered since he took office. “The news comes as the nation crosses 250 million vaccinations, and heads toward President Biden’s goal of 70% of Americans having at least one dose by July 4.” [CBS News, 5/14/21]
CNBC: Covid-19 Cases, Deaths, and Vaccinations: Daily US data on May 13. “U.S. coronavirus case counts fell further Wednesday, with the nationwide average now at about 36,700 per day over the past week, data compiled by Johns Hopkins University shows. That’s the lowest level of average daily cases since Sept. 14.” [CNBC, 5/13/21]