Now that President Biden has taken aggressive action to get shots in arms and provide direct relief to Americans, Republicans in Washington are trying to downplay his aggressive action to defeat the virus, and GOP-led states are actively hurting his efforts by scrapping critical public safety measures like mask mandates. But the truth is that Biden inherited a disastrous vaccine distribution program — and within ten weeks of taking office has transformed it into the best system in the world.
Republicans are only making these dubious attacks to distract from their politically toxic vote against more money for vaccine distribution now — and they were silent when the previous administration dragged its feet on vaccine distribution, only to never fully implement a national vaccination strategy.
Some Republican lawmakers are even trying to take credit for President Biden’s popular American Rescue Plan, despite not a single one voting for it.
President Biden continues to shatter vaccination goals. Check out where the US currently stands below:
- President Biden announced his goal to administer 200 million vaccine doses in his first 100 days as the US is currently vaccinating around 2.8 million Americans a day, and over 147 million doses have been administered in total.
- The US recently set a new record for one day vaccinations, with 3.4 million doses administered in one day.
- 37 percent of US adults have received at least one coronavirus vaccine dose.
- At the US’s current pace, by July 31st 75 percent of the country could be vaccinated.
- President Biden announced that by April 19, 90 percent of US adults will be eligible for the coronavirus vaccine, and 90 percent of Americans will live within five miles of a vaccination site.
- Vaccine manufacturers and the government have distributed over 189 million vaccine doses to the states.
- Biden Chief of Staff Ronald Klain announced that over 70 percent of people over 65 have received at least one coronavirus shot, up from 8 percent only nine weeks prior.
President Biden got us here by taking bold, decisive action. Check out some of the ways his administration has ramped up vaccine production and distribution below:
- The Biden administration announced that it was committing nearly $10 billion in funding to address inequities in vaccine coverage based on race, income and geography.
- President Biden announced plans to make a $100 million investment in an all-volunteer army of doctors, nurses, and medical support teams in order to accelerate the pace of COVID-19 vaccinations.
- The Biden administration announced a plan to use $10 billion in ARP funds to screen children for COVID-19 in an effort to hasten their return to in-person learning.
- President Biden announced a plan to create a website where the American people can easily search for available vaccines close by in an effort to streamline vaccinations.
- President Biden announced an effort to make vaccines available at more pharmacies, create double the number of mass vaccination sites, and certify dentists, paramedics, veterinarians, and physician assistants to deliver the vaccine into peoples’ arms.
- President Biden announced his plan to deploy 4,000 more U.S. troops to support coronavirus vaccination efforts.
- President Biden announced a plan to purchase an additional 100 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine which will provide the US with more than enough doses to vaccinate the entire US population.
- The Biden Administration negotiated a crucial agreement between the two pharmaceutical rivals Merck and Johnson & Johnson that allows the single-dose vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson to be jointly produced by Merck, getting this much-needed vaccine to the American people as quickly as possible.
- President Biden announced he was using the “full authority of the federal government” to make sure that every educator, school staff member, and child care worker receives at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine by March 31st. The Biden Administration is also seriously considering appointing a “czar” to oversee the effort to reopen schools.
- The FDA granted the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine emergency authorization.
- President Biden secured 200 million more doses of vaccine, increasing the supply by 50 percent.
- President Biden deployed over 1,000 active duty troops to aid state vaccination efforts.
- The Administration launched a plan to deliver a million vaccines a week to pharmacies that are in close proximity to the minority communities that have been hit hardest by the pandemic, to address sharp racial disparities.
- President Biden invoked the Defense Production Act to ensure that Pfizer has access to equipment and supplies to produce more vaccine doses, and to ramp up supplies of surgical gloves and at-home coronavirus test kits.
- The Biden Team secured the correct equipment to extract an extra dose of vaccine from every Pfizer vial.
- FEMA provided more than $1.7 billion in assistance to 27 states to bolster the vaccination process.
- President Biden unveiled a national vaccination strategy that included establishing 100 federally-funded community vaccination centers across the country by the end of February, deploying mobile vaccination clinics for hard-to-reach communities, and building partnerships with Federally Qualified Health Centers.
- President Biden increased weekly vaccine supply shipments to states, Tribes, and territories.
- President Biden launched a federal partnership with national and independent pharmacies to expand access to the vaccine.