As President Biden hits his 100th day in office on Friday, it’s clear his leadership has radically transformed the disastrous vaccine system of the previous administration into one that’s getting shots in arms at a record pace and delivering relief to Americans when they need it most. Starting the day he took office when he introduced the American Rescue Plan, President Biden has made defeating the pandemic his number one priority, and in the months since, he has not faltered in his commitment to bringing an end to this crisis.
Ahead of President Biden’s 100 day mark, here’s a timeline of his vaccine accomplishments:
April 21: President Biden reaches the milestone of administering 200 million COVID-19 shots less than 100 days into office.
April 19: President Biden announces all U.S. adults are eligible for the vaccine, two weeks ahead of schedule.
April 18: U.S. passed the milestone of half of adults having received at least one dose of the vaccine.
April 10: The U.S. hits a single-day record of administering over 4.6 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine after continuing its pace of over 3 million shots per day this week, making two consecutive weeks of over 3 million shots per day.
April 7: U.S. surpasses 150 million vaccine shots under President Biden.
April 6: President Biden announces he is moving up the timeline for all U.S. adults to be eligible for the vaccine from May 1 to April 19.
March 21: A new piece published by the Wall Street Journal details how the United States has nearly tripled vaccine production from 48 million doses in February to 132 million in March.
March 19: President Biden announces his administration will meet his goal of 100 million COVID-19 shots in his first 100 days, nearly two months ahead of schedule.
March 12: Biden announces plan to make every U.S. adult eligible for the vaccine by May 1st.
March 11: President Biden signs the American Rescue Plan into law.
March 6: Senate passes President Biden’s American Rescue Plan, which invests heavily in funding for vaccine production. No Republican Senators voted for it.
February 27: The FDA approves the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, significantly ramping up the national vaccine program.
February 26: House passes President Biden’s American Rescue Plan. No Republicans vote for the bill.
February 25: The Biden administration announces that the 50 millionth coronavirus vaccine shot has been administered.
February 11: President Biden secures more than 200 million more doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.
January 21: President Biden signs 10 executive orders addressing pandemic, offers “National Strategy” on first full day in office.
January 20: President Biden unveils the American Rescue Plan, offering significant funding to ramp up vaccine distribution.
January 20: President Biden takes office, inheriting a disastrous vaccine program from the previous administration.
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Biden Administration Source On Vaccine Plans: “There Is Nothing For Us To Rework. We Are Going To Have To Build Everything From Scratch.” “Newly sworn in President Joe Biden and his advisers are inheriting no coronavirus vaccine distribution plan to speak of from the Trump administration, sources tell CNN, posing a significant challenge for the new White House… ‘There is nothing for us to rework. We are going to have to build everything from scratch,’ one source said.” [CNN, 1/21/21]