President-elect Joe Biden said he will use the Defense Production Act to boost manufacturing of coronavirus vaccines and set up “thousands” of community vaccination sites as he aims to administer 100 million shots within his first 100 days in office.
“This is a time to set big goals and pursue them with courage and conviction, because the health of the nation is literally at stake,” Biden said in Wilmington, Delaware, five days before his inauguration, adding, “You have my word — we will manage the hell out of this operation.”
Calling the nation’s vaccine rollout “a dismal failure thus far,” Biden said he would marshal the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National Guard to launch and staff new vaccination sites and pledged to have 100 of the federally supported centers across the nation by the end of his first month in office.
Amid a “rigid and confusing” vaccine rollout, Biden said he would call on states to expand eligibility to more essential workers, including teachers and grocery store employees, and those ages 65 and older, when enough shots are available. He also plans to make vaccines more available to those in high-risk congregate settings — including jails.
The president-elect also said he will use the Defense Production Act to “maximize the manufacture” of vaccines and vowed to work more closely with states on their distribution efforts.
Biden rolled out his vaccination plan a day after announced his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief proposal, which includes $400 billion for directly fighting the pandemic.
His vaccine proposal includes launching mobile vaccination clinics, expanding access to vaccines through chain and local pharmacies and launch a “massive public education campaign” to combat “vaccine hesitancy” and build trust, particularly in Black, Latino and Native American communities.
Biden said he’ll issue an executive order requiring masks “where I have the authority to do that” — and again said he’ll call on Americans to “mask up for the next 100 days” upon taking office.
The president-elect said it’s a “stupid, stupid thing” that mask wearing has become politicized and lambasted lawmakers who refused to wear masks during last week’s U.S. Capitol lockdown.
“What the hell’s the matter with you?” Biden said, noting that several legislators have since tested positive. “It’s time to grow up.”
Biden on Friday also named Eric Lander, founding director of the Broad Institute, as White House science advisor.
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I guess you cannot accomplish 100 million shots in his first 100 days without first withholding millions of shots in Democrat states like New York while Trump is still President, which allows more to be injected under the Lad Biden American Terrorist rule and his American Terrorist media to more easily steal credit to him for the COVID miracles Trump accomplished,,, in the same manner they stole the election from him. If Lad Biden had grown up and taken his medicine proscribed in the Constitution, our Congressmen and voters would not be playing Dodge the bullets in Pelosi and Schumer’s socially redesigned Capitol buildings. He is right to ask what the “HELL” is the matter, when hell, social division, violence, deceit and repression are right out of the Satanic playbook Lucifer used to win himself a kingdom.
That certainly LOOKS like what happened, in all these DEM ran hellhole cities. THEY purposefully withheld it, TO MAKE IT ALL Look like orange man bad’s fault.
Joe, just remember, “follow the science”, listen to Dr. Fauci, who helped fund the Wuhan Virus in China, using our taxpayer money. So Fauci, helped fund the death of Americans and the death of people all over the world. Fauci also destroyed economies all over the world, by funding the production of the Wuhan virus. But just remember, Dr. Fauci, is one of the most admired men in America. Maybe the sheep in America will vote for Dr. Fauci for President. Then we can remain a totally locked down economy.
You are so right. No one even disputes that Fauci (Dr. Fyou) funneled millions to the Wuhan lab AND then predicted that Trump would have a pandemic to deal with. Yet, “our” government follow his advice like sheep.
IF they get their way, we’ll stay locked down, FOREVER (well till we revolt and get rid of the government!)
Keep in mind that biden isn’t saying ANYTHING. His handlers, the communist party, are speaking, and moving his lips like a ventriloquist dummy. Slo joe hasn’t said a word of his own for many months.
He hasn’t spoken a word lately because his handlers/creators followed the science, when they cloned Joe, dressed him up for election, but his cloned body grew and aged way too fast for his brain to catch up.
I thought they purposefully LEFT OUT growing a brain, so the clone would Exactly match the person it was to mimic!
Quid Pro Quo Joe is the same person who PROMISED that he would have a cure for cancer the day he took office! He and his wife started a organization that raised Millions for “research”, yet NOT one penny was used for research. All of it was used on salaries and “expenses”. I believe every word he says, lol.
I hope he gets sick and dies.. just like in the nursing homes.
AND dies very painfully!