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One week ago today President Biden took the oath of office. For those of you keeping track, here are the concrete steps @POTUS has taken in his first 7 days to implement a national strategy to beat #COVID19:
↑ weekly vaccine distribution to states/tribes/territories by 16% (an extra 1.4 m doses per week) ↑ USG’s total vaccine order by 50% to 600 million doses – enough to fully vaccinate all adults by the end of the summer or early fall. 2/
Announced a federally-led vaccination strategy that will build the infrastructure to deliver these 600 million doses, and directed @FEMA to stand up the first federally supported community vaccination centers. 3/
Delivered transparency & certainty on vaccine supply by giving states a 3-week forecast of how many doses they’ll get; no more last minute surprises when there aren’t enough doses. 4/
Reinstated daily briefings led by public health pros, not politicians Invoked the Defense Production Act to launch a full-scale effort to reverse supply shortages. 5/
Started reimbursing states 100% of the costs for use of the National Guard to help with the COVID response Issued executive orders requiring masks on federal property for interstate travel on trains, planes and buses. 6/
We are well on our way to executing a comprehensive, science-based national strategy to beat COVID-19. These actions matter. It also matters that we now have a leader who not only protects us, but grieves with us. 7/ https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/19/politics/biden-covid-victims-memorial/index.html
In his own words: 'To heal, we must remember.' Through President Biden’s actions and words in this first week, the nation has begun to heal. 8/8 https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/01/26/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-fight-to-contain-the-covid-19-pandemic/
