President Biden: "We've now purchased enough vaccine supply to vaccinate all Americans."

[DesertRat]

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[Jarqui]

1. Made me tear up ... ....nt

[DesertRat]

5. I'm finally feeling hopeful again

[Irish_Dem]

21. I am able to take a good, deep breath.

[Jarqui]

58. Going back to JFK/RFK/MLK through to Barack & Joe,

they've always helped sustain my hope.

Whether it is standing at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial or gawking at them filling a refrigerator truck full of covid victims, it is that needless suffering for political gain that takes my breath away.

Now, like Nixon, they want us to stand by and watch as the perpetrator of the slaughter and criminality walks away set free by the criminal enablers on the jury.

It's kind of hard to take some days.

[Irish_Dem]

62. The good people you cite do sustain us.

The battle between good and evil has never seemed more real.

Trump goes way beyond criminality to the dark abyss of evil.
No other way I can think of him.

We have some goodness now, Biden is a good man and will help us out of the mess we are in.

[Jarqui]

64. What Joe has done in the first 20+ plus days is beyond my wildest dreams

I'm not sure one could script it much better (for the things that are in his control unlike impeachment)

[Irish_Dem]

65. Agreed, he has hit the ground running in a way I never imagined.

I knew he was experienced and would do a great job.
But he has gone way beyond expectations.

[flying rabbit]

74. The man came in with his sleeves rolled up.

[Politicub]

57. Same here.

[liberalmuse]

2. Yes! And he did it in less than a month.

Trump did jack shit and almost 500k Americans are dead I really think there needs to be a crimes against humanity trial against Trump and his administration.

[DesertRat]

6. We are SO fortunate that President Biden won the election

I can't even imagine where we'd be if DT had been reelected.

[liberalmuse]

12. OMG, me neither.

I'm glad we were able to start waking up from the long nightmare.

[Irish_Dem]

22. We would have a million dead, mutations all over the place and no effective vaccine.

And the concomitant economy.

[SammyWinstonJack]

59. Dead is where we'd be.

[Blue_true]

15. There is a study that was published in the Lancet, the medical journal,

that claims that 40% of the USA COVID19 dead would be alive if the pandemic had been handled better and if our health care system was more universal. That is a startling number and should be a clarion call that we have a lot of critical work to do to make our country and health care delivery system better.

[ProfessorGAC]

36. Or So We'd Think

But, that reckoning you describe makes too much sense not to be politicized.
Then I fear, nothing will actually come of it.

[Blue_true]

38. Yes, I am afraid you are right with your analysis. nt

[Sucha NastyWoman]

67. We should be able to impeach for dereliction of duty.

[Blue_true]

69. Trump will have a horrid legacy.

History is not going to be kind to him or the politicians that kissed up to him. Trump likely will push Buchanan out of the worst President in history slot, and hopefully he will die knowing that the Presidents that came just before and after him will be viewed well in history.

[wnylib]

79. In the past, rulers were known by

descriptions attached to their names, like Ivan the Terrible or Catherine the Great.

Trump should be known as Donald the Evil.

[Blue_true]

81. Works for me. nt

[ProfessorGAC]

34. 22 Days!

Really 21, because wasn't POTUS until noon 1/20.
The 2 vaccines were authorized for use on Dec 11 & 18.
These purchases could have been completed by no later than Jan 9.
But, no!
Indifference & incompetence is a dangerous combination.

[sheshe2]

3. Thank you President Biden.

I am crying with joy.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

4. I hope I can get a shot soon.

[DesertRat]

13. I hope so too

They are really ramping things up here and I feel confident that I'll get my first shot in the near future.

[Irish_Dem]

23. I am 1b and have an appointment on Sat for my first shot.

[DesertRat]

33. That's great news!

I'll be 1b on Valentine's day and hope to schedule my vaccine soon!

[Irish_Dem]

39. I am so excited but nervous.

I hope the weather doesn't stand in the way.
Or anti vaxers.

I had to keep checking the websites to get an appointment.

[DesertRat]

76. Hang in there

I went with my husband to get his at a drive through site last week and it was easy peasy. You'll do great. Please check in with us after you're done!

[Irish_Dem]

78. Thank you!!!

I will be so happy to actually get the shot.

I hope you get yours soon!

[DesertRat]

85. Thanks!

Good luck tomorrow!

[Irish_Dem]

87. Thanks!

[Akacia]

41. I am 1B also and was scheduled to have it today but

it was cancelled due to the snowy weather. Next week though.

[Irish_Dem]

43. Oh no, did they reschedule?

I am afraid the weather will cause my appt to be cancelled.

[Akacia]

45. Yep next week at the same time. Thank goodness.

[Irish_Dem]

46. Ok that sounds good.

Yes thank goodness.

[Akacia]

52. Yes because the system they are using in my County is difficult to navigate.

All the allotment for the week was gone within 8 minutes of them opening up for registration. At least that tells me that people are interested in getting the vaccination.

[Irish_Dem]

54. Everything was gone in a couple of hours in my county.

I just by luck got an appt.
Yes a good sign that people are interested in the vaccine.

[DesertRat]

77. Bummer, glad you're rescheduled though!

[Akacia]

92. Me too!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

68. Should I be embarassed that I don't even know what "1b" means?

[Irish_Dem]

72. Don't be embarrassed. This is from the CDC Covid vaccine schedule recommendation.

It divides people into groups, according to age and health.

1a was front line health care workers and nursing home residents.
In some states it was also people over 75 yrs of age.

In my state 1b is people over 65, and people with underlying conditions of any age.

Some states do it differently.

Don't be embarrassed about not knowing something.
I do not understand most of what my daughter is talking about any more.

[herding cats]

90. Congratulations!

I just had my first shot (1B also) Tuesday. It was a drive through vaccination center and from shot to driving away was seamless. It took 16 minutes total.

I hope yours is as easy and stress free for you! ❤️

[Irish_Dem]

93. Yes thank you.

I wish mine was drive through, it seems like such a safer way to do it.

Yes I hope the line moves fast.

[russiamommy]

48. Can't come fast enough

Hoping they can ramp up production too. While I’m thrilled that we’ve purchased enough I’m still well into April before I qualify for a shot in NC - even as a cancer patient.

[Irish_Dem]

7. My God. Wow. Thank you President Biden.

[mobeau69]

8. When are the orders to be shipped?

[Blue_true]

29. The reason why President Biden activated the Defense Production Act

was to speed up vaccine manufacturing and delivery. Pfizer, in particular, has had issues manufacturing faster, because it chose early on to not accept government money during vaccine development, when it was first out with a vaccine, it had to manufacture on it’s own, which meant pulling money from other places. Trump made no effort to help Pfizer build up it’s manufacturing infrastructure, probably because Pfizer famously turned down his photo-op at the White House so that he could take all the credit with vaccine maker executives standing behind him on the stage.

President Biden’s team not only is working with the two approved American vaccine makers to increase their manufacturing, but it is working on the distribution logistics that Trump ignored, as well as getting more people trained across the country to administer shots into people’s arms. In addition, President Biden’s team, I believe I read about, is working with SARS-COV-2 approved vaccine maker to have other vaccine makers that don’t have a SARS-COV-2 vaccine, but have the manufacturing capability to make the SARS-COV-2 vaccine, produce the vaccine under contract.

A lot of really smart stuff is being done. It will take maybe a couple of months to begin to see the power of what is being done now take hold, but I believe that by May, we are going to be on solid ground, finally.

[Irish_Dem]

44. Biden has said this is a war, and the tide has turned. We are winning the war!

[Blue_true]

50. We may not be winning yet, but we are no longer in wild and disorganized retreat. nt

[Irish_Dem]

53. I know I was a bit ahead of my skis.

Yes we are no longer retreating.
And we have won a battle.
The war is still ongoing.

[DesertRat]

86. Thank you

[Cha]

9. See what can be Done when you're

actually Working FOR the American People Instead of Against Them!

Mahalo, DR

[DesertRat]

14. Exactly!

After a long, dark four years, President Biden is bringing HOPE back to our country. I'm very thankful.

[Cha]

27. Me too.. like a dream come TRUE!

[lpbk2713]

10. Trump sat around with his thumb up his ass for a year.

Joe got the job done in three weeks.

[Cha]

28. In his GD golf cart.

[malaise]

11. A President who gets things done

how refreshing

[DesertRat]

17. In less than a month

[malaise]

26. Where there's a will there's always

a way.
Truth be told Trump should be charged for genocide

[Hekate]

16. Just trying to let that sink in...

Soon, I hope, soon.

[DesertRat]

19. It's a Valentine's day gift to our country

Thank you, President Biden

[Iliyah]

18. The Biden Administration is on their J.O.B ........

[Politicalgolfer]

20. What are the Grand Old Mother Fuckers going to bitch about now?

I'm sure they are already scheming to pump some sort of crap into the Fox mouth breathers brigade.

[Irish_Dem]

25. They are sociopaths, they will find something.

We need to keep going.

[Irish_Dem]

24. Biden just saved thousands of lives.

[crickets]

83. Too right. This is wonderful news.

Imagine - all it took was competence and the will to get it done. Go, Joe!

[Irish_Dem]

84. Competence and will. Exactly. Imagine what can happen when you are not golfing all the time.

We are so lucky to have Joe at the helm.

[BigmanPigman]

30. People who don't wear masks

should get one but they won't, causing prolonged health issues for all Americans. Selfish maskholes!

[DrToast]

31. Kind of a weird statement

We had purchased enough last fall. Maybe he’s talking about the mRNA vaccines.

[DesertRat]

35. Here's a statement from Andy Slavitt

I added to my OP:

NEW: Good news. President Biden just announced the U.S. has accelerated timeframe to have enough vaccines to supply 300 million Americans by the end of July.

This is an acceleration over what I announced just 2 weeks ago.

Link to tweet

[weissmam]

32. finally

A real hero

[ad121rome]

37. Yes

Let keep reminding the voters of who ramped production and saved lives during the next election cycle. Thanks President Biden and your team of pro American patriots. Job well done.

[patricia92243]

40. I love having a President. n/t

[Tribetime]

42. Unbelievable great to hear 😁

[Snarkoleptic]

47. Biden is quietly doing the hard work expected of POTUS.

I still want to know where the 22-million vaccine doses disappeared to, under Trump.

[JDC]

49. A REAL President of the United States gets shit done

[bucolic_frolic]

51. In 3 weeks!!!

Joe delivers!

[Auggie]

55. This. Is. Leadership.

[BobTheSubgenius]

56. What great news!

Cheers to y'all.

[MustLoveBeagles]

60. This great news

[area51]

61. What a _real_ president can do.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

63. I finally got an appointment today - a 5.5 hr drive from my home

The appointment is tomorrow at CVS in Witchita Falls,TX which is northwest of Fort Worth, almost to the Oklahoma border. I live just outside of Houston. Seems ridiculous I know, but I’m signed up on many lists and haven’t heard from any one yet. Some places I couldn’t even get on the waiting list, even though I’m over 65.

Our journey there will take us right over the road where the 70
+ car pile up happened this morning in Fort Worth. Not ant good alternative routes available. But the roads shouldn’t be iced by then - if they are, we will cancel.

I just got frustrated that it didnt seem like we’d ever get an appointment. But now that I’ve made a very inconvenient one, I’m starting to see news that makes me wonder if I’m not jumping the gun a bit.

[George II]

66. SO damned PRESIDENTIAL! Doing the job as it should have been done a year ago.

[peggysue2]

70. Which means that had we had competent leadership we could have prevented much suffering, many deaths

But then, we knew that and it's why electing Biden and his team was so crucial for our private and national lives.

This is what leadership looks like: competent, professional, solid.

to Biden, his team and the medical personnel working day and night. For all of us.

[TeamPooka]

71. Now we just have to convince a bunch of idiots to take it

[Initech]

73. It's so nice to have a president who cares about people doesn't it?

[WarGamer]

75. What are the details? Are we "stiffing" J&J?

Pfizer and Moderna are not the best choices for every corner of the USA...

Hopefully the administration has placed a purchase order with J&J pending approval later this month.

[DesertRat]

89. I hope you'll look into it and check back in

thanks and welcome to DU!

[LiberalLovinLug]

80. Can we have some up here in Canada?

Sucks that our country's leader took the Corona Virus seriously, and Canadians all worked hard and cooperated for the most part, but Trudeau seems to be having trouble with our roll out and getting the vaccine in a timely manner.

And a lot of our own delay is that the damn Conservatives, in a mad rush to privatize everything they could while in power, shut down Canada's vaccine development industry, back decades ago. So we couldn't produce our own like England, and the US.

[misanthrope]

82. Here's what we need to be on guard for

The vaccines are estimated to only be effective for a few months. How many of those with connections and esteem, who knew how to game the system and get vaccinations way before those truly most at risk from the virus, how many of them will be due booster shots in late spring? Will they be allowed to use some of this new vaccine on themselves for a second round before many Americans can even get their first of a two-stage inoculation?

Considering the things privilege does, it wouldn't surprise me.

[ismnotwasm]

88. YES!!!!!!

[herding cats]

91. This is really great news!

The faster we're all vaccinated the faster we can control the mutations from occurring and spreading!

I've read there's some evidence we're already seeing (some small) benefits from our vaccine rollout.

[Blue Owl]

94. Suck on that Donny you fat piece of shit