President Biden
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The White House was diligent in achieving achievable goals for Biden’s response to the coronavirus, which enabled the president to exceed or raise expectations thereafter.
After Biden initially insisted on May 1 that all adults be eligible to receive vaccinations, Biden announced Tuesday that all adults would be able to sign up to receive a dose by April 19th. Several states have already had someone over the age of 16 qualify for a vaccine, while others have planned to vaccinate all adults on or before April 19th.
Biden also announced that the U.S. has administered more than 150 million vaccine doses since taking office, far exceeding the initial goal of 100 million doses in its first 100 days, which Biden has doubled since then.
‘The way Biden works at policy level is to do too little and achieve too much. He wants to set modest and reasonable expectations and then try his best to exceed those expectations, ‘said Lawrence Gostin, a global professor of health law at Georgetown University. “I think it’s wise from a public perspective, because it keeps people in mind that we need to continue to be careful … and that we need to be patient and wait our turn.”
Surveys consistently show that the vast majority of the public approves of Biden’s handling of the coronavirus – an issue that many Americans keep in mind. Democrats are likely to drive home the message that they are delivering vaccines and economic relief to increase their chances in the 2022 midterm elections.
“It sets the tone for everything,” said Josh Schwerin, a Democratic strategist, about the virus response. ‘The pandemic is the most important issue for voters everywhere, and it’s across party lines and any demographic divide, it’s always going to be the top issue. The most important thing Biden can do is handle it well. This does not mean that he can just sit back and relax and do nothing else, but it absolutely sets the tone for the rest of his first term and the mid-term election. ”
The administration of Biden poses real challenges as new variants and a new increase in coronavirus cases threaten. Officials are also struggling to vaccinate Americans who are reluctant to take the vaccine, including some in minority communities and Republicans.
Biden made confronting the pandemic a cornerstone of his successful presidential campaign and spent his first 75 days in office addressing the coronavirus.
The Biden administration has worked to accelerate the production and delivery of vaccines in the US, two of which have been approved under the Trump administration and one under Biden, and are working with states and local officials to expand access to it. The White House says there will be enough vaccines for all Americans by the end of May.
“Even at the record speed with which we are moving, we have not even vaccinated more than 300 million Americans,” Biden said Tuesday, emphasizing the ongoing vigilance against the virus. “It’s going to take time.”
Biden’s approach to setting lower expectations differed from that of earlier President Trump
Donald Trump Joe Biden’s surprise presidency The Hill’s Morning Report – Biden, McConnell agree on vaccines, clash over infrastructure Republican fight with MLB intensifies MORE, which regularly sets high goals related to the virus that has not been achieved. Trump, who demanded credit for the vaccines, for example, predicted that one could be delivered on election day.
‘The most important thing is not rhetorical. It is that people can see and feel a difference in their lives, ‘Schwerin said.
The White House hopes the new target on April 19 will provide clarity and enable a faster rate of vaccinations, the White House press secretary said. Jen Psaki
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The White House is also well aware of highly contagious coronavirus variants circulating in the US, against which the most powerful weapons are the vaccines.
“The overarching theme here is that there is a recognition that we are in a race, a race between the vaccines and the variants,” said Anand Parekh, chief medical adviser at the Bipartisan Policy Center. “The way out of this is to vaccinate the American public as quickly as possible.”
Biden and his team had trouble persuading all American adults to receive the vaccine, with data lingering among ethnic and racial minority groups and also Republicans.
‘It’s one thing to be eligible for universal vaccinations. It’s a whole other thing to achieve universal vaccine coverage, and I think that’s where its weakness is. “This is where America’s vulnerability lies,” Gostin said. “We have to cheer up the fact that everyone is eligible, but we can not beat ourselves up because the real goal is herd immunity, and we can not get there unless people really show up and get the vaccine.”
The Biden government is spending about $ 10 billion on the coronavirus relief plan to expand access to vaccines through community health centers and increase vaccine uptake by supporting plans such as door-to-door outreach.
In early April, the government announced a wide-ranging network of 275 organizations – including sports leagues, business groups and faith groups – engaged at grassroots level to create public confidence about the vaccines.
And with the $ 1.9 billion coronavirus rescue plan, the government wants to do more to address the negative economic impact the virus has had on American families and businesses.
‘The reaction to the virus is the biggest concern for voters. It was in the 2020 election, it will be in the 2022 election and probably also in the 2024 one, ‘said Zac Petkanas, a former senior assistant of Hillary Clinton
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