President Joe Biden is giving Americans a dose of hope today promising to increase the COVID vaccine supply:
“We will both increase the supply in the short term by more than 15% and give our states and local partners more certainty about when the deliveries will arrive”
Biden’s plan includes purchasing 200 million more doses from Moderna and Pfizer, this is in addition to what had already been ordered:
“This is going to allow millions of more Americans to get vaccinated sooner than previously anticipated.”
President Biden says this should allow for 300 million Americans to be vaccinated by end of the summer, beginning of the fall.
Another change today from the previous administration. Biden announced he’s also creating transparency:
“From this week forward, we will ensure that states, tribes, and territories will now always have a reliable three-week forecast on the supply they are going to get. So they will know three weeks ahead of time what’s going to be there in the third week. This is going to help make sure Governors, mayors, and local leaders have greater certainty around supply so they can carry out their plans to vaccinate as many people as possible.”
Watch what else he said above.