Joseph Robinette Biden

“ People are dying every minute from this pandemic. And we’re suffering a profound economic crisis that the pandemic has created. Every major economist in the country — left, right, and center — says we can’t go big enough here. And if we want to get our economy back in shape, we’ve got to move quickly. ”

“ On behalf of a grateful nation — and I don’t say that lightly — on behalf of a grateful nation, I want to thank you and your families for your work and your sacrifice, for there is no doubt your families sacrificed a great deal for the endless hours you put in to save the rest of us. ”

“ Within three weeks, round-the-clock work with so many people — people standing behind me and in front of me — we’ve now purchased enough vaccine supply to vaccinate all Americans. And now we’re working to get those vaccines into the arms of millions of people.
In just three weeks, you deployed over 1,000 federal staff to vaccination sites around the country. We’re helping give shots and set up and speed vaccination operations. ”

“ And for folks who can’t get to a pharmacy, we’re deploying mobile units and sending vaccinat- — vaccines to community health centers — federally run community health centers — to take care of the poorest of the poor, that reach the hardest-hit in those underserved areas in the country — black, Latino, Native American, and rural communities. ”

“ I know people want confidence that it’s safe. Well, listen to Dr. Fauci. I did. I got my shots. My wife Jill did. Kamala did, and her husband Doug did. So Dr. Fauci and Dr. Collins got it also. It’s safe. And we need more people to get vaccinated to beat this pandemic.
That’s why, in the first three weeks that I’ve been in office, we’ve increased the supply of weekly vaccine shipments to the states by almost 30 percent. That means millions more Americans will get vaccinated in February than the previous administration was on track to do.
But that’s just the start. We bought more vaccines. ”

“ We have to do what all of you do here at NIH and across the scientific community: Keep the faith with purpose and vision. And with every dose of hope we have, folks, remember, like I said, this is America. We have never, never, never failed. We’ve decided to stand together and act together. That’s who we are. That’s not chauvinism; that’s just a fact. We’ve never failed when we stood together. If there’s ever a time we need to stand together, it’s now. ”

“ We’ll be in a situation where we actually grow the economy, creating millions of jobs immediately, and put us in a position where we are going to have the GDP grow at a higher rate than under — if we don’t do this. ”

“ So we are ready to manufacture vaccines we don’t — and we don’t have to wait.
You know, there’s simply nothing more important than getting the resources we need to vaccinate people in this country as quickly as possible — as quickly as possible. We’re not going to get our economy back in shape and millions of people back to work until we beat this virus. ”

“ For example, three days ago, Vice President Harris and I, we had a virtual tour of a federally supported vaccine center in a parking lot of the Arizona Cardinal Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. It’s open 24/7.
Folks who are eligible can call by phone or sign up online for an appointment. They literally drive in, stay in their cars, get a shot, get a card, and schedule the next shot. On average, it’s about 30 minutes from start to finish.
In just three weeks, the site has administered 160,000 doses, now averaging 8,000 vaccinations through the day and night. ”