CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/VACCINES: “Some States are very slow to inoculate recipients despite successful and very large scale distribution of vaccines by the Federal Government. They will get it done!“
CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/GOP/SENATE/SOCIAL MEDIA/TECHNOLOGY: “Our Republican Senate just missed the opportunity to get rid of Section 230, which gives unlimited power to Big Tech companies. Pathetic!!! Now they want to give people ravaged by the China Virus $600, rather than the $2000 which they so desperately need. Not fair, or smart!“
BIDEN-HARRIS ADMIN/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/MEDIA/VACCINES: “Let me be clear: The Biden-Harris Administration will spare no effort to make sure people are getting vaccinated.
https://t.co/FfppocXufa?amp=1″
ANTHONY FAUCI/CORONAVIRUS/TRUMP ADMIN/VACCINES: “Officials from Operation Warp Speed, President Donald Trump’s [coronavirus] vaccine program, had said the country would immunize 20 million people with the first of the two-dose Covid-19 vaccine in December. But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that of more than 12.4 million doses distributed, just under 2.8 million have actually been administered…
States and counties need more resources to accelerate the pace of vaccination, Fauci said. Trump in recent days has defended his administration’s rollout by saying it’s the responsibility of the states to administer the shots once they’re delivered by Operation Warp Speed.”
-Will Feuer, “Dr. Fauci says slow Covid vaccine rollout has been ‘disappointing’,” CNBC.com, Dec. 31, 2020
CORONAVIRUS/VACCINES: “The distribution of [coronavirus] vaccines in the United States has gotten off to a slower-than-expected start, federal health officials acknowledged in a news conference on Wednesday [Dec. 30, 2020], though they also voiced confidence that the pace would accelerate in the coming weeks…
In a tweet on Tuesday, President Trump seemed to lay the blame on governors, saying that it was ‘up to the States to distribute the vaccines once brought to the designated areas by the Federal Government.’ But several governors have recently said their states have struggled because they had not received enough money from the federal government.”
-Rebecca Robbins, “Warp Speed Officials Say Covid Vaccine Distribution Is Going Too Slowly,” nytimes.com, Dec. 30, 2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN: “The next few weeks and months are going to be a very tough period for our nation — maybe the toughest of the whole pandemic.
But we are going to get through it. Brighter days are coming, but it’s going to take all the grit and determination we have as Americans to do it.“
CORONAVIRUS/MITCH MCCONNELL/TECHNOLOGY/VOTING: “Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday introduced his own version of a bill to increase the $600 stimulus checks from the coronavirus relief package to $2,000, but also included two other major priorities for President Trump.
The legislation would also repeal Section 230, the controversial liability protection for online platforms, and create a committee on the Election Assistance Commission to study election integrity.”
-Tyler Olson, “McConnell introduces his own bill on $2,000 stimulus checks, other Trump priorities,” foxnews.com, Dec. 30, 2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/SOCIAL DISTANCING: “We can save 60,000-100,000 lives in the weeks and months ahead if we step up together.
Wear a mask. Stay socially distanced. Avoid large indoor gatherings.
Each of us has a duty to do what we can to protect ourselves, our families, and our fellow Americans.“
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/VACCINES: “We’re going to make sure vaccines are free of charge.
And we’re going to ensure they are distributed equitably, so every person who wants a vaccine can get one — no matter the color of their skin or where they live.“
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/VACCINES: “The Federal Government has distributed the vaccines to the states. Now it is up to the states to administer. Get moving!“
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN: “After ten months of the pandemic, we still don’t have enough testing. It’s a travesty.
We need to scale up testing so anyone who needs one can get one.“
CORONAVIRUS/KAMALA HARRIS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VACCINES: “I hope that the President will clearly and unambiguously urge all Americans to take the [coronavirus] vaccine once it’s available.
I took it to instill public confidence in the vaccine.
Vice President-elect Harris took hers today to do the same.
When his doctors recommend it, President Trump should take it and instill that same degree of confidence.”
-Joe Biden, “Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by President-elect Joe Biden After a COVID-19 Briefing in Wilmington, Delaware,” buildbackbetter.gov, Dec. 29, 2020
CONGRESS/CORONAVIRUS/JOE BIDEN: “After 10 months of the pandemic, we still don’t have enough [coronavirus] testing.
That’s a travesty.
All of this — vaccinations, testing, protective gear — will require more funding from Congress, more than was just approved. That is why I will propose a COVID action package early next year and challenge Congress to act on it quickly.
My ability to change the direction of the pandemic starts in three weeks.”
-Joe Biden, “Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by President-elect Joe Biden After a COVID-19 Briefing in Wilmington, Delaware,” buildbackbetter.gov, Dec. 29, 2020
ANTHONY FAUCI/BIDEN-HARRIS ADMIN/CORONAVIRUS: “I’ve laid out three challenges in our first 100 days.
One of them is ensuring that 100 million shots [of coronavirus vaccine] have been administered by the end of our first 100 days.
If Congress provides the funding, we would be able to meet this incredible goal… We will find ways to boost the pace of vaccinations.
But as Dr. Fauci and others have stated these past few days, this will all take more time than anyone would like – and more time than the promises from the Trump administration has suggested.”
-Joe Biden, “Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by President-elect Joe Biden After a COVID-19 Briefing in Wilmington, Delaware,” buildbackbetter.gov, Dec. 29, 2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP ADMIN/VACCINES: “I want to [be] clear about five things every American should know about our efforts to contain COVID-19 and where the [coronavirus] vaccine stands today.
First — things will get worse before they get better…
Second, the Trump administration’s plan to distribute vaccines is falling behind, far behind… A few weeks ago the Trump Administration suggested that 20 million Americans could be vaccinated by the end of December.
With only a few days left in December, we have only vaccinated a few million so far.
At the pace the vaccination program is moving now, it would take years, not months, to vaccinate the American people.
Which brings me to the third thing every American should know: the Biden-Harris Administration will spare no effort to make sure people are getting vaccinated…
And that gets to the fourth thing you should know: I will move Heaven and Earth to get us going in the right direction.
I will use my power under the Defense Production Act to order private industry to accelerate the making of materials needed for the vaccine…
Fifth — while the pandemic rages on and as we increase the supply, distribution, and administration of the vaccine, we must remain vigilant.
As part of our 100-day challenge, I’ll be asking the American people to wear a mask for the first 100 days of my administration.
Not as a political statement, but as a patriotic duty.”
-Joe Biden, “Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by President-elect Joe Biden After a COVID-19 Briefing in Wilmington, Delaware,” buildbackbetter.gov, Dec. 29, 2020
CORONAVIRUS/JOE BIDEN/VACCINES: “As we end one of the most difficult years as a nation, I am optimistic about the future. The [coronavirus] vaccines that have been discovered and developed give us enormous hope. Our economy is poised to come back, and come alive. And I can see a return to normalcy in the next year…
But I need to be honest. The next few weeks and months are going to be a very tough period of time for our nation — maybe the toughest of the entire pandemic. I know that’s hard to hear. But it’s the truth…
We need to follow even more closely the recommendations to slow the spread of the virus.”
-Joe Biden, “Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by President-elect Joe Biden After a COVID-19 Briefing in Wilmington, Delaware,” buildbackbetter.gov, Dec. 29, 2020
CORONAVIRUS/TRUMP ADMIN/VACCINES: “Officials working on Operation Warp Speed said this month they planned to have 20 million doses of the [coronavirus] vaccine distributed by the end of the year, down from the 100 million doses that President Donald Trump had projected in September would be shipped out by year’s end.
But while the federal government said Monday that 11.5 million doses of the vaccine have been sent to the states so far, only about 2 million people have gotten their first dose, according to data compiled by NBC News from federal and state agencies.
At the current rate of around a million shots a week, the U.S. will come up far short of projections by Trump administration officials that every person who wants a shot would be able to get one by the spring.”
-Mike Memoli, Lauren Egan, and Shannon Pettypiece, “Biden to attack Trump admin for slow pace of Covid vaccinations,” nbcnews.com, Dec. 29, 2020
BIDEN-HARRIS ADMIN/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN: “Once in office, I will be asking the American people to wear a mask for the first 100 days of my administration. Not as a political statement, but as a patriotic duty.“
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VACCINES: “It is up to the States to distribute the vaccines once brought to the designated areas by the Federal Government. We have not only developed the vaccines, including putting up money to move the process along quickly, but gotten them to the states. Biden failed with Swine Flu!“
BIDEN-HARRIS ADMIN/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN: “Tune in as I deliver remarks on the ongoing COVID-19 crisis and what my administration will do to get this virus under control.
https://t.co/cW9z2nkEkP?amp=1“
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/KAMALA HARRIS/VACCINES: “Leading by example. RT @KamalaHarris
CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “$2000 for our great people, not $600! They have suffered enough from the China Virus!!!“
BERNIE SANDERS/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/DEFENSE/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VETO: “Give the people $2000, not $600. They have suffered enough! RT @_nalexander
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN: “This year, we’ve painfully learned the cost of being unprepared for a pandemic.
If we aren’t investing with our partners around the world, we’re undermining our ability to defeat COVID-19 and leaving ourselves vulnerable to the next deadly epidemic.“
CORONAVIRUS/SHUTDOWN: “President Donald Trump has signed a $900 billion [coronavirus] pandemic relief package, ending days of drama over his refusal to accept the bipartisan deal that will deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals and avert a federal government shutdown…
In his statement, Trump repeated his frustrations with the COVID-19 relief bill for providing only $600 checks to most Americans instead of the $2,000 that his fellow Republicans already rejected. He also complained about what he considered unnecessary spending by the government at large.”
-Jill Colvin, Lisa Mascaro and Andrew Taylor, “Stimulus update: Trump signs COVID-19 relief bill, avoids government shutdown after nearly weeklong delay,” 6abc.com, Dec. 28, 2020
CONGRESS/CORONAVIRUS/TECH: “I am signing this bill to restore unemployment benefits, stop evictions, provide rental assistance, add money for PPP, return our airline workers back to work, add substantially more money for [coronavirus] vaccine distribution, and much more…
The Senate will start the process for a vote that increases checks to $2,000, repeals Section 230, and starts an investigation into voter fraud.
Big Tech must not get protections of Section 230!
Voter Fraud must be fixed!
Much more money is coming. I will never give up my fight for the American people!”
-Donald Trump, “Statement from the President,” whitehouse.gov, Dec. 27, 2020
CORONAVIRUS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VACCINES: “As President of the United States it is my responsibility to protect the people of our country from the economic devastation and hardship that was caused by the China Virus.
I understand that many small businesses have been forced to close as a result of harsh actions by Democrat-run states…
Fortunately, as a result of my work with Congress in passing the CARES Act earlier this year, we avoided another Great Depression. Under my leadership, Project Warp Speed has been a tremendous success, my Administration and I developed a [coronavirus] vaccine many years ahead of wildest expectations.”
-Donald Trump, “Statement from the President,” whitehouse.gov, Dec. 27, 2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID/FEDERAL FUNDING/LEGISLATION: “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 [H.R.133]
Signed into law on Dec. 28, 2020. [signed into law by Donald Trump]
The $920 billion in total spending (attached to a larger government funding bill) included $600 stimulus checks, renewed the Paycheck Protection Program, provided billions for vaccines, and a renewal of a federal boost to unemployment benefits at $300 per week.”
-Nicholas Wu and Javier Zarracina, “All of the COVID-19 stimulus bills, visualized,” usatoday.com, Mar. 11, 2021
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Good news on Covid Relief Bill. Information to follow!“
BIDEN-HARRIS ADMIN/CIVIL RIGHTS/CLIMATE CHANGE/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/CRISIS/ECONOMY/JOE BIDEN: “From COVID-19 and the economy to climate change and racial justice — our nation is facing four historic crises at once. And come January, there will be no time to waste. That’s why my team and I are hard at work preparing to take action on day one.“
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/HEALTHCARE/JOE BIDEN: “To all the health care workers on the front lines of this fight — thank you. You are true heroes.“
CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “$2000 + $2000 plus other family members. Not $600. Remember, it was China’s fault!“
CALIFORNIA/CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/DEMS/FLORIDA/SHUTDOWN: “The lockdowns in Democrat run states are absolutely ruining the lives of so many people – Far more than the damage that would be caused by the China Virus. Cases in California have risen despite the lockdown, yet Florida & others are open & doing well. Common sense please!“
––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 26, 2020 8:02 am
CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/FLORIDA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Made many calls and had meetings at Trump International in Palm Beach, Florida. Why would politicians not want to give people $2000, rather than only $600? It wasn’t their fault, it was China. Give our people the money!“
––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 25, 2020 8:36 am
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/HOLIDAY/JOE BIDEN: “I know how hard it is to forego holiday traditions — but it is so very important. Please wear masks, limit the size of any groups, and refrain from traveling. We have to stay apart just a little longer.“
CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/VACCINES: “More than one million Americans have already received the China Virus Vaccine, a record pace!“
––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 24, 2020 9:30 am
CONGRESS/CORONAVIRUS: “A second round of [coronavirus] stimulus checks had been expected to land in the bank accounts of millions of Americans as soon as next week, thanks to the $900 billion economic relief package that Congress passed Monday night. But President Donald Trump’s sudden insistence Tuesday that lawmakers boost the bill’s $600 stimulus checks to $2,000 per person is now throwing the timing and amount of the checks into question…
Another round of negotiations could delay the bill by several days, while a veto from Mr. Trump could delay passage of a bill by weeks.”
-Aimee Picchi, “Second stimulus check: Will you get $2,000, $600 — or nothing?,” cbsnews.com, Dec. 23, 2020
2020 ELECTION/CONGRESS/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/GEORGIA: “In the crucial Georgia Senate runoff races, Democratic challengers Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are using President Donald Trump’s latest push for larger [coronavirus] stimulus checks to bash incumbent GOP Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler.
In video posted Tuesday night, Trump called the $900 billion Covid relief bill passed by Congress an unsuitable ‘disgrace’ and urged lawmakers to make a number of changes, including increasing the $600 stimulus checks to $2,000…
Covid relief has been central issue in the tight election that will decide control of the Senate. If at least one Republican wins in the Jan. 5 election, the GOP will retain control of the upper chamber. If both Democrats win, Democrats will have control of the White House and Congress.”
-Hannah Miao, “Democrats seize on Trump’s push for $2,000 stimulus checks for boost in Georgia Senate race,” cnbc.com, Dec. 23, 2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN: “Here’s the simple truth: Our darkest days in this battle against COVID are ahead of us — not behind us.
We need to prepare ourselves and steel our spines.”
2020 ELECTION/CORONAVIRUS/DEMS: “My fellow Americans. Today I want to explain to you why I am so determined to pursue every legal and constitutional option available to stop the theft of the presidential election. As President, one of my most solemn duties is to protect the integrity of your sacred right to vote.
This year, using the virus as a pretext, Democrat officials in the key swing states illegally violated their own state laws in order to enable, encourage, and facilitate fraud on a scale never before seen in the history of our country.
The truth is we won the election by a landslide. We won it big.”
-Donald Trump, “Statement by Donald J. Trump, The President of the United States,” Facebook.com, Dec. 22, 2020 8:49 pm
CONGRESS/CORONAVIRUS: “Despite all of this wasteful spending, and much more, the $900 billion [coronavirus stimulus] package provides hardworking taxpayers with only $600 each in relief payments, and not enough money is given to small businesses and, in particular, restaurants whose owners have suffered so grievously…
Congress found plenty of money for foreign countries, lobbyists, and special interests, while sending the bare minimum to the American people who need it. It wasn’t their fault, it was China’s fault, not their fault.
I am asking Congress to amend this bill and increase the ridiculously low $600 to $2,000, or $4,000 for a couple. I am also asking Congress to immediately get rid of the wasteful and unnecessary items from this legislation and to send me a suitable bill, or else the next administration will have to deliver a COVID relief package, and maybe that administration will be me and we will get it done.”
-Donald Trump, “Special Message from President Trump,” facebook.com, Dec. 22, 2020 7:30 pm
CORONAVIRUS/VACCINES: “We are grateful that we got the [coronavirus] vaccine.
And yesterday, in an effort to instill confidence in the vaccine, I had my shot administered in public. I look forward to the second shot, and I have absolute confidence in the vaccine.
But we’re short on supply…
Experts say things will get worse notwithstanding the vaccine. We’re averaging a death rate of close to 3,000 a day. That means we will lose tens of thousands of more lives in the months to come, and the vaccine won’t be able to stop that.
So we still have to remain vigilant.
We need everyone to mask up, stay socially distant, and avoid large gatherings.”
-Joe Biden, “Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by President-elect Joe Biden in Wilmington, Delaware,” buildbackbetter.gov, Dec. 22, 2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/VACCINES: “Yesterday, in an effort to instill confidence in the vaccine, I had my shot administered in public.
I have absolute confidence in the vaccine and look forward to the second shot.“
CONGRESS/CORONAVIRUS/JOE BIDEN: “Have you ever known anyone in the history of the United States of America that could be president and assure exactly what the Congress is going to do? I can’t assure anything, but I can tell you what I expect. I fully expect on those critical issues that we’re facing, number one, being able to get all the work we need done and all the funding to be able to get that [coronavirus] vaccine in everyone’s arm, and that’s 300 million people…
Number two, all those people are out there hurting, have lost jobs through no fault of their own, they’ve extended unemployment for 10 weeks. Simply not sufficient… The things that are left to deal with from unemployment to people needing unemployment insurance to the ability to have access to healthcare, the ability to get this treatment for free, et cetera, all of that is something that the public is not going to stand for us not doing. And I think with Donald Trump not in the way, that will also enhance the prospect of things getting done.”
-Joe Biden, “LIVE: Remarks by President-elect Joe Biden,” YouTube.com, Dec. 22, 2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/EDUCATION/JOE BIDEN/VACCINES: “In the first 100 days of my administration, we will:
– Ask all Americans to mask up
– Administer 100 million vaccine shots
– Get most schools back open
We’re going to contain the virus and get back to our lives.“
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VACCINES: “Distribution of both vaccines is going very smoothly. Amazing how many people are being vaccinated, record numbers. Our Country, and indeed the World, will soon see the great miracle of what the Trump Administration has accomplished. They said it couldn’t be done!!!“
––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 22, 2020 3:26 am
CONGRESS/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN: “I applaud this relief package, but our work is far from over. Starting in the new year, Congress will need to immediately get to work on support for our COVID-19 plan.
My message to everyone out there struggling right now: help is on the way. RT @AP
CORONAVIRUS/JOE BIDEN/VACCINES: “President-elect Joe Biden received his first dose of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine Monday, an event that was broadcast live as part of efforts to reassure the American public about its safety…
The president-elect gave credit to the Trump administration for its efforts accelerating the development and distribution of coronavirus vaccines through Operation Warp Speed and said ‘this is just the beginning.’…
Absent from the growing list of public officials receiving the coronavirus vaccine is President Trump, who has largely remained out of public view as the country enters the next phase of its fight against the coronavirus.”
-Melissa Quinn, “Biden receives his first dose of COVID vaccine, stressing its safety,” cbsnews.com, Dec. 21, 2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/VACCINES: “Today, I received the COVID-19 vaccine.
To the scientists and researchers who worked tirelessly to make this possible — thank you. We owe you an awful lot.
And to the American people — know there is nothing to worry about. When the vaccine is available, I urge you to take it.“
––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, December 21, 2020 1:55 pm
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/MEDIA/QUOTE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VACCINES: “‘The President was responsible for those direct payments to Americans in the Covid-19 Relief Bill.’ @kilmeade @foxandfriends And the Moderna vaccine has already started rolling out. Very smooth distribution!“
––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 21, 2020 12:51 am
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “On day one, my administration will be ready to undertake additional steps to get the virus under control and build our economy back better than it was before this crisis. In our first 100 days, we’ll be asking all Americans to mask up for 100 days; we’ll have a plan to administer 100 million [coronavirus] vaccine shots in 100 days and to get most schools open in the first 100 days. These are bold, but doable steps to contain the virus and get back to our lives.”
-Joe Biden, “Statement from President-elect Joe Biden on Bipartisan Agreement on COVID-19 Relief,” buildbackbetter.gov, Dec. 20, 2020
CHINA/CONGRESS/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Why isn’t Congress giving our people a Stimulus Bill? It wasn’t their fault, it was the fault of China. GET IT DONE, and give them more money in direct payments.“
––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 19, 2020 6:18 pm
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/MEDIA/SHUTDOWN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UK: “We don’t want to have lockdowns. The cure cannot be worse than the problem itself! RT @BBCNews
––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 19, 2020 8:23 am
CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/FAKE NEWS/HOLIDAY/MEDIA/QUOTE/TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UK/VACCINES: “The entire WORLD is being badly hurt by the China Virus, but if you listen to the Fake News Lamestream Media, and Big Tech, you would think that we are the only one. No, but we are the Country that developed vaccines, and years ahead of schedule! RT @itvnews
––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 19, 2020 8:19 am
CONGRATS/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/VACCINES: “Congratulations, the Moderna vaccine is now available!“
––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 18, 2020 1:47 pm
CORONAVIRUS/MIKE PENCE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “From early on, President Trump gave the White House Coronavirus Task Force one mission, and that was to save lives. And in the midst of one of the most challenging years in the life of this nation, I truly do believe that, despite the heartbreak and hardship that we have endured as a nation, that we’ve done just that…
As President Trump often says, we are rounding the corner. We can see the light at the end of the tunnel.”
-Mike Pence, “Remarks by Vice President Pence at a Safe and Effective Vaccine Confidence Event,” whitehouse.gov, Dec. 18, 2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/MIKE PENCE/VACCINES: “Vice President Mike Pence received a televised COVID-19 vaccination Friday morning [Dec. 18, 2020], making him the highest-profile government official to do so publicly. Second lady Karen Pence and Surgeon General Jerome Adams also received a vaccination…
‘Make no mistake about it: it’s a medical miracle,’ Pence said about the vaccine, which began distribution this week. ‘I also believe that history will record that this week was the beginning of the end of the coronavirus pandemic.'”
-CBS News, “Vice President Mike Pence gets vaccinated on live television,” cbsnews.com, Dec. 18, 2020
CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/FRANCE/GERMANY/ITALY/SPAIN/VACCINES: “Europe and other parts of the World being hit hard by the China Virus – Germany, France, Spain and Italy, in particular. The vaccines are on their way!!!“
––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 18, 2020 1:43 am
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/VACCINES: “Moderna vaccine overwhelmingly approved. Distribution to start immediately.“
––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 18, 2020 1:37 am
CORONAVIRUS/JOE BIDEN/VACCINES: “It’s one thing to get the [coronavirus] vaccine delivered to X number of spots around the country. It’s a very different thing to get the vaccine out of that tube, into a syringe, into somebody’s arm. The vaccination. That is a monumental task and is probably the single most significant effort to take place in the United States, to distribute something around the world— around the country…
We’re going to need more vaccine. We’re going to need more money. We’re going to need more to be able to get this distributed. But it’s underway. And I believe we can get one— I think we can get 100 million vaccinations taking place [in his first 100 days].”
-Joe Biden, “Joe Biden Says The Current President’s Influence Over Republicans Will Fade After He Leaves Office,” YouTube.com, Dec. 18, 2020 (aired Dec. 17, 2020)
CORONAVIRUS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I think what he’s [Donald Trump] done, getting the [coronavirus] vaccine moving, has been positive. But by and large, he has been a president who’s decided that the way he succeeds is by dividing us.”
-Joe Biden, “Joe Biden Says The Current President’s Influence Over Republicans Will Fade After He Leaves Office,” YouTube.com, Dec. 18, 2020 (aired Dec. 17, 2020)
2020 ELECTION/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/GEORGIA/JOE BIDEN/SENATE/VOTING: “I’m prepared to sign a COVID relief package on day one, but I need @ReverendWarnock [Raphael Warnock] and @ossoff [Jon Ossoff] in the Senate to get it done.
Georgia — Make your plan to vote early today: iwillvote.com/GA“
––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, December 17, 2020 10:36 am
CONGRESS/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOBS/JOE BIDEN: “Millions of people are out of work. Small businesses are closing. People are struggling to pay their bills, stay in their homes, and put food on the table.
Congress needs to pass a relief package immediately.“
––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, December 17, 2020 7:22 am
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/STOCK MARKET/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VACCINES: “All-time Stock Market high. The Vaccine and the Vaccine rollout are getting the best of reviews. Moving along really well. Get those ‘shots’ everyone! Also, stimulus talks looking very good.“
CORONAVIRUS/JOE BIDEN/VACCINES: [Reporter: “when are you getting the [coronavirus] vaccine?”]
“We’re working on that right now. I don’t want to get to the head of line, but I want to make sure that we demonstrate to the American people that it is safe to take. They’re working on that plan right now. And when I do it, I’ll do it publicly so you all can actually witness my getting it done.”
-Joe Biden, “President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris Announce the Secretary of Transportation,” YouTube.com, Dec. 16, 2020
CONGRESS/CORONAVIRUS: “The United States Senate should have passed the coronavirus and economic relief package months ago. People are hurting, millions out of work, small businesses closing. People are struggling to pay their rent, worried that after Christmas they’ll be thrown out before New Year’s…
And what’s the United States Senate doing? Nothing. People need help and they need it right now… We needed immediate funding for testing and vaccine distribution, we need to get money to people’s pockets right away.”
-Joe Biden via PBS NewsHour, “President-elect Biden campaigns in Atlanta for Jon Ossoff,” YouTube.com, Dec. 15, 2020
2020 ELECTION/CORONAVIRUS: “In America, politicians don’t take power, people grant power to them… One of the extraordinary things we saw this year was that every day Americans, our friends and our neighbors, often volunteers, Democrats, Republicans, Independents, demonstrating absolute courage, they showed a deep and unwavering faith in and a commitment to the law.
They did their duty in the face of the [coronavirus] pandemic. And then they could not and would not give credence to what they knew was not true. They knew this election was overseen, was overseen by them. It was honest, it was free and it was fair.”
-Joe Biden, “President-elect Biden Delivers Remarks on the Electoral College Vote Certification,” YouTube.com, Dec. 14, 2020
2020 ELECTION/CORONAVIRUS/ELECTORAL COLLEGE: “In the start of this [coronavirus] pandemic, this crisis, many were wondering how many Americans would actually vote at all. But those fears proved to be unfounded. We saw something very few predicted, even thought possible, the biggest voter turnout in the history of the United States of America, a number so big that this election now ranks as the clearest demonstration of the true will of the American people, one of the most amazing demonstrations of civic duty we’ve ever seen in our country…
Together, the Vice President-elect Harris and I earned 306 electoral votes, well exceeding the 270 electoral votes needed to secure victory. 306 electoral votes is the same number of electoral votes that Donald Trump and Vice President Pence received when they won in 2016…
At the time, President Trump calls the Electoral College tally a landslide. By his own standards. These numbers represented a clear victory then, and I respectfully suggest they do so now.”
-Joe Biden, “President-elect Biden Delivers Remarks on the Electoral College Vote Certification,” YouTube.com, Dec. 14, 2020
CORONAVIRUS/VACCINE/WHITE HOUSE STAFF: “A Trump administration spokesman on Sunday said top officials in the three branches of government would be among the first to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, but later in the evening, the president himself said most White House staff members will have to wait…
Trump said he had requested a change in plans and that White House staff, including himself, would not be among the first to get the [coronavirus] vaccine unless ‘necessary.'”
-Emma Bowman, “In Reversal, Trump Says White House Staff Won’t Be 1st To Receive COVID-19 Vaccine,” npr.org, Dec. 14, 2020
2020 ELECTION/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In America, politicians don’t take power — the people grant it to them.
The flame of democracy was lit in this nation a long time ago.
And we now know that nothing — not even a pandemic or an abuse of power — can extinguish that flame.“
––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, December 14, 2020 3:52 pm
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “The United States on Monday [Dec. 14, 2020] reached the grim milestone of 300,000 lives claimed by Covid-19, the most in the world by far and more than the number of Americans killed in combat in World War II and double the toll in World War I… It was just under a month ago that the country reached 250,000 deaths.”
-Jemima McEvoy, “U.S. Hits 300,000 Covid Deaths, Nearly 1 In Every 1,000 Americans,” forbes.com, Dec. 14, 2020
CORONAVIRUS/SCOTT GOTTLIEB/TRUMP ADMIN/VACCINES: “Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb, now on the board of Pfizer, said that the United States was offered more of the company’s successful coronavirus vaccine as recently as November — but didn’t take the deal…
Gottlieb, who was Trump’s FDA chief until April 2019, noted that the U.S. government said that the conversations with Pfizer happened in July, but that there was an offer for more vaccines on the table as recently as last month.
Gottlieb said other countries ended up taking those vaccines after the U.S. passed.”
-Aidan McLaughlin, “Former FDA Director Scott Gottlieb: Trump Administration Declined More Pfizer Vaccines as Recently as November,” www.mediaite.com, Dec. 14, 2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/MEDIA/NEW YORK/VACCINES: “Stay hopeful — brighter days lie ahead. RT @NBCNews
––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, December 14, 2020 5:52 am
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/VACCINES: “First Vaccine Administered. Congratulations USA! Congratulations WORLD!“
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VACCINES: “People working in the White House should receive the vaccine somewhat later in the program, unless specifically necessary. I have asked that this adjustment be made. I am not scheduled to take the vaccine, but look forward to doing so at the appropriate time. Thank you!“
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VACCINES: “Vaccines are shipped and on their way, FIVE YEARS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. Get well USA. Get well WORLD. We love you all!“
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN: “We’re in the teeth of the COVID-19 crisis right now, and this nation needs presidential leadership.
Leadership that is willing to model the steps we all should be taking in our own lives.“
––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, December 13, 2020 9:15 am
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN: “For your family, neighbors, and country — wear a mask.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1338187429711253504″
––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, December 13, 2020 7:22 am
CONGRESS/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN: “Congress needs to act now on a COVID relief package. The American people can’t wait.“
––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, December 12, 2020 2:00 pm
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN: “Wear a mask.
It’s the easiest thing you can do to reduce COVID cases, hospitalizations, and deaths.
It’s not a political statement — it’s a patriotic act.“
––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, December 12, 2020 12:00 pm
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN: “My first 100 days won’t end COVID-19, but we can slow the spread, save lives, and get back to our lives with our loved ones.“
––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, December 12, 2020 10:30 am
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/FDA/VACCINES: “FDA APPROVES PFIZER VACCINE FOR EMERGENCY USE!!!“
––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 11, 2020 6:38 pm
CORONAVIRUS/FDA/VACCINES: “White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Friday [Dec. 11, 2020] told Stephen Hahn, the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, to submit his resignation if the agency does not clear the nation’s first coronavirus vaccine by day’s end, according to people familiar with the situation who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss what happened.
The threat came on the same day that President Trump tweeted that the FDA is ‘a big, old, slow turtle’ in its handling of vaccines, while exhorting Commissioner Stephen Hahn to ‘get the dam vaccines out NOW.'”
-Josh Dawsey and Laurie McGinley, “White House orders FDA chief to authorize Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine Friday or submit his resignation,” washingtonpost.com, Dec. 11, 2020
CORONAVIRUS/VACCINES: “Through Operation Warp Speed, my administration provided a total of $14 billion to accelerate vaccine development and to manufacture all of the top candidates in advance. This included a nearly $2 billion investment in Pfizer to produce 100 million doses of the vaccine, with an option to produce 500 million additional doses, and I’m proud to say that we have made sure that this vaccine will be free for all Americans…
When the China virus invaded our shores, I promised that we would produce a vaccine in record time before the end of the year. They said it couldn’t be done, but with today’s announcement, we have now achieved that goal. The United States is the first nation in the world to produce a verifiably safe and effective vaccine.”
-Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Dec. 11, 2020 9:32 pm
CORONAVIRUS/FDA/VACCINES: “I have really good news. Today, our nation has achieved a medical miracle. We have delivered a safe and effective [coronavirus] vaccine in just nine months. This is one of the greatest scientific accomplishments in history. It will save millions of lives, and soon end the pandemic once and for all. I am thrilled to report that the FDA has authorized the Pfizer vaccine…
These vaccines are also very safe. American citizens participated in clinical trials that were far larger than normal, and had no serious side effects. The dedicated and independent experts at the FDA meticulously studied the results of the trials, and it has now passed the gold standard of safety.”
-Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Dec. 11, 2020 9:32 pm
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/SOCIAL DISTANCING: “Beating COVID-19 will take everyone doing their part.
Wear a mask. Social distance. Limit travel over the holidays.
We can end this, together.“
––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, December 11, 2020 11:37 am
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/MEDIA/QUOTE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VACCINES: “‘Donald Trump must get the credit for the vaccines. It is a miracle.’ @Varneyco“
––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 11, 2020 4:32 am
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/OBAMA ADMIN/QUOTE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VACCINES: “The Swine Flu (H1N1), and the attempt for a vaccine by the Obama Administration, with Joe Biden in charge, was a complete and total disaster. Now they want to come in and take over one of the ‘greatest and fastest medical miracles in modern day history.’ I don’t think so!“
––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 11, 2020 1:22 am
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/FDA/VACCINES: “While my pushing the money drenched but heavily bureaucratic @US_FDA saved five years in the approval of NUMEROUS great new vaccines, it is still a big, old, slow turtle. Get the dam vaccines out NOW, Dr. Hahn @SteveFDA. Stop playing games and start saving lives!!!“
––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 11, 2020 1:11 am
BIDEN-HARRIS ADMIN/CORONAVIRUS/VACCINES: “Vaccines don’t equal vaccinations. Our challenge now is to scale up manufacturing and distribution to distribute 100 million shots [of the coronavirus vaccine] in the first 100 days of my administration. We are putting together an experienced team to do just that. Before I take office, we need the Trump Administration to purchase the doses it has negotiated with Pfizer and Moderna and to work swiftly to scale manufacturing for the U.S. population and the world. And, we will need Congress to fund our distribution efforts.”
-Joe Biden, “Statement from President-elect Biden on Food & Drug Administration Approving Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for Emergency Use,” buildbackbetter.com, Dec. 10, 2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/FDA/JOE BIDEN/MEDIA/VACCINES: “Yesterday marked another tragic, preventable milestone in our fight against COVID-19, but this news is a bright light. I’m grateful for every scientist, researcher, and public health expert who made it possible. RT @nytimes
––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, December 10, 2020 5:02 pm
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, has revealed in a call to his own radio show that he is being treated for coronavirus with the same drug cocktail his boss received when he was ill with Covid-19…
Mr Giuliani, 76, told the show he expects to leave hospital on Wednesday [Dec. 9, 2020].
He has been treated with Remdesivir and Dexamethasone, he explained.”
BBC News, “Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani receiving same Covid drugs as president,” bbc.com, Dec. 9, 2020
COVID-19/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP PEOPLE: Rudolph W. Giuliani, the latest member of President Trump’s inner circle to contract Covid-19, has acknowledged that he received at least two of the same drugs the president received. He even conceded that his ‘celebrity’ status had given him access to care that others did not have.
‘If it wasn’t me, I wouldn’t have been put in a hospital frankly,’ Mr. Giuliani, the president’s personal lawyer, told WABC radio in New York. ‘Sometimes when you’re a celebrity, they’re worried if something happens to you they’re going to examine it more carefully, and do everything right.’”
-Sheryl Gay Stolberg, “Trump and Friends Got Coronavirus Care Many Others Couldn’t,” nytime.com, Dec. 9, 2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN: “This pandemic is one of the toughest challenges America has ever faced.
But I know that together we will overcome — and heal — as one nation.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1336770593987899394″
––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, December 9, 2020 9:32 am
BIDEN PEOPLE/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN: “This health team is made up of world-class experts at the top of their fields who are ready on day one to get the pandemic under control so we can get back to work, back to our lives, and back to our loved ones.
https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1336732845402857473/photo/1″
––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, December 9, 2020 7:02 am
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN: “On day one, I’ll sign an executive order to require masks everywhere I can.“
––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, December 9, 2020 3:59 am
ANGELA MERKEL/CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/GERMANY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VACCINES: “Germany has consistently been used by my obnoxious critics as the country that we should follow on the way to handle the China Virus. So much for that argument. I love Germany – Vaccines on the way!!! RT @Spudnikus
[German Chancellor Angela] Merkel pleading with people to cut down on socializing as Germany records record 590 deaths in one day.
2020 ELECTION: “I received almost 75 million votes, the highest number of votes in the history of our country for a sitting President — 12 million more than the 63 million we received four years ago. President Obama received 3 million less in his second term, and he won easily. I received 12 million more, which, by the way, is a record. Twelve million more…
And if somebody has the courage, I know who the next administration will be. And I’ll tell you what: Life will be much easier for this country because of what we’ve done right now and because of a lot of the people in this room. The job you’ve done on the [coronavirus] vaccine, together with a lot of others, has been a modern-day miracle, and it’s really been acknowledged as such.”
-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump at the Operation Warp Speed Vaccine Summit,” whitehouse.gov, Dec. 8, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: [Reporter: “Mr. President, some of these scientific officials here in this room have encouraged Americans not to travel this holiday season, not to go to large gatherings [due to coronavirus]. Across the street, you’ve been holding holiday parties with hundreds of people, many not wearing masks. Why are you modeling a different behavior to the American people than what your scientists tell?”]
“Well, they’re Christmas parties, and frankly, we’ve reduced the number very substantially, as you know. And I see a lot of people at the parties wearing masks. I mean, I would say that I look out at the audience at those parties, and we have a lot of people wearing masks, and I think that’s a good thing.”
-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump at the Operation Warp Speed Vaccine Summit,” whitehouse.gov, Dec. 8, 2020