President-elect Joe Biden will deliver an address on the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic from Wilmington, Delaware, on Tuesday, transition officials have said.
Axios reported early Tuesday that the President-elect will likely use the remarks to reinforce warnings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week that suggested a surge in coronavirus infections and related deaths is anticipated in the coming weeks. The agency has forecasted 16,400 to 27,600 new deaths likely to be reported by mid-January, amid increased indoor gatherings and an uptick in holiday air travel that reached its highest levels on Sunday since the early days of the pandemic in March.
Per Axios, Biden will also admonish the Trump administration for failing to meet its vaccine distribution pledge after recent reports suggested that Operation Warp Speed is lagging behind its initial goal.
Biden, who has said he has plans to administer 100 million doses of the vaccine during his first 100 days in office, will also likely discuss how he will roll out his inoculation program, which is expected to make use of the Defense Production Act.
Biden’s effort ahead of his inauguration to address the nation on the pandemic’s dire turn comes as President Donald Trump has remained largely silent since last month’s election about the public health crisis that has now killed more than 335,000 people in the United States.
And a grownup emerges to help clean up the toddler’s mess.
Header for every Biden story until the inauguration.
‘An Adult Has Entered The Room’
Yeah, but at the same time, will it make a difference? Without some significant mandates, I think all Joe might be doing here is admonishing some toddlers not to touch the hot stove, knowing full well that as soon as he turns away, they’ll touch the hot stove.
Good public health policy for the COVID has been in short supply and the lies, myths and nonsense has been in over-supply. I’m not sure how he turns this around. I’m still hearing far too much noise on herd immunity by infecting all of the general population as being sound policy and open everything up now so that we can get on with it. It’s BS.
How does the adult in the room manage 71 million toddlers that don’t even believe his election was fair, let alone listen to him on this?
Great, but why not do this before the holidays?
Because, honestly, would anyone have listened? Seriously. That’s the issue here. We’re so inured to the disaster of this virus in human terms that way too many people no longer care. I see it all the time.