AND
AND BE
AND BE CAREFUL ESPECIALLY ON RAMPS AND OVERPASSES WHERE THOSE SLICK SPOTS TEND TO POP
UP LIKE JOE BIDEN HAS ANNOUNCED
HIS CORONAVIRUS RELIEF BILL AND
IT INCLUDES MORE DIRECT
PAYMENTS TO AMERICANS AND MONEY
THAT HE BELIEVES WILL INJECT
100 MILLION SHOTS INTO THE ARMS
OF AMERICANS WITHIN HIS FIRST
100 DAYS IN OFFICE. AND A
GENTLEMAN HAS THE LATEST >>
LESS >> THAN A WEEK BEFORE
INAUGURATION WE CANNOT AFFORD INACTION. PRESIDENT >> ELECT
BIDEN UNVEILING WHAT HE CALLS
THE AMERICA RESCUE PLAN ONE
STEPPING UP COVID-19
VACCINATIONS >>. WE'LL HAVE TO
MOVE HEAVEN ON EARTH TO GET
MORE PEOPLE VACCINATED TO
CREATE MORE PLACES FOR THEM TO
GET VACCINATED, TO MOBILIZE
MORE MEDICAL TEAMS TO GET SHOTS
IN PEOPLE'S ARMS TO INCREASE
VACCINE SUPPLY AND TO GET IT
OUT THE DOOR AS FAST AS
POSSIBLE >>. THE PRESIDENT
ELECT ALSO CALLING FOR FURTHER
RESTRICTIONS ON EVICTIONS AND
FORECLOSURES, HELP FOR THOSE
OUT OF WORK AND MORE DIRECT
PAYMENTS TO AMERICANS. WE >>
WILL FINISH THE JOB OF GETTING
A TOTAL TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS IN
CASH RELIEF TO PEOPLE WHO NEED
IT THE MOST. THE SIX HUNDRED
DOLLARS ALREADY APPROPRIATED
SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH >>. THE
PLAN'S PRICE TAG ONE POINT NINE
DOLLARS TRILLION DOLLARS. THE
PROPOSAL REVEALED WHILE THE
U.S. ECONOMY STRUGGLES, THE
LABOR DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED
140000 JOBS WERE LOST IN
DECEMBER. WE NOT >> ONLY HAVE
AN ECONOMIC IMPERATIVE TO ACT
NOW, I BELIEVE WE HAVE A MORAL
OBLIGATION >>. THE PRESIDENT
ELECT HAS SUGGESTED HE WANTS
THE RELIEF BILL ON HIS DESK BY
THE END OF THE MONTH BUT THAT
WILL DEPEND ON CONGRESS >>. DAN
SCHENEMAN, NBC NEWS. WELL, BACK
>> HOME IN INDIANA THE NUMBER
OF NEW POSITIVE CORONAVIRUS
CASES CONTINUE TO RISE. ANOTHER
4400 WHO HAVE NOW TESTED
POSITIVE AT THE STATE TOTAL TO
OVER FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY
EIGHT THOUSAND CASES 40 MORE
HOOSIERS HAVE DIED
FROM COVID-19. THAT MEANS WE'VE
LOST MORE THAN EIGHT HUNDRED
HOOSIERS TOTAL DURING THIS
PANDEMIC. HOWEVER, THERE IS
STILL SOME LIGHT AT THE END
OF THE TUNNEL AS THE COVID
VACCINE CONTINUES ROLLING OUT
ACROSS THE STATE. THE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT IS REPORTING NEARLY
TWO HUNDRED THIRTY NINE
THOUSAND HOOSIERS HAVE RECEIVED
THEIR FIRST DOSE OF THE VACCINE
AND OVER FORTY EIGHT THOUSAND
ARE FULLY VACCINATED. MORE THAN
TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND
HOOSIERS IN THEIR 70S HAVE
SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT TO
RECEIVE THEIR FIRST DOSE OF THE
COVID-19 VACCINE. THOSE
APPOINTMENTS THOUGH HAVE BEEN
SAYING SOME ISSUES THE HIGH
DEMAND IS CREATING A BIT OF A
CLOG FOR PEOPLE TRYING TO BOOK
AN APPOINTMENT BY PHONE AND
ONLINE. KAREN JOINS US NOW WITH
THE VERY LATEST ON THIS
SITUATION. GOOD MORNING >>,
KIRAN. HEY >>, GOOD MORNING
JULIA AND JULIA OF THE TWO
HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND
SENIORS HOOSIERS WHO BOOKED AN
APPOINTMENT TO GET THAT
COVID-19 VACCINE, HALF OF THEM
HALF OF THEM ACTUALLY WERE ABLE
TO BOOK AN APPOINTMENT. BUT YOU
KNOW, FOR THE OTHERS THE SYSTEM
JUST BECAME OVERWHELMED IN MORE
PEOPLE WHO TRIED TO EITHER CALL
THAT TWO ONE ONE NUMBER OR
REGISTER ONLINE. THEY DIDN'T
GET A CHANCE TO DO THAT. IT'S A
VERY FRUSTRATING SCENARIO FOR
MANY, MANY HOOSIERS 76 YEAR OLD
JERRY HARRIS, SHE'S ONE
OF THEM. SHE LIVES IN KOKOMO
AND SAYS SHE TRIED BOOKING HER
APPOINTMENT ONLINE WEDNESDAY
AND SHE SAYS SHE LOOKED AT
JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH AND
EVEN APRIL AND THERE WERE NO
OPENINGS. SHE CALLED TO ONEONE
ONLY TO HOLD FOR 20 MINUTES AND
THEN BECAUSE DISCONNECTED THE
STATE HEALTH LEADERS SAY THIS
SHOULD BE SHORT LIVED. >> OUR
TEAM LOOKS AT THE NUMBERS EVERY
SINGLE DAY AND SEES WHERE DO WE
HAVE THE GREATEST UPTAKE WHO IS
ALMOST 100 PERCENT FOR AND WE
MAKE SURE THAT WE PIVOT TO
EITHER ADD AN ADDITIONAL
LOCATION OR SEND ADDITIONAL
VACCINE THERE >>. HEALTH
LEADERS ENCOURAGE HOOSIERS TO
TRY CALLING IN THE EVENING
INSTEAD OF IN THE MORNING WHEN
THE VOLUME THEY SAY ISN'T AS
HIGH OR CHECKING AVAILABILITY
IN OTHER COUNTIES THAT MIGHT
HAVE MORE OPENINGS AND JALEA AS
FRUSTRATING AS THIS MAY BE FOR
MANY HOOSIERS, MANY SENIORS WHO
ARE TRYING TO BOOK THESE
APPOINTMENTS TO GET THE
COVID-19 VACCINE, STATE HEALTH
LEADERS ARE ASKING FOR