TODAY AND ON DAY SEVEN OF MY
PRESIDENCY.
FIRST, AFTER REVIEW OF THE CAN
YOU NOT SUPPLY AND VACCINE
MANUFACTURING PLANS, I CAN
ANNOUNCE THAT WE WILL INCREASE
OVERALL WEEKLY VACCINATION
DISTRIBUTIONS OF STATES, TRIBES,
AND TERRITORIES FROM 8.6 MILLION
DOSES TO A MINIMUM OF 10 MILLION
DOSES.
STARTING NEXT WEEK, THAT’S AN
INCREASE OF 1.4 MILLION DOSES
PER WEEK, AND Y’ALL KNOW, IF I
MAY NOTE, PARAPHERNALIA THETENTH
KNOW THE VACCINES ARE
DISTRIBUTED TO STATES BASED ON
POPULATION, AND SO THE SMALLER
THE STATE, THE LESS VACCINE.
THE BIGGER THE STATE, THE MORE
THEY GET.
AND SO THIS IS GOING TO ALLOW
MILLIONS OF MORE AMERICANS TO
GET VACCINATED SOONER THAN
PREVIOUSLY ANTICIPATED.
WE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO, THOUGH.
THE SECOND THING, WE’RE
INCREASING THE TRANSPARENCY WITH
STATES, CITIES AND TRIBES AND
LOCAL PARTNERS WHEN IT COMES TO
THE VACCINE SUPPLY.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE HEARD
OVER AND OVER AGAIN FROM BOTH
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS, STATE
AND LOCAL LEADERS, THAT THEY
NEED A PLAN IN ORDER TO -- THEY
DIDN’T KNOW WHAT THEY HAD TO
PLAN ON.
THEY NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE
ORDER’S GOING TO BE.
JEFF HAD A MEETING WITH THE
GOVERNORS ON ZOOM AND OTHERS,
AND I THINK WE’RE GETTING THIS
COORDINATED IN A WAY THAT
THERE’S INCREASED COOPERATION AND CONFIDENCE.
AND CONFIDENCE
BUT UNTIL NOW, WE’VE HAD TO
GUESS HOW MUCH VACCINE TO EXPECT
FOR THE NEXT WEEK, AND THAT’S
WHAT THE GOVERNORS HAD TO DO,
HOW MUCH AM I GETTING NEXT WEEK?
THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.
THE -- YOU KNOW, THE LIVES ARE
AT STAKE HERE.
FROM THIS WEEK FORWARD, GOD
WILLING, WE’LL ENSURE THAT
STATES, TRIBES, AND TERRITORIES
WILL NOW ALWAYS HAVE A RELIABLE
THREE-WEEK FORECAST AND WHAT THE
SUPPLY THEY’RE GOING TO GET, SO
THEY’LL 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.
SO, 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.
THESE TWO STEPS ARE GOING TO
HELP INCREASE OUR PROSPECTS OF
HITTING OR EXCEEDING, GOD
WILLING, THE AMBITIOUS GOAL OF
100 MILLION SHOTS IN 100 DAYS.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO BE CLEAR.
100 MILLION SHOTS IN 100 DAYS IS
NOT THE END POINT.
IT’S JUST THE START.
WE’RE NOT STOPPING THERE.
THE END GOAL IS TO BEAT
COVID-19, AND THE WAY WE DO THAT
IS TO GET MORE PEOPLE
VACCINATED, WHICH MEANS WE HAVE
TO BE READY AFTER WE HIT THE
GROUND -- AFTER WE HIT THE GOAL
OF 100 MILLION SHOTS IN 100
DAYS.
NOW, THAT MEANS FEWER THAN A
HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE GETTING
TOTALLY VACCINATED.
IT MEANS A HUNDRED SHOTS AND IT
MEANS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 60,
MAYBE LESS, MAYBE MORE, MILLION
PEOPLE WILL HAVE THE -- BECAUSE
IT REQUIRES TWO SHOTS IN MANY
CASES.
NOT ALWAYS.
SO, TODAY, I’M DIRECTING
COVID-19 RESPONSE COORDINATOR
JEFF HERE TO WORK WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES AND INCREASE OUR TOTAL
SUPPLY OF VACCINE FOR THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
AND WE BELIEVE THAT WE’LL SOON
BE ABLE TO CONFIRM THE PURCHASE
OF AN ADDITIONAL 100 MILLION
DOSES FOR EACH OF THE TWO FDA
AUTHORIZED VACCINE, PFIZER AND
MODERNA.
THAT’S 100 MILLION MORE DOSES OF
PFIZER AND 100 MILLION MORE
DOSES OF MODERNA.
200 MILLION MORE DOSES IN THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAD
PREVIOUSLY SECURED, NOT IN HAND
YET BUT ORDERED.
WE EXPECT THESE ADDITIONAL 200
MILLION DOSES TO BE DELIVERED
THIS SUMMER, AND SOME OF IT WILL
COME AS EARLY -- BEGIN TO COME
IN EARLY SUMMER, BUT BY THE
MID -- BY THE MID SUMMER, THAT
THIS VACCINE WILL BE THERE.
AND THE ORDER -- AND THAT
INCREASES THE TOTAL VACCINE
ORDER IN THE UNITED STATES BY
50% FROM 400 MILLION ORDERED TO
600 MILLION.
THIS IS ENOUGH VACCINE TO FULLY
VACCINATE 300 AMERICANS BY THE
END OF THE SUMMER, THE BEGINNING
OF THE FALL.
BUT WE WANT TO MAKE -- LOOK,
THAT’S -- I WANT TO REPEAT.