Thread by @aslavitt46

COVID response is a massive national operational underway 9 weeks.

➡️ 1 in 3 adults, 70% of seniors w first shot
➡️ 76%+ of schools open, 1.2mm school staff vaccinated
➡️ 10s of millions of new at home/POC tests being produced
➡️ Vaccinations open to all 16+ on or before May 1

➡️ Landmark partnership w Merck and J&J to increase production
➡️ Global leadership w $4 billion to COVAX & vaccine sharing w/ Canada & Mexico
➡️ 22 new Fed vaccination centers, community health centers— serves 60% to people of color
➡️ Dramatic improvement in long term care

➡️ Thousands of new vaccinators, vaccination sites & hundreds of mobile clinics reaching 2.5 million shots/day
➡️ Significant increases in variance sequencing & guidelines for continued vaccine development
➡️ Doubled vaccine reimbursement
➡️ Vaccine confidence 20 points higher

Next:

➡️ Country must remain fully mobilized until the job is done
➡️ States must manage increased volume
➡️ Communicate w/ on the fence populations
➡️ Wear masks until all have a chance to be vaccinated
➡️ Global support
➡️ Rapidly react to changes
➡️ Punch list of dozens more