In December, Biden said that one of his top priorities for dealing with the pandemic included administering 100 million COVID-19 vaccines in his first 100 days.
“My first 100 days are not going to end the COVID-19 virus. I can’t promise that, ”said Biden. “But we don’t get into this mess quickly, we won’t leave quickly, it will take a while. But I am absolutely convinced that in 100 days we can change the course of the disease and change life in America for the better. “
When asked by a reporter whether his goal was too low, given the growing vaccination numbers in the United States, Biden countered, falsely claiming that the corporate media and others originally mischaracterized his plan as unworkable.
“When I announced it, you all said it was not possible. Come on. Give me a break, man, ”said Biden.
Biden, asked if 100 million vaccines in 100 days is too low for a target, snapped: “When I announced it, you all said it was not possible. Gimme a break. Come on man. ” pic.twitter.com/O7n7jBOjvn
– Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) January 21, 2021
Despite the president’s insistence that his plan was in doubt from the start, many corporate media and health officials held optimistic positions about Biden’s launch, spending a great deal of their efforts to destroy virus management and distribution vaccines of former President Donald Trump.
Although legacy media, and even Biden himself, proclaimed that the Trump administration’s vaccination process was “disastrous”, “a mess” and a “terrible failure”, CNN, New York Times, USA Today, Voxand others praised and celebrated the Democrats’ plan as a way to help control the virus, despite their clear dependence on the growing number of vaccinations that occurred before he took office.
Even Dr. Anthony Fauci, a Biden health advisor, expressed hope and positivity about the president’s aspirations for the vaccine.
“President-elect Biden has made it very clear that his goal is at least 100 million doses in the first 100 days. That is, 1 million doses per day. We can do this, Chris. This is possible, ”said Fauci on MSNBC.
The few articles that expressed more skepticism than others about Biden’s ability to perform the process of dispensing and delivering doses were rare and did not merit Biden’s broad generalization, accusing everyone of claiming that his goal was impossible.
Jordan Davidson is a staff writer for The Federalist. She graduated from Baylor University, where she graduated in political science and graduated in journalism.