With President Joe Biden now in the White House his bold pledge to vaccinate 100 million people in 100 days is to be tested.
If fulfilled effectively, Biden’s promise would strike a significant blow against the coronavirus and give a country battered by the pandemic a major boost after a year of mismanaged response that has seen more than 400,000 people die and more than 24 million infected.
But carrying out Biden’s promise will be challenging.
Following a rocky transition, Biden’s Covid-19 team will face a steep learning curve, the need to authorize more vaccine candidates and manufacture more vaccines and, perhaps most importantly, convince a sometimes skeptical American public that vaccines are the safe, effective key to ending the pandemic.
“We’re entering what may be the toughest and deadliest period of the virus,” said Biden, in his inaugural address. He urged Americans: “We will get through this together – together.”
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