new vaccination process. and i'm now pleased to welcome the mayor of the district of columbia mayor muriel bowser. >> thank you. well, good afternoon, everyone. i am delighted to be here. i want to thank you, secretary azar, surgeon general, thank you for your leadership, and to all of the wonderful doctors and nurses and health care professionals here at washington, d.c.'s george washington university. please give them all a hand. [ applause ] we are very happy today. i gave my briefing about covid, and certainly we all can recall how difficult the last nine months has been in fighting this global pandemic. we're very grateful to the people of washington, d.c., the business owners of washington, d.c., who very heeded our advice, and helped us best contain this virus as much as possible to get us to this day. the day when this vaccine starts going out, people start getting this vaccine, get all of their questions answered so they inoculate themselves and their families with the vaccine. today i was actually with several members of d.c. fire and ems, and they will be among the first d.c. government workers who