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david kessler was here last week and said starting this week, march 8th, teachers and school staffers and school bus drivers and janitors and child care workers would be eligible for vaccines no comorbidity. we saw this going out telling all states whatever is going on in terms of eligibility rules, we expect everybody who works in a school to have one dose of a vaccine. do you think this is plausible that everybody who works in the school can get one dose by tend of march. are you on track to make that happen in. >> i'm really enthusiastic about this. they've said since before i became into the administration that teachers and educators and child care workers and front line workers should be vaccinated in 1b. that's people over the ail of 75. they're now 9,000 pharmacies in the federal pharmacy program that's distributing around two million doses of vaccine a week. yes, i believe that we can do this. we have about five to seven million educators that we need to vaccinate and about 36 states we're already doing this before this program. yes, i believe this is doable. >> newly in state

david kessler says, still an issue. >> i think we've all been frustrated getting appointments, peopletaying up throughout the night refreshing their computers. this was a mad dash at getting this out. and what you see is just very real, there's a real commitment at the state level, at the federal level to improving those information systems. >> let's get insights now, with us to share expertise, dr. celine gounder. it's good to see you. i want to start by going back to the latest exchange between dr. rand paul, senator rand paul, he's an ophthalmologist, and dr. fauci, who has been the nation's premier expert on infectious diseases. is he wearing the masks for show, or is senator rand paul dreadly wrong? >> dr. fauci is not wearing a mask for show. i also have been vaccinated as a health care provider seeing patients at the hospital, i continue to wear a mask and that is not for show. we continue to do this because we have seen the rise of these variant strains, some of which are more infectious, some of which are more deadly, and while the vaccines remain effective for now as the vir

david kessler and his team at the department of health and human services.an working with the team of j&j to accelerate and add capacity to the manufacturing and production efforts. became clear that merck one of the world's leading vaccine manufacturers was in a position to be the partner that we needed in this effort, in this wartime effort. i'm not hesitating to use my power to expedite critical materials in vaccine production like equipment, machinery and supplies. it's not just johnson & johnson and merck. pfizer, moderna work closely with us to help speed up the delivery of millions more doses. the result is that we're now on track to have enough vaccine supply for every american adult by the end of may. months earlier than anyone expected. today i'm directing jeff and my hhs team to produce another 100 million doses and purchase another 100 million doses of the johnson & johnson vaccine. i'm doing this because this wartime effort we need maximum flexibility. always a chance that we'll encounter unexpected challenges or a new need for a vaccine effort.

kessler, david, it's been a long time. much of what we've implemented we didn't even talk about when you were fda commissioner. i don't think it was a lack of vision, i think it was a yet developed future technologies. you are serving as fda commissioner when our first conversations about the pandemic preparedness began, though. now you're in a position to use those authorities to their fullest extent. operation warp speed or the new name the operation, did i get that right? has used nih expertise in early research, contracting, advanced development and manufacturing capabilities and the dod's logistic muscle to achieve scientific break throughs that can rescue the world from the virus. the operation was a huge success and i'm glad you're planning to building on that success going forward. in the next few months this project will have made available vaccines for all eligible americans in record time without cutting any safety or efficacy corners at the fda. the operation showed us where, of our gaps in countermeasure devel

david kessler was here on the show last week and said that starting this week, march 8th, teachers and school staffers and school bus drivers and janitors and child care workers would all be eligible for vaccines, no matter their co-morbidities. and we saw this directive go out from hhs, telling all the states, whatever else is going on in terms of your eligibility rules in the states, by the end of march, we expect everybody who works in a school to have at least one dose of a vaccine. i just wanted to ask you if this is live and active, if you think it is plausible that everybody who works in a school can get at least one dose by the end of march? are you on track to make that happen? >> i'm really enthusiastic about this. the advisory committee on immunization practices said since before i came into the administration that teachers and educators and child care workers, as frontline workers, should be vaccinated in 1b. that is with people who are over the age of 75. there are now 9,000 pharmacies in the federal pharmacy program that are distributing around 2 million doses of vaccine

david kessler is a top official at the department of health and human services told members of the senatesupply. i believe we'll be shipping from a supply issue to demand issue pretty soon. if we're looking at equity, so many communities lagging behind because of lack of access or hesitancy, how does this change the outlook for those people if at all? >> there are three barriers that are preventing us from reaching herd immunity. one is supply. two is distribution of the vaccine. and third is acceptance of the vaccine. i think it's great and credit to the biden administration that we're going to have enough supply. also credit to the biden team that we're ramping up distribution so quickly. but i think we need to address this third issue, that of vaccine acceptance head on. and i think so often we're putting people into two categories, people who really want the vaccine and people who really don't, the anti-vaxxers. we're neglecting a huge number of people in the middle who want to get the vaccine but may have some concerns or just don't have time to take time off work or find child care.

kessler, david, it has been a long time.uch of what we implemented, we didn't talk about when you work fda commissioner. i don't think it was a lack of vision. it was yet-developed future technologies. you were serving at fda when our conversations about pandemic preparedness again. now, you are in position to use those authorities to their fullest extent. operation warp speed or the new name, the operation, did i get that right, as used nih expertise, early research, barda manufacturing capabilities and dod logistic muscle to achieve scientific breakthroughs that can rescue the world from this virus. the operation's speed was a huge success and i am glad you are planning on building on that success. in the next few months, this project will have made available vaccines for all eligible americans in eckerd time about cutting safety or efficacy corners at the fbi. -- at the fda. the operation showed us where our gaps exist. we need ways to rapidly identify candidates for tests, treatments and vaccines this area is primed for

david kessler was a top official department of health and human services. told members of the senate today, kwoetd, we will have, within 90 days, in essence, quadrupled our vaccine supply. said i believe that we are going to be shifting from a supply issue to a demand issue, pretty soon. if we are looking at equity, though, with so many communities still lagging behind on getting vaccinated because of lack of access or hesitancy. how much does, you know, suddenly, having all the vaccine we need. how does it change the outlook for those people, if at all? >> yeah, so there are three barriers preventing us from reaching herd immunity. one is supply. two is distribution of the vaccine. and third is acceptance of the vaccine. i think it's great and credit to the biden administration that we are going to have enough supply. also, credit to the biden team that we are ramping up distribution so quickly. but i think we need to address this third issue. that of vaccine acceptance, head on. and i think, so often, we are putting people into two categories. people who

david kessler and his team at the department of health and human services you know, when i came intoking with the team of j&j to accelerate and add capacity to the manufacturing production efforts. it quickly became clear that merck one of the world's leading vaccine manufacturers was in a position to be the partner we needed in this effort in this war time effort. i have not hesitated to use my power under the defense production act to expedite critical materials and vaccine production such as equipment, machinery, and supplies. it's not just johnson & johnson and merck. pfizer, moderna, also work closely with us to help speed up the delivery of millions more doses. the result is that we're now on track to have enough vaccine supply for every american adult by the end of may. months earlier than anyone expected and today, i'm directing jeff, and my hhs team, to produce another 100 million doses and purchase another hundred million doses of the johnson & johnson vaccine. i'm doing this because in this war time effort we need maximum flexibility. there's always a chance that we'll enc

david kessler.ur mission was to accelerate development, manufacturing, and delivery of vaccines, and therapeutics for a nation. i know you agree with me when i say this virus attacked our nation. it attacked our way of life, and it impacted every american. but it became obvious our nation had never thought this type of enemy before, and that there was no single government or private organization that had the capacity, capability, or expertise, to execute the mission of defeating this virus. we also lucked unity of command and effort to develop, manufacture and distribute vaccines to the entire american population, much less at the scale and speed required to defeat this pandemic. thus the reason for operation warp speed and our strategy of whole of america approach. we approach this mission with the urgency, resolve, and steadfast determination our nation deserves. as we were fighting a near peer competitor in a large combat operation, we gave it everything, every day. we operationalized our efforts

david kessler, and i'm honored to be serving as the chief scientific officer of the covid-19 response. 40 years ago, i had the privilege of sitting in those seats behind you as the most junior member of the staff of this committee led by senator hatch and senator kennedy. thank you for having me back and for the opportunity to testify before you today. >> david would you make sure that microphone is on or could you pull it just a little bit closer? there you go. >> today the united states is in a very special position with three authorized vaccines for the prevention of covid-19. i want to acknowledge the significant work of those who came before, who worked tirelessly to make this happen. if i can have the first slide, please. as you can see from that slide, when we get it up, we now have enough vaccine available for all american adults by may 31st. when we first arrived at the president's direction, the operation building on the work of our predecessors at backward, dod, fda, cdc, hhs and the private sector, we made additional purchases of the pfizer and moderna vaccines, making 300

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