marcella nunez-smith. and dr. scott gottlieb will join us, and we'll talk with ireland's prester micheaÁl martin. it is all ahead on "face the nation." ♪ >> brennan: good morning, and welcome to "face the nation." . president biden's american rescue plan has been signed into law, and it is one of the largest stimulus bills in american history. its impact particularly on low-income americans could be significant. traditional political party lines could also be altered. make no mistake: democrats support and republicans rec -- we begin this morning with senior national correspondent mark strassmann. >> biden: for the first time in a long time, this bill puts working people in this nation first. >> president biden will spend this week selling his new deal for covid america after a year defined by loss. the american rescue plan becomes washington's neay t socl safety net. two pandemic unemployment programs will extend into september and add up to an extra $300 a week in benefits. multi-billion hikes in housing aid, fo

supply creates great opportunity for people to get vaccinated doctor marcella nunez-smith also says the vaccine only needs routine refrigeration something that will be key to getting vaccines to currently under serveral and black and brown community but with new covid variant spreading quickly, he urges people not to be picky strongly urge everyone in america to get the first vaccine that is available to you time is of the essence johnson and johnson is now shipping its entire inventory and says it's working to deliver approximately 16 million additional doses by the end of march. again the white house coronavirus response team says that while a 3rd vaccine is news to celebrate we are still not in the clear because he we are still a long way away from achieving herd immunity, which is why they're stressing that if you are able to get the vaccine if you. >>are in line and you have access to it to take advantage of it because it is the only way forward to achieve some sense of normalcy. >>so i we're happy that there's another vaccine out there for johnson johnson is a little bit late to t

marcella nunez-smith. dr. nunez-smith: thank you, dr. fauci, and good morning. i want to talk about equity and you have heard us described equity is at the foundation and the center of this administration's covid-19 response. in the last month in my time with you i have detailed why that needs to be the case. we have taken a look at the differences in covid-19 outcomes by race and ethnicity. since the beginning of this pandemic we have all seen that factors like race and ethnicity and rural and urban geography, poverty, disability, living situation, and type of employment are exerting tremendous influence on the outcomes we have seen with covid-19. i want to give an update on the ongoing inequities related to covid-19. let's take a look at the rate of covid-19 cases, death, vaccination, by race and ethnicity. latino individuals continue to bear more than their fair share of covid-19 cases. while black people continue to bear more than their fair share of death. you see the share of vaccinations is significantly lower for latino and non-hispanic black individuals

marcella nunez-smith. dr. nunez-smith: thank you so much, dr. fauci. good morning to everyone. i want to talk, of course, today about equity. you have heard us describe that equity is at the foundation, the center of this administration's covid-19 response. over the last month, in my time with you, i have detailed why that needs to be the case. we have taken a look at the difference in the covid-19 outcomes. for instance, by race and ethnicity. since the beginning of this pandemic we have all seen that factors like race, ethnicity, rural versus urban geography, poverty, disability, living situation, and type of employment. they all are exerting tremendous they are all exerting tremendous influence in the results of covid-19. i want to begin this morning by giving an update on the ongoing equities related to covid-19. first let's look at the rates of covid-19 cases, deaths, and vaccination by race and ethnicity. as you can see latino individuals continue to bear more than their share of covid-19 cases. while black people continue to bear more than their share of deaths. notably,

supply creates great opportunity for people to get vaccinated doctor marcella nunez-smith also says the vaccine only needs routine refrigeration something that will be key to getting vaccines to currently under serveral and black and brown community but with new covid variant spreading quickly, he urges people not to be picky strongly urge everyone in america to get the first vaccine that is available to you time is of the essence johnson and johnson is now shipping its entire inventory and says it's working to deliver approximately 16 million additional doses by the end of march. again the white house coronavirus response team says that while a 3rd vaccine is news to celebrate we are still not in the clear because he we are still a long way away from achieving herd immunity, which is why

supply creates great opportunity for people to get vaccinated doctor marcella nunez-smith also says thecine only needs routine refrigeration something that will be key to getting vaccines to currently under serveral and black and brown community but with new covid variant spreading quickly, he urges people not to be picky strongly urge everyone in america to get the first vaccine that is available to you time is of the essence johnson and johnson is now shipping its entire inventory and says it's working to deliver approximately 16 million additional doses by the end of march. again the white house coronavirus response team says that while news of a new vaccine is always a welcome news. they're saying we're still just not out of the clear we have not reached even close to herd immunity so they're stressing to anyone that has access to a vaccine to get one as soon as possible. >>if you want to get to any sense of normalcy any time soon for now in washington raquel martin back to you. >>thank you raquel meanwhile, california is pushing to get more of the moderna and pfizer vaccines into p

marcella nunez-smith, the chair of the covid-19 health equity task force, about how the biden administration plans tl health disparity. doctor, our new cbs news poll shows that vaccine hesitancy has actually ebbed among racial minorities and that tarted about mid-january. we are now seeing that black americans are likely as white americans to say that they're willing to get vaccinated. are you also seeing that shift? >> doctor: yes. this is great news. we see vaccine confidence growing in all groups across the country. and so now the work is to make sure that people can connect with vaccine when they're eligibility. it is very promising. i'm hearing the same thing, that confidence is high. we are at a great moment. we have three vaccines authorized in the united states for emergency use, and people need to get connected with those. >> brennan: so is vaccine hesitancy no longer an issue? >> doctor: we absolutely have to meet people where they are. whether we are talking about vaccine confidence or really engaging with health care more broadly. you know, there are institutions, unfortunately,

supply creates great opportunity for people to get vaccinated doctor marcella nunez-smith also says the vaccine only needs routine refrigeration something that will be key to getting vaccines to currently under serveral and black and brown community but with new covid variant spreading quickly, he urges people not to be picky strongly urge everyone in america to get the first vaccine that is available to you time is of the essence johnson and johnson is now shipping its entire inventory and says it's working to deliver approximately 16 million additional doses by the end of march. again the white house coronavirus response team says while the news of a new vaccine is worth celebrating we are not in the clear just yet data shows that we are not close to herd immunity which is why they are stressing to people that if they want to get to that place of normalcy they need to get vaccinated as early as they can. >>for now in washington raquel martin back to you. >>raquel do we know if this new vaccine will be a effective against the new variant of the virus. >>well some of the data that we sa