Biden’s Pandemic Preparedness Plan Is Spending Money in the Wrong Places
55 years ago

Biden’s Pandemic Preparedness Plan Is Spending Money in the Wrong Places

Slate  

Way back in 2018, Ed Yong wrote a piece for the Atlantic that seems prescient now. That should really make us think about what happens when you deploy very, very good medical interventions on a society where millions of people can’t access health care, where public health has been allowed to rot away for over a century, and where there are gross inequities in who gets to make choices that protect their own health. One of the experts you spoke to said this is “a welfare scheme for university scientists and big organizations, and it’s not going to trickle down” to the people at the individual public health level. So now you’re getting into social welfare stuff, where I think some people would begin to feel uncomfortable, and it’s where we hit this impasse. It requires saying out loud, “Me and my colleagues have been fleecing the public health system for decades at this point, and we need to get it back to a healthy baseline.” And it’s much easier to say “Republicans did this wrong” or “Trump did it wrong” or “let’s just go back to quote-unquote normal, the way it was a few years back.” I wonder if you think that political problem gets in the way here.

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Biden administration announces new partnership with 50 countries to stifle future pandemics
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden administration announces new partnership with 50 countries to stifle future pandemics

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s administration will help 50 countries identify and respond to infectious diseases, with the goal of preventing pandemics like the COVID-19 outbreak that suddenly halted normal life around the globe in 2020. The Global Health Security Strategy, the president said, aims to protect people worldwide and “will make the United States stronger, safer, and healthier than …

Biden pushes for $1.6 billion to fund pandemic fraud measures
1 year, 10 months ago

Biden pushes for $1.6 billion to fund pandemic fraud measures

LA Times  

President Biden speaks to the House Democratic Caucus Issues Conference this week in Baltimore. The Biden administration is asking Congress to approve more than $1.6 billion to help clean up the mess of fraud in the massive government COVID-19 pandemic relief programs. In a strategy announced Thursday, the administration called for money and more time to prosecute cases, to put …

President Biden to end COVID-19 emergencies on May 11
1 year, 11 months ago

President Biden to end COVID-19 emergencies on May 11

LA Times  

President Biden talks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Monday, after returning from an event in Baltimore. Then-President Trump’s Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar first declared a public health emergency on Jan. 31, 2020, and Trump later declared the COVID-19 pandemic a national emergency that March. “An abrupt end to the …

Biden said the pandemic is over, but the pandemic won’t cooperate
1 year, 11 months ago

Biden said the pandemic is over, but the pandemic won’t cooperate

LA Times  

Three years after the United States logged its first case of COVID-19, the pandemic has slipped off the front pages and seemingly out of public consciousness. “We’ve reached what I would call a level of détente with the virus,” said Jay Varma, an infectious disease specialist at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York. “I would say there’s a lot …

Biden sent the wrong message on COVID. He can still fix it
2 years, 3 months ago

Biden sent the wrong message on COVID. He can still fix it

LA Times  

President Biden talks with CBS correspondent Scott Pelley in an interview at the White House for “60 Minutes.” “The pandemic is over,” President Biden declared last week as he toured the Detroit Auto Show. “We are not where we need to be if we are going to, quote, ‘live with the virus,’” Dr. Anthony Fauci, Biden’s chief medical advisor, said …

Dr Fauci pushes back on Biden’s claim the Covid pandemic is over
2 years, 3 months ago

Dr Fauci pushes back on Biden’s claim the Covid pandemic is over

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Anthony Fauci said on Monday that the US is not …

GOP Senators Push Back On COVID Funds Request After Biden Says 'Pandemic Is Over'
2 years, 3 months ago

GOP Senators Push Back On COVID Funds Request After Biden Says 'Pandemic Is Over'

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Senate Republicans expressed skepticism over whether COVID-19 funding is still necessary following President Joe Biden’s recent comments declaring the end of the pandemic. “Maybe that’s his approach to it, I’d have to ask him.” Earlier this month, Dr. Ashish Jha, the White House COVID-19 response coordinator, told reporters “the pandemic is not over,” and said the administration …

Biden’s comments about pandemic widen public health split over how US should respond to Covid-19
2 years, 3 months ago

Biden’s comments about pandemic widen public health split over how US should respond to Covid-19

CNN  

CNN — Even as the US prepares for a potential winter surge of Covid-19, President Biden roamed the cavernous halls of the Detroit Auto Show for an interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes” and, gesturing to the mostly maskless attendees, told the nation, “the pandemic is over.” “We still have a problem with Covid. “I think it’s sort of a term …

Biden relief plan: Major victory gets mixed one-year reviews
2 years, 9 months ago

Biden relief plan: Major victory gets mixed one-year reviews

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — It’s not often that a president gets everything he asks for, but that’s what happened. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., said she had no regrets about any inflation that the legislation might have caused, describing it as a “consequence that we have to work through.” “There’s no question that the American Rescue Plan put money in people’s pockets, kept …

Biden’s $1.9-trillion relief plan: Major victory gets mixed one-year reviews
2 years, 9 months ago

Biden’s $1.9-trillion relief plan: Major victory gets mixed one-year reviews

LA Times  

President Biden speaks before signing the $1.9-trillion American Rescue Plan in the Oval Office on March 11, 2021. Friday was the anniversary of Biden’s signing of the American Rescue Plan, and the second anniversary of the World Health Organization’s declaration that COVID-19 had become a global pandemic. Rep. Pramila Jayapal said she had no regrets about any inflation that the …

Yellen: Biden pandemic relief ‘like a vaccine’ for economy
2 years, 11 months ago

Yellen: Biden pandemic relief ‘like a vaccine’ for economy

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told a gathering of America’s mayors on Wednesday that the Biden administration’s coronavirus relief bill was like a vaccine preventing catastrophic economic damage that could have returned the nation to the financial woes seen at the beginning of the pandemic. President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan “acted like a vaccine for the …

Mental health: Biden says many Americans are feeling ‘down’ because of pandemic and urges people to seek help if they need it
3 years, 2 months ago

Mental health: Biden says many Americans are feeling ‘down’ because of pandemic and urges people to seek help if they need it

CNN  

CNN — President Joe Biden said Thursday a lot of Americans are feeling “down” because of the pandemic and anxious about the future – particularly heading into the holiday season – and urged those struggling with mental health issues to seek help if they need it. “How many people do you know – and maybe some in this audience – …

AP: States and cities slow to spend Democrat's pandemic aid
3 years, 3 months ago

AP: States and cities slow to spend Democrat's pandemic aid

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The aid to governments is intended both "to address …

Opinion: Biden’s six-point Covid plan leaves some holes
3 years, 3 months ago

Opinion: Biden’s six-point Covid plan leaves some holes

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Megan Ranney, MD, MPH, is an associate professor of emergency medicine and associate dean of the School of Public Health at Brown University. The plan follows through on what many experts have been advocating for months: use of the power of the federal purse and occupational safety rules to encourage vaccination, whether for health care workers, public employees, …

Biden administration launches $10 million ad campaign, leaders’ network to encourage vaccination
3 years, 9 months ago

Biden administration launches $10 million ad campaign, leaders’ network to encourage vaccination

CNN  

CNN — The Biden administration on Thursday unveiled a large-scale effort to encourage Americans to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, rolling out its first national ad campaign and announcing a national network of community organizations, sports leagues and other leaders to boost confidence in the vaccines. The Department of Health and Human Services is spending $10 million to air four …

The COVID-19 Relief Program Comes With A Big Asterisk
3 years, 9 months ago

The COVID-19 Relief Program Comes With A Big Asterisk

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Thanks to the American Rescue Plan, the federal government is now spending $1.9 trillion to fight COVID-19 and to help the public get through the pandemic. President Joe Biden signs the American Rescue Act bill into law in the Oval Office of the White House on March 11 in Washington, D.C. Doug Mills-Pool via Getty Images Public …

Biden’s $1.9 trillion ‘American Rescue Plan’ all set to boost U.S. economy
3 years, 9 months ago

Biden’s $1.9 trillion ‘American Rescue Plan’ all set to boost U.S. economy

The Hindu  

WITH President Joe Biden having put through Congress and signed a $1.9 trillion “American Rescue Plan”, the world is set to experience one of the biggest fiscal boosts of recent times, larger than the plan that was resorted to in response to the 2008 global financial crisis. The money will immediately unleash spending; the key components of the package include …

Biden sets new goal for US vaccinations, eyes July 4 celebrations
3 years, 9 months ago

Biden sets new goal for US vaccinations, eyes July 4 celebrations

Al Jazeera  

In televised address to mark a year of the pandemic, Biden acknowledged Americans losses and offered hope for the future. President Joe Biden said on Thursday he would direct US states to make all adults eligible for the coronavirus vaccine by May 1 as he told Americans that he was hoping the country would be able to achieve some kind …

California’s robust budget will get another $26 billion from new COVID-19 stimulus
3 years, 9 months ago

California’s robust budget will get another $26 billion from new COVID-19 stimulus

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom speaks about his 2021-22 budget proposal in January. California’s state budget, already poised to be flush with higher-than-expected tax revenues, will receive an additional cash infusion of $26 billion under the COVID-19 relief bill that President Biden signed Thursday, sparking demands for a wide array of new efforts to help those hit hardest by the pandemic. “With this …

Coronavirus | Biden’s 'transformative' COVID-19 rescue plan on cusp of passing Congress
3 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus | Biden’s 'transformative' COVID-19 rescue plan on cusp of passing Congress

The Hindu  

President Joe Biden's massive relief plan is on the verge clearing Congress with a final vote Wednesday, offering a lifeline for millions of American families and businesses and stimulating an economy digging out from the coronavirus pandemic. If it makes it to his desk, Mr. Biden — who made the American Rescue Plan his top legislative priority — could sign …

AP-NORC poll: Americans largely back Biden’s virus response
3 years, 10 months ago

AP-NORC poll: Americans largely back Biden’s virus response

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Joe Biden is enjoying an early presidential honeymoon, with 60% of Americans approving of his job performance thus far and even more backing his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Fifty-five percent of Americans approve of Biden’s approach to the economy thus far, and 63% …

Coronavirus | Joe Biden’s COVID-19 rescue plan clears crucial Senate hurdle
3 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus | Joe Biden’s COVID-19 rescue plan clears crucial Senate hurdle

The Hindu  

The U.S. Senate on Saturday voted to approve a $1.9 trillion relief package that President Joe Biden vows will revive the country's pandemic-stricken economy, capping hours of debate, frenzied negotiations and a marathon overnight voting session. "I promised the American people help was on the way," said Mr. Biden in an address from the White House, after the plan was …

Fighting Biden virus aid, GOP rekindles Obama-era strategy
3 years, 10 months ago

Fighting Biden virus aid, GOP rekindles Obama-era strategy

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Republicans have one goal for President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package: erode public support for the rescue plan by portraying it as too big, too bloated and too much wasteful public spending for a pandemic that’s almost over. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who is leading his minority party toward the “no” vote, said Biden’s 628-page …

Biden American Rescue Stimulus Plan Provides $1,400 Checks : The Indicator from Planet Money : NPR
3 years, 10 months ago

Biden American Rescue Stimulus Plan Provides $1,400 Checks : The Indicator from Planet Money : NPR

NPR  

The Biden Relief Bill: Who Gets What Enlarge this image Alex Wong/Getty Images Alex Wong/Getty Images Right now, a bill that would spend roughly 1.9 trillion dollars into the economy is making its way through Congress. This is a big bill — at almost two trillion dollars, it's one of the biggest spending bills in American history, equal to roughly …

Biden plunges into the global debate over access to COVID-19 vaccines
3 years, 10 months ago

Biden plunges into the global debate over access to COVID-19 vaccines

LA Times  

President Biden will announce on Friday his plan for the United States to contribute $4 billion to the global fight against COVID-19, stepping into an international leadership role that his predecessor had abandoned during the pandemic. Politics How vaccination efforts across the world may affect Americans President Biden is racing to get more Americans inoculated faster, but the lagging vaccination …

‘Overwhelm the problem': Inside Biden’s war on COVID-19
3 years, 10 months ago

‘Overwhelm the problem': Inside Biden’s war on COVID-19

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The meetings begin each day not long after dawn. Where the last administration addressed the pandemic with the vernacular of a natural disaster — using the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s mantra of a “federally supported, state managed and locally executed” response — President Joe Biden’s team is borrowing from the Pentagon and the doctrine of overwhelming force. “We’re …

Biden says US faces ‘national emergency’ amid vaccine shortage
3 years, 10 months ago

Biden says US faces ‘national emergency’ amid vaccine shortage

Al Jazeera  

But help is on the way, he says, as the US is now ‘on track’ to have enough supply for 300 million by the end of July. President Joe Biden said that the United States is facing a “national emergency” in the coronavirus pandemic and his administration is working to supply enough COVID-19 vaccine to inoculate 300 million Americans. “We’re …

Washington sends in the troops to help California’s virus fight
3 years, 11 months ago

Washington sends in the troops to help California’s virus fight

LA Times  

Residents line up to get COVID-19 vaccine shots at the Balboa Sports Complex in Encino. “But in my conversations with the White House, they know it’s absolutely necessary to focus on equity and how vaccines get out there and how we get vaccines into the arms.” Gomez said it has been a “night and day” difference from the Trump administration, …

Biden warns of growing cost of delay on economic aid plan
3 years, 11 months ago

Biden warns of growing cost of delay on economic aid plan

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is warning of a steep and growing “cost of inaction” on his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan as the White House searched for “creative” ways to win public support for a package that is getting a cold shoulder from Senate Republicans. An aggressive push for vaccinations and generous aid to individuals would help put parents …

Biden warns of growing cost of delay on $1.9T econ aid plan
3 years, 11 months ago

Biden warns of growing cost of delay on $1.9T econ aid plan

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden warned Friday of a steep and growing “cost of inaction” on his $1.9 trillion COVID relief plan as the White House searched for “creative” ways to win public support for a package that is getting a cold shoulder from Senate Republicans. “Certainly, his preference would be to get on a plane and fly around the …

Opinion: A year into the pandemic, health care workers have a new source of hope
3 years, 11 months ago

Opinion: A year into the pandemic, health care workers have a new source of hope

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Susannah Hills is a pediatric airway surgeon at New York Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center. After health care workers spent the last year fighting simultaneous battles against Covid-19 and misinformation about the virus — which oftentimes originated from Trump and other elected officials — the Biden administration’s support of science-based public health messaging feels like a …

Joe Biden to Sign 10 Executive Orders to Fight Coronavirus Pandemic in US; Invoke Defense Production Act
3 years, 11 months ago

Joe Biden to Sign 10 Executive Orders to Fight Coronavirus Pandemic in US; Invoke Defense Production Act

News 18  

President Joe Biden will sign 10 executive orders on Thursday to fight the coronavirus pandemic, including directing that disaster funds be used to help reopen schools and requiring that people wear masks on planes and buses, officials said. “We’re entering what may be the toughest and deadliest period of the virus and must set aside politics and finally face this …

Trump administration leaves Biden with ‘confusing’ Covid-19 vaccine numbers and states in limbo
3 years, 11 months ago

Trump administration leaves Biden with ‘confusing’ Covid-19 vaccine numbers and states in limbo

CNN  

CNN — States across the country say they’re running low on coronavirus vaccine supply, with many officials insisting the vaccine delivery numbers reported by the Trump administration don’t align with what they are seeing on the ground. “With the change of administration happening at this very moment, they don’t appear to totally know yet what vaccine numbers we’re talking about …

Biden: We’ll ‘manage the hell’ out of feds’ COVID response
3 years, 11 months ago

Biden: We’ll ‘manage the hell’ out of feds’ COVID response

Associated Press  

— President-elect Joe Biden pledged Friday to boost supplies of coronavirus vaccine and set up new vaccination sites to meet his goal of 100 million shots in 100 days. It’s part of a broader COVID strategy that “Some wonder if we are reaching too far,” Biden said. “Let me be clear, I’m convinced we can get it done.” The real …

Joe Biden unveils $1.9-trillion coronavirus plan to speed up vaccines, mitigate pandemic’s economic impact
3 years, 11 months ago

Joe Biden unveils $1.9-trillion coronavirus plan to speed up vaccines, mitigate pandemic’s economic impact

Firstpost  

The plan also provides $50 billion to expand testing, while around $130 billion will be allocated to help schools reopen without risking further contagion Wilmington: President-elect Joe Biden unveiled a $1.9 trillion coronavirus plan Thursday to end “a crisis of deep human suffering” by speeding up vaccines and pumping out financial help to those struggling with the pandemic’s prolonged economic …

Stimulus package: Here’s what’s in Biden’s $1.9 trillion economic rescue plan
3 years, 11 months ago

Stimulus package: Here’s what’s in Biden’s $1.9 trillion economic rescue plan

CNN  

CNN — Bigger stimulus checks. Enhanced unemployment aid Biden would increase the federal boost the jobless receive to $400 a week, from the $300 weekly enhancement contained in Congress’ relief package from December. More money for child care and child tax credits The plan calls on Congress to create a $25 billion emergency fund and add $15 billion to an …

'We Cannot Afford Inaction': Biden Unveils $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Plan
3 years, 11 months ago

'We Cannot Afford Inaction': Biden Unveils $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Plan

NPR  

'We Cannot Afford Inaction': Biden Unveils $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Plan Enlarge this image toggle caption Matt Slocum/AP Matt Slocum/AP Updated at 8:37 p.m. President-elect Joe Biden outlined his plans for economic relief from the coronavirus crisis on Thursday, citing the need for a more robust vaccination plan as well as for additional direct payments to American families to help …

US Congress seals deal to provide $900bn in COVID aid
4 years ago

US Congress seals deal to provide $900bn in COVID aid

Al Jazeera  

Long-awaited deal would give $600 direct payments to individuals and boost unemployment payments by $300 a week. The Senate’s top Republican and Democrat said on Sunday they had reached an agreement on a nearly $900bn package, a deal that would be the second-largest economic stimulus in US history, following a $2.3 trillion aid bill passed in March. “Anyone who thinks …

Biden details plan to combat coronavirus pandemic in first 100 days
4 years, 1 month ago

Biden details plan to combat coronavirus pandemic in first 100 days

CNN  

Washington CNN — President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday laid out his three-point plan to combat the coronavirus pandemic, an approach in dealing with the virus that continues to contrast with President Donald Trump. The plan, announced as he introduced the team he has designed to get the pandemic under control, would aim to distribute 100 million vaccine shots in his …

What are Joe Biden’s plans for covid-19?
4 years, 1 month ago

What are Joe Biden’s plans for covid-19?

Live Mint  

The president-elect has proposed steps designed to up production of tests, protective equipment and vaccines, and is also expected to pursue economic stimulus President-elect Joe Biden has said he would give priority to stopping Covid-19. Mr. Biden, who regularly appears in public wearing a mask and has kept events relatively small and outdoors, has already named a task force of …

What is Joe Biden's plan to tackle America's COVID-19 crisis?
4 years, 1 month ago

What is Joe Biden's plan to tackle America's COVID-19 crisis?

ABC  

The sheer scale and urgency of America's burgeoning public health crisis is difficult to comprehend, let alone fix. The president-elect has announced a COVID-19 advisory board made up of public health experts, who will help coordinate the incoming administration's response to the pandemic. Borrowing a page from former US president Franklin Roosevelt, Biden says he'll create a "Pandemic Testing Board" …

President-Elect Biden Has A Plan To Combat COVID-19. Here's What's In It
4 years, 2 months ago

President-Elect Biden Has A Plan To Combat COVID-19. Here's What's In It

NPR  

President-Elect Biden Has A Plan To Combat COVID-19. Specifically, Biden's plan calls for empowering scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help set national, evidence-based guidance to stop outbreaks as well as making significant investments in vaccine distribution, testing and the creation of a public health workforce to carry out contact tracing and other services. Set shared …

AP review: State supply stocks sparse and dated before virus
4 years, 8 months ago

AP review: State supply stocks sparse and dated before virus

Associated Press  

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo — Last autumn, when schools were in session, sports stadiums full and no one had even heard of the COVID-19 disease, the Missouri health department made an eerily foreshadowing request. “You could see it in almost every state, in every locality, and the federal government level: depleting the resources, depleting the inventory, and hoping when you need …

5 takeaways from Joe Biden’s CNN town hall on the coronavirus response
4 years, 9 months ago

5 takeaways from Joe Biden’s CNN town hall on the coronavirus response

CNN  

CNN — Joe Biden during a CNN town hall Friday night detailed how he’d respond to the coronavirus pandemic. Describing Trump’s view as a “false choice,” Biden argued that the economy could only rebound once the public health emergency was brought under control. “It’s a false choice to make, saying that you either open the economy or everything goes to …

At a glance: Nearly $2 trillion coronavirus rescue package
4 years, 9 months ago

At a glance: Nearly $2 trillion coronavirus rescue package

Associated Press  

A snapshot of the emerging rescue package in Congress to provide health care and economic aid amid the coronavirus outbreak and national shutdown. The program would provide 8 weeks of assistance through federally-guaranteed loans qualifying employers who maintain payroll; if they do, other costs like mortgage interest, rent, and utilities would be forgiven. The measure includes $15.6 billion to augment …

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