Many thanks ⁦ @AnaCabrera⁩ for hosting me today as we close in on 400,000 American lives lost by the time of the Jan 20 inauguration - equivalent to the number of American GIs who gave their lives for our nation in WWII. Our backs are against the wall...

We’ve squandered every opportunity to contain #COVID19 and vaccinations represent our last hope. This time no excuses: 240 million Americans must be vaccinated by the end of the summer, 3 million per month, 1 million per day x 2 doses, 2 million per day

How do we get there? Opening more vaccination sites, including low income neighborhoods, liberalizing fussy restrictions, and getting more vaccines on the table.

Important to remember that a single dose of either mRNA does not reliably protect. Tremendous variability in virus neutralizing antibodies after a single dose so that many would receive zero benefit from a single dose.

We already know that the mRNA technology is still immature and won’t be scaled sufficiently to be relied on to vaccinate the American people. We’ll need both adenovirus vaccines, a particle vaccine, and maybe even our recombinant protein vaccine to get the job done