You expect a certain number of stumbles from a new administration. The incoming Biden team professed dismay at its predecessor’s “nonexistent” coronavirus vaccine distribution program, and this week President Biden complained of the vaccine, “which we didn’t have when I came into office.” He promised to deliver 1 million a week.

But actually, there were 1.5 million vaccinations on Inauguration Day, and Biden had received two doses of vaccine — on Dec. 21 and Jan. 11. It’s easier to achieve your goal if you don’t set the goalposts past a mark already reached.