It’s lucky for President-elect Joe Biden and team that no one in the national media has any critical questions for them because it’s painfully obvious otherwise that they have no sure plan to beat back the coronavirus and quickly restore the economy.
Not that that was ever something they were serious about doing. Democrats have fully enjoyed the lockdowns and being able to keep Americans reliant on the government. But listening to the things coming out of team Biden should assure everyone that the incoming administration is ready to have us in for the long haul with more lecturing about masks and staying shuttered inside our homes.
If there’s anyone out there instilled with confidence that Biden and his crew are ready to get us through this with haste, they should watch the interview from Sunday’s This Week on ABC with Biden’s chief of staff Ron Klain and then reassess.
Asked whether he thought the Trump administration deserved credit for the record-timing development of vaccines that are reportedly as much as 95% effective, Klain, with a straight face, said, “Vaccines don’t save lives; vaccinations save lives.”
He went on to complain that not enough people are getting tested (even though we’re testing more per million than any other country outside of Israel and the United Kingdom) and to say that “now the question is how do we get 100% of Americans a vaccine in short order.”
Getting “100% of Americans a vaccine in short order” has never been the goal because no one has ever said it was feasible. The goal, from the start, and what we all knew months ago, was that a vaccine would have to be distributed in phases, first and foremost to those at high risk of succumbing to the virus.
Knowing that it will be up to the new Biden administration to get this done, Klain called the task at hand “much bigger” than creating the actual development of the vaccine.
This would be like saying, “Well, we’ve found a cure for cancer, but the much bigger part is going to be training all doctors on how to do it.”
The scientists who developed the coronavirus vaccines would be forgiven for choosing a specific finger to wave at Klain.
There is nothing coming out of the team Biden to suggest they know a path to life after the virus that doesn’t involve an indefinite call for mask-wearing and home-staying.
