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It has been a fairly recent tradition for a brand new president to sign a series of executive orders in the Oval Office after their swearing-in. This is done primarily for two reasons.
One, it shows a president and an administration hitting the ground running to fulfill promises made during the campaign. And two, it clearly demonstrates what will be the administration’s top legislative priorities for its first 100 days.
There is also a “First Hundred Days” tradition that began during the first term of President Franklin Roosevelt. The nation was in the grip of the Great Depression and Roosevelt believed big government, “New Deal” socialism programs would help the economy recover faster.
Jan 15, 2021 1:45 PM EDT
This story was published by STAT on January 14, 2021. You can find the original article here.
WASHINGTON President-elect Joe Biden is promising to administer 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine in his first 100 days but some of his top advisers are already warning that the early days of that effort are going to be rocky.
The 100-day goal, which would require the Biden team to administer 1 million doses a day, each day, for his first 100 days, would represent a significant ramp-up from the pace set by the Trump administration, which has vaccinated roughly 10.2 million Americans over the course of 30 days.
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WASHINGTON President-elect Joe Biden is promising to administer 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine in his first 100 days but some of his top advisers are already warning that the early days of that effort are going to be rocky.
The 100-day goal, which would require the Biden team to administer 1 million doses a day, each day, for his first 100 days, would represent a significant ramp-up from the pace set by the Trump administration, which has vaccinated roughly 10.2 million Americans over the course of 30 days.
“The first days of that 100 days may be substantially slower than it will be towards the end,” said Michael Osterholm, a member of Biden’s Covid-19 task force who called the goal “aspirational … but doable.’’ “It’s not going to occur quickly … you’re going to see the ramp-up occurring only when the resources really begin to flow.”