Months ago to meet the ppe demands of our nation. This is not something we are sitting and continuing to just watch. It is something we are continuing to grow upon and continuously analyze to stay ahead of the increases and make sure we have the ppe on the way to meet the surge in cases. Dr. Fauci. Thank you, sir. Well, done. I will invite dr. Fauci to share his thoughts on the development of a vaccine that is giving great hope. I trust the panels you just showed us encourage the American People to know that we are going to continue to work aroundtheclock to make sure your local hospital as the resources and the supplies that you need to meet this moment. I think we all know we put this pandemic in the past the day we have a safe and effective vaccine. We have made historic progress through operation warp speed with our private partners. Dr. Fauci and nih are intergral to that. Then we will have general gus perna who is coordinating the Distribution Plan for operation warp speed workin
In our community tomorrow, there would be very few people who would line up to get that vaccine. People want to know do i sign up someplace . Is this going to cost folks anything . I cant wait until we can get back to the way it used to be. Are we ever going to get to that place . We want children to be able to go to school. We want to be able to keep businesses open. We will get there. I think thats the promise of 2021. A special edition of dateline. Good evening. Im lester holt. It is the moment the world has been holding its breathe for literally, vaccines for covid19. But getting them into the arms of millions of americans may be as difficult as it was to create them. There are challenges with distribution, demand and fear. Are the vaccines safe and effective as scientists say, and when will you be able to get one . These haunting scenes will stay with us forever, the before and the heartbreaking after of covid19. The pandemic has claimed more than 270,000 american lives, a Stagger
Especially of those most at risk. This will be one of the hardest, most costly operational challenges in our nations history. Today biden is introducing his choice for secretary of defense, general lloyd austin, which received some pushback because he will need a waiver from congress because he is a recentlyretired general. Lets see whether or not somebody has the courage, whether its a legislator or legislatures or whether its a justice of the Supreme Court or a number of justices of the Supreme Court, lets see if they have the courage to do what everybody in this country knows is right. Joining me now, nbc White House Correspondent and weekend today cohost Kristen Welker in wilmington, Nbcs Kelly Odonnell outside the white house, and Washington Post National Political reporter robert costa, moderator of Washington Week on pbs. Welcome, all. Theres a flurry of activity on the cabinet front from president elect biden. Weve seen that. What do we know about how hes balancing all these pr
Several weeks and then we will just keep rolling out vaccines through january, february, march as they come off the production lines. And what month do you expect right now average americans, meaning the general public, to get vaccinated or to have it available to them . So thats going to be up to the nations governors as they prioritize within their states, but as we look at the quantities of vaccine that we expect to come off from a multitude of manufacturers, you should start seeing at points in february and march general population vaccinations occurring. What weve said is we expect that in the Second Quarter of next year we would have enough vaccine for all americans that want it, but thats not a moment in time event. As more vaccine becomes available, as we perhaps see astrazeneca, Johnson Johnson join the ranks, more will be available and our governors will keep opening it up and we will start seeing general vaccination campaigns also, especially the medically underserved and mo