by Jim Heath | Feb 1, 2021 | coronavirus, GOP, Headlines
Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson said today the distribution of the coronavirus vaccine has been “seamless” under the administration of President Joe Biden. Hutchinson said in an interview that anything that can be done to speed up production of vaccines, including...
by Jim Heath | Feb 1, 2021 | coronavirus, Economy, Headlines
Happy days aren’t quite here again, but they could be coming soon. U.S. economic growth will recover “rapidly” and the labor market will return to full strength quicker than expected thanks to the vaccine rollout and a barrage of legislation enacted in 2020,...
by Jim Heath | Jan 27, 2021 | coronavirus, Headlines, Joe Biden, Olympics
A member of the Tokyo Organizing Committee has asked for help from President Biden to get the Olympic Games over the line. The International Olympic Committee and Japanese organizers have been increasingly bullish in recent weeks about the prospect of holding the...
by Jim Heath | Jan 25, 2021 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
President Biden said today he believed that the U.S. will be able to offer vaccines to every American who wants one ‘in spring.’ He also increased his goal of 1 million vaccines a day to 1.5 million today, predicting his administration would reach that...
by Jim Heath | Jan 24, 2021 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
The new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention admitted today that the US doesn’t have enough COVID-19 vaccines to meet states’ needs, even as New York and Georgia desperately plead for more doses to inoculate their populations. ‘We...
by Jim Heath | Jan 21, 2021 | coronavirus, Headlines, Joe Biden
Dr. Anthony Fauci took center stage at a White House press briefing this afternoon, telling reporters he felt liberated from the constraints of former President Trump. ‘I take no pleasure at all of being in the position of contradicting the president,’...
