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On Wednesday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo told reporters how long he thinks it will take for the COVID vaccine to make a difference. Cuomo says it will take between six and nine months for the coronavirus vaccine to get widespread enough to make a difference. "It's a foot race over a six to nine month period," Cuomo said of the vaccine. According to Business Insider Dr. Anthony Fauci said "close to 80, 85%" of the public needs to get vaccinated before life returns to some semblance of normal."
US President Joe Biden maintains "complete confidence" in the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff after a book reported that the top US general secretly contacted China amid worries that Donald Trump was out of control, the White House says. "The president has complete confidence in his leadership, his patriotism and his fidelity to our constitution," Press Secretary Jen Psaki tells reporters during a press briefing in Washington, DC. SOUNDBITE
Banda Aceh, Mar 22 (EFE/EPA).- Health authorities in Indonesia on Monday are speeding up the vaccination process as the vaccine expiration dates near. (Camera: HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK).SHOT LIST: AIRPORT EMPLOYEES RECEIVE SHOTS OF COVID-19 VACCINE AT A HOSPITAL IN BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA.
Amazon exec Dave Clark wants to help vaccinate the country against Covid-19. Clark is offering to help President Joe Biden with the unprecedented vaccination effort. Biden has pledged to vaccinate 100 million Americans in his first 100 days in office. Clark offered Amazon's logistics, communications, and IT expertise in a letter addressed to President Biden. Clark said: "We are prepared to leverage our operations, information technology, and communications capabilities". Clark also requested that Amazon's essential workers be eligible to receive the vaccine at the "earliest appropriate time."
Five top anti-vaccine advocacy groups received PPP funding from the Trump administration. The news was broken by the Washington Post American distrust in the safety of COVID-19 vaccinations continues to pose a threat to public health. A Harvard professor of health communication told Insider that anti-vaccine groups are "likely to perpetuate the adverse impacts of the pandemic."