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Via Teleconference  1:34 P.M. EDT ACTING ADMINISTRATOR SLAVITT:  Good afternoon, and thank you for joining us.  Today, one of my goals is to avoid embarrassment, and therefore, I will focus my remarks squarely on the serious business of the progress of vaccinating the country.  So I begin by talking about VAX-a-Million.  Ohio Governor Mike DeWine…

Via Teleconference  2:08 P.M. EDT ACTING ADMINISTRATOR SLAVITT:  Good afternoon.  Thank you for joining us.  Today, Dr. Fauci will discuss the latest developments in science and Dr. Walensky will provide an important update on public health guidelines. Before we get to that, I want to talk about how we got to today.  The reason we…

Via Teleconference  11:03 A.M. EDT ACTING ADMINISTRATOR SLAVITT:  Good morning.  Today, Dr. Walensky will provide an update on the state of the pandemic, Dr. Fauci will provide an update on the latest science, and Dr. Murthy will provide an update on our efforts to build vaccine confidence.  Here’s how I want to start though: I…

Via Teleconference  10:33 A.M. EDT ACTING ADMINISTRATOR SLAVITT:  Good morning, and thank you for joining us.  I am joined by Dr. Walensky from the CDC and Dr. Fauci from the NIH today.  I want to tell you today that things are about to get a whole lot easier. When we arrived in January, many Americans…

Via Teleconference  11:01 A.M. EDT ACTING ADMINISTRATION SLAVITT:  Good morning.  Thank you for joining us.  And I hope those of you who celebrate had a nice holiday. I want to provide an update on our vaccination program, which is accelerating to meet the threat of an accelerating virus. So, two weeks ago, the President outlined…

Via Teleconference  11:03 A.M. EDT ACTING ADMINISTRATOR SLAVITT:  Good morning.  Thank you for joining us.  Today, we’re joined by Drs. Walensky and Fauci. I want to begin by providing an update on the progress of our accelerating vaccination program.  We’ve now vaccinated 120 million Americans, including over 72 million who have been fully vaccinated.  Forty-six…

Via Teleconference 10:37 A.M. EDT ACTING ADMINISTRATOR SLAVITT:  Good morning.  Thank you for joining us.  Today, we’re joined by Drs. Walensky and Fauci.  But let me begin by offering an update on our vaccination rollout. We continue to be encouraged by the pace of vaccinations in this country with three approved vaccines: Pfizer, Moderna, and…

Via Teleconference 11:02 A.M. EDT ACTING ADMINISTRATOR SLAVITT:  Good morning.  Thank you for joining us.  We’re now two months into our national strategy to defeat COVID-19.  At the heart of our plan are a number of critical activities.  Vaccinations: We’ve had to significantly ramp up vaccine production to a level more than double when we…

 12:17 P.M. EDT ACTING ADMINISTRATOR SLAVITT:  Good afternoon, everyone.  Thank you for joining us. We’re going to be moving our press briefing calls from three days per week on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, going forward to twice per week on Tuesdays and Fridays. As we enter the next phase of our COVID-19 response, transparency with…

Via Teleconference 11:04 A.M. EDT ACTING ADMINISTRATION SLAVITT:  Good morning.  Thank you for joining us.  Today, I’m joined by Drs. Walensky and Fauci.  The cases of COVID-19 are once again on the rise.  Dr. Walensky will highlight the public health consequences and strong public health recommendations for the next few weeks.  In the meantime, we are vaccinating…