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…
Search Results
Search results for: “slavitt”
Readout of the First PCAST Meeting
On September 28-29, 2021, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) held its inaugural meeting, which was open to the public. Co-chaired by Frances Arnold (California Institute of Technology), Maria Zuber (Massachusetts Institute of Technology [MIT]), and Eric Lander (Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy), PCAST focused…
Readout of the First Meeting of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)
PCAST focused on: 1) U.S. competitiveness, security, and international science and technology leadership; and 2) U.S. public health and pandemic preparedness On September 28-29, 2021, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) held its inaugural meeting, which was open to the public. Co-chaired by Frances Arnold (California Institute of Technology), Maria Zuber…
Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials
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…
Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials
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…
Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials
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…
Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials
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…
Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials
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…
Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Official
Via Teleconference 10:19 A.M. EDT ACTING ADMINISTRATOR SLAVITT: Good morning. Welcome to our White House COVID Response press briefing. Today, I am joined by Dr. Walensky, Dr. Fauci, and Dr. Nunez-Smith. I want to first provide an update on our vaccination program. Over the weekend, Washington State became the 13th state to reach the milestone…
Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials
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…
