Trump vs. Biden on the second wave of Covid

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Two presidents, two messages on the Covid crisis.

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00:00We will soon end the pandemic and we will save millions and millions of lives,

00:05both in our country and all over the world. And we've already started.

00:09My first hundred days won't end the COVID-19 virus. I can't promise that.

00:15But, but, we did not get into this mess quickly.

00:20We're not going to get out of it quickly. It's going to take some time.

00:23We're here to discuss a monumental national achievement.

00:26We're in a very dark winter. Things may well get worse before they get better.

00:32If authorized, tens of millions of vaccine doses will be available this month,

00:37and we'll get it distributed very quickly. We'll have that all set,

00:40and hundreds of millions more will quickly follow.

00:42Distributing it is another Herculean task. This will be one of the hardest and most

00:47costly operational challenges in our nation's history. We're going to need Congress to fully

00:54fund vaccine distribution to all corners of the country, to everyone.

00:58And we think by spring, we're going to be in a position that

01:02nobody would have believed possible just a few months ago.

01:08Amazing. Really amazing.

01:12They say it's somewhat of a miracle, and I think that's true.

01:15We need to level with one another.

01:18It'll take longer than we would like to distribute it to all corners of the country.

01:23Since April, advances in treatments have already helped reduce the mortality rate by

01:2885 percent. Think of that, 85 percent.

01:34It's an incredible number.

01:36More than 285,000 dead Americans because of COVID-19 and counting.

01:44Last week, COVID-19 was the number one cause of death in America.

01:50For Black, Latino and Native Americans, who are nearly three times as likely to die from it,

01:57COVID-19 is a mass casualty.

02:00People that aren't necessarily big fans of Donald Trump are saying whether you like him or not,

02:05this is one of the greatest miracles in the history of modern day

02:10medicine or any other medicine, any other age of medicine.

02:14To the American people, I know we've all had a lot of sleepless nights this year.

02:20So many of you staring at the ceiling tonight worrying, my God, what happens?

02:24What happens if I lose my insurance? What happens?

02:28Am I going to be OK? Is my family going to be OK?

02:30In just a few minutes, I'll sign an executive order to ensure that the United States government

02:36prioritizes the getting out of the vaccine to American citizens before sending it to other

02:43nations.

02:43They'll work with my foreign policy and national security teams

02:47because we can only beat the virus here at home.

02:49It must be beaten everywhere or it comes back to haunt us again.

02:52I think that the vaccine was our goal.

02:55That was number one because that was the way it ends.

03:00Masking, vaccinations, opening schools.

03:05These are the three key goals for my first 100 days.

03:09But we'll still have much to do in the year ahead and sadly, much difficulty as well.

03:15And within a short period of time, I think we want to get back to normal.

03:19The very standard phrase, we want to just get back to normal,

03:21get back to where we were a little more than nine months ago.

03:24We're doing incredibly.

03:26I know that out of our collective pain, we're going to find a collective purpose

03:32to control the pandemic, to save lives and to heal as a nation.

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