Great job, great job, great job, Brian, all right there you go the vice president just gave a great example, along with the second lady and the surgeon general, they went ahead and said its okay to take this vaccine. Steve lets hear what shes saying again with any vaccine. You could have a pretty sore arm at the injection site, maybe redness, but if anything else happens, make sure contact a medical provider or go see medical care. Okay, great. Thank you. Thank you. Brian good, strategic move for the vice president to wear a short sleeve shirt, even though its winter Steve. Now we believe hes going to make a couple of comments well good morning, and thank you all for being here. I want to thank my wonderful wife, our second lady Karen Pence, the surgeon general and Dr Tony Fauci and members of the White House, coronavirus task force who are joining us here today. I especially want to thank the

fine medical team at Walter Reed Hospital that administered our vaccine today. I didnt feel a thing well done and we appreciate your service to the country. You know as the Christmas holiday approaches. This is always a season of hope. We gather here today at the end of a historic week to affirm to the american people. That hope is on the way and karen- and I are more than happy to step forward before this week- was up to take the safe and effective coronavirus vaccine that we have secured and produced for the american people its truly inspiring day, as the people of this country witnessed this past week under operation warp speed. The first coronavirus vaccine is literally being administered in states across the country to millions of Americans and make no mistake about it. Its a medical miracle,

the average vaccine im told by our experts, usually takes between eight and twelve years to develop and then manufacture and distribute, but were on track here in the United States to administer millions of doses to the american people in less than one year. It is a miracle indeed, and I also believe that history will record that this week was the beginning of the end of the coronavirus pandemic, but with cases rising across the country hospitalizations rising across the country, we have a ways to go and I want to assure the american people that were going to continue to make sure that our healthcare providers have all the support and resources they need to meet this moment. But vigilance and the vaccine is our way through and building confidence in the vaccine is what brings us here this morning ever since I was asked by

President Trump to lead the White House Coronavirus task force. I have been inspired by the diligence and energy of our researchers in this country. Early on the president brought some of the leading pharmaceutical companies in the world together in the cabinet room and said that we needed medicines and we needed therapeutics and we needed vaccines and we needed them in record time. I watched the historic pace with which the dedicated men and women at the FDA worked, but today, Karen and I wanted to step forward and take this vaccine to assure the american people that, while we cut red tape, we cut no corners and thanks to operation warp speed thanks to incredible research companies. Thanks to the great work at the National Institute of Health and the great and careful work of the FDA and the leadership of our president in operation Warp speed, the american people can

be confident. We have one and perhaps within hours, two safe and effective coronavirus vaccines for you and for your family and now were in the process of distributing millions of doses of a safe and effective vaccine all across the country working closely with our nations governors weve already seen the vaccine delivered to healthcare workers and seniors across the nation. This week two point: nine million doses of the Pfizer vaccine have been allocated, and next week two million more doses will be distributed across America and, as you all know, yesterday, the FDA advisory panel recommended approval of the Moderna vaccine and when it is approved, we expect later today well be in a position to ship five point: nine million doses of vaccines all across the country next week. In fact, under operation warp speed, we are poised to have vaccine for twenty million Americans

before the end of December. It is truly a medical miracle and an inspiration to people across this country, its a tribute as well to the dedication of all of those working at the federal level and the state level who have implemented this project from early on. President Trump gave the White House Coronavirus task force, one mission, and that was to save lives and in the midst of one of the most challenging years in the life of this nation. I truly do believe that, despite the heartbreak and hardship that we have endured as a nation that weve done just that working with members of the White House Coronavirus task force these last ten months. We scaled testing now were doing. Nearly two million tests a day have performed more than two hundred million coronavirus tests across America and the FDA just approved the first over the counter coronavirus

test for at home testing for the american people, working with a great team at FEMA and with the Department of Defense we identified and distributed literally billions of medical supplies to our doctors and nurses and hospitals, and well continue to ensure that all of the caregiver s in this country have the resources and the support they need to continue to meet. This moment we saw the development of therapeutics Remdesivir monoclonal antibodies, the good use of steroids and other methods that have literally saved lives across the country and, as we gather here today, and as we celebrate this week, we secured a safe and effective vaccine thats being distributed all across America. I be remiss if I didnt take this moment at the end of this challenging year, simply to say thanks to the men and women who served on the White House Coronavirus task force, you will hear from several of them in just a few moments. But let me give credit where credit

is due. I want to thank Dr Tony Fauci, Dr Deborah Birx, Dr Robert Red Field, and all the great men and women at the CDC. I want to thank Secretary Alex Azar of Hhs and the center for Medicaid and Medicare Services, and I also want to thank the great team at FEMA that has stood up the greatest national mobilization since World WAR Ii and PETE Gainer and General San Ford and all those that worked to make sure that the american people and our healthcare workers have the supplies they need made. An extraordinary difference in the life of the nation im also grateful for the steady hand and leadership of Dr Ben Carson, whose been with us every step of the way. I know I speak for every American when I say- and I speak for our president when I say thank you for your service and this year and in the days to come. The truth is the american people deserve to know that

weve never been more prepared to combat the coronavirus than we are today and even while we see cases rising and hospitalizations rising and heartbreaking losses well continue to more shall the resources that we have secured as a nation, including a safe and effective vaccine, to meet this moment with that being said, its important that every american remember that all of us have a role to play. The way through this challenging time is vigilance and a vaccine. The day will come when we put the coronavirus in the past, but it will be a combination of all the efforts that I just described, a vaccine that is safe and effective for the american people, but also the ongoing vigilance of every American. So, as we reached this extraordinary and historic moment in the life of our nation, let me urge every American to continue to do your part. Put the health of your family, your neighbors and your

community first practice: good hygiene, wash your hands practice, social distancing or wear a mask whenever its indicated or whenever youre, unable to practice distance and listen to your local authorities. As President Trump often says, we are rounding the corner. We can see the light at the end of the tunnel. It is the light of american innovation and creativity. It is the light of life, saving medicines and a safe and effective vaccine. After a year of heartbreak and hardship, the american people can be encouraged and karen- and I hope this step today will be a source of confidence and of comfort to the american people. Thanks to all the men and women who have operated under operation warp speed, we have a safe and effective vaccine and that these days of hardship and heartbreak will, in

a day not too far in the distance will be put in the past. So with gratitude for the american ingenuity of our research companies with gratitude for the incredible healthcare workers who have met this moment and continue to meet this moment in the life of the nation. With gratitude for all the officials at the federal and state level and gratitude to our president for his vision with operation, warp, speed, im, confident that we will get through this, we will get through this together and we will heal our land.