Biden administration 'walks back' coronavirus distribution predictions

The Biden administration, after having been in office for a week, has found itself clarifying and changing positions regarding the distribution of the coronavirus vaccine.

Biden himself had said on Monday:

"I think it will be this spring. I think we’ll be able to do that this spring. But it’s going to be a logistical challenge that exceeds anything we’ve ever tried in this country, but I think we can do that."

According to Fox News, Jen Paski, the White House Press Secretary, said the Tuesday, "What the president’s goal is, is ensuring that there’s greater availability in the spring. But the fact is, every American is not going to be eligible this spring."

It is generally considered by medical experts that "herd immunity" will have been achieved in the world's human population when 70 percent is either vaccinated, or obtains the needed antibodies by having been exposed to the virus itself.

By the numbers, Biden's previously stated goal of vaccinating 100 million people in 100 days wouldn't be enough to be successful against the novel coronavirus.

Xavier Becerra, the nominee for the Secretary of Health and Human Services, had this to say in an interview:

"I believe President Biden made it very clear, the plane is in a nosedive, and we gotta pull it up. And you’re not going to do that overnight. But we're gonna pull it up, we have to pull it up. Failure's not an option here, and so we will.

"We've got to make sure we're coordinated. We can't just tell the states, 'Here's some PPE, some masks, here's some vaccines, now go do it.' No, no. When we hand them over, we stay with them and provide resources to make it happen."