“The plan itself is well-articulated, clear and ambitious — appropriate given the challenge,” says Michelle Williams, an epidemiologist and dean of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. But, she adds, “execution is always challenging.”
At the time Biden assumed office, cases and deaths were hitting record highs and the newly launched vaccines were in short supply. To move the country past “a dark winter of this pandemic,” Biden pledged to restore public trust, vaccinate the country, minimize COVID-19 spread and reopen society — with a focus on equity — and resume America’s global leadership.
History says otherwise.