WH Covid-19 adviser presses Congress to 'step up' and come together to defeat virus
White House adviser for Covid-19 response, Andy Slavitt, appeared on “The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth,” Sunday, and discussed the difficulty the Biden administration is facing in trying to get everyone in America vaccinated.
“Congress needs to step up,” said Slavitt. “I think it's shocking to many people that this isn't considered universally an emergency and that money for vaccinations, money for schools isn't, like, a 96-4 kind of vote. This is not something that should break down on party lines.”
Slavitt hopes the GOP and Democrats can work together to stop the virus that has already claimed so many lives.
“I think people around the country want to be vaccinated,” said Slavitt. “They want to see their schools open safely, and those things can't happen unless congress gets involved. This is not a solo. This is an orchestra. If you want to defeat Covid-19, it's the Boston symphony orchestra and we have to be the Boston symphony orchestra.”
Video Transcript
ANDY SLAVITT: The number one thing that keeps me up at night? Getting as many people vaccinated as possible as quickly as possible. And look, I don't know whether it helps people to feel that I'm not sleeping. But it's hard to sleep when you've got all this to do, and you've got all these things to worry about. And I think that's OK. I think there's some times when you probably should have a very difficult time sleeping.
- White House advisor for COVID-19 response, Andy Slavitt, appeared on "The Circus" Sunday, and discussed the difficulty the Biden administration is facing in trying to get everyone in America vaccinated.
ANDY SLAVITT: Congress needs to step up. I think it's shocking to many people that this isn't considered universally an emergency, and that money for vaccinations, money for schools isn't like a 96 to 4 kind of vote. This is not something that should break down on party lines.
- Slavitt hopes GOP and Democrat leaders can work together like they have in the past to stop the virus that has already claimed so many lives.
ANDY SLAVITT: I think people around the country want to be vaccinated. They want to see their schools open safely. And those things can't happen unless Congress gets involved. This is not a solo, this is an orchestra. If you want to actually defeat COVID-19, it's not Yo-Yo Ma, it's the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
