Describing the vaccine distribution process in the U.S. as a wartime work, President Joe Biden said, "Our plan will take time. Although our intention is good, we will face some obstacles in the process," reminding the public once again that mask-wearing and social distancing rules are to be followed in the process.

President Biden: "Vaccines show great hope, but their distribution in America has so far failed". He added "It's not hard to see that we are in the middle of a once-in-several-generations economic and public health crisis. Deep human suffering is in plain sight, and we have no time to waste. We have to act now."

President Biden's plan includes a national-scale vaccination program, efforts to control the Coronavirus, ensuring the safe opening of schools, establishing mass vaccination areas across the country, increasing the number of tests and contact tracing efforts, eliminating material shortages, granting paid sick leave, eliminating inequalities in the field of health. and the opening of most of the primary and secondary schools within the first 100 days of his presidency.

One of the essential points of the plan is direct emergency aid to families. It was stated that more than 10 million Americans are currently unemployed and 4 million of them were unemployed six months or more in the past year, and 1 out of 10 black workers and 1 out of every 11 Latin workers are unemployed. The statement has also remarked that an additional 140 thousand jobs were also lost in December and that 20 thousand public educators and 400 thousand restaurant employees were unemployed. It was stated that the budget to be allocated for this part of the plan would be 1 trillion dollars.

"More transparent information sharing."

Meeting with state governors, Joe Biden's administration is also starting a process where state governments will be informed more transparently about the vaccination strategy. In this regard, the estimated number of vaccines for the next three weeks will be shared with states and regions.

US Department of Health and Human Services will be sharing the number of doses allocated to each state over the three week period.

200 million more doses of vaccination will be purchased

Biden administration plans to purchase 200 million more doses of vaccination to be delivered by this summer and increase the vaccination supply of the US by 50 percent.

Accordingly, 100 million more doses of vaccines will be purchased from both Pfizer and Moderna - the two vaccines authorized for emergency use by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Under the plan, the US expects to have enough doses to vaccinate 300 million people by the end of summer.

The US ranks fifth in the world for vaccination.

The US ranks fifth in the world in terms of the number of vaccines administered in proportion to a country's population. According to Oxford University, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Britain, and Bahrain are ahead of the US.

Covid-19 Status in the US.(As of January 28^th-Worldmeter)

Total Death Toll:442,000

Total Cases:26 million

The U.S. has administered 25.6 million doses

President Biden’s National Strategy for the Covid-19 Response and  Pandemic Preparedness  https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/National-Strategy-for-the-COVID-19-Response-and-Pandemic-Preparedness.pdf

NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea made a statement on how NYPD Officers are showing innovation and determination to get the job done. “Our work to reimagine the policing New Yorkers deserve is always evolving, in line with our agency’s best traditions to reflect the needs of everyone in our city.” NYPD Commissioner said. 

Crime Rate is Increasing in NYC

Gun arrests continue to rise in the face of increased shooting violence in five boroughs. There are still significant public safety challenges with gun violence continuing to afflict New Yorkers across the city. The shootings have continued trajectory upward in November. Citywide shooting incidents through the first 11 months of 2020 surged to levels unseen in years.

That spike in street violence contrasts with the levels of overall crime remaining flat through the first 11 months of the year, or up a combined +0.6% (8,170 v. 8,120) in the 7 major felony categories amid an ongoing coronavirus outbreak that continues to strain the New York City and its police. 

When we look at the hate crime numbers, in particular, are dramatically down. Even as the pandemic a spike in coronavirus-related hate crimes against those of Asian descent,an Asian Hate Crime Task Force helped to close 16 of 24 of those reported crimes with an arrest.

Regarding the gun violence, the NYPD’s hardwork to suppress it goes on. The data to date shows that NYPD officers’ continued focus on making strong gun cases is increasingly taking hold.

Gun arrests for the month of November are up +112.3% (484 v. 228), driving a +22.2% increase in citywide gun arrests (3,793 v. 3,104) compared with the same period a year ago. 

There was a +112.5% (115 v. 51) increase in shootings citywide last month. And shootings have risen +95.8% (1,412 v. 721) through the first 11 months of 2020, compared with the same period the previous year. 

NYPD Official stated that investigators, Neighborhood Coordination and Youth officers, and every uniformed officer on patrol remain steadfast in achieving the common good all New Yorkers demand.

Homicides continue to be one of the unresolved crimes that have also risen for the month and the year. Twenty-eight people were murdered in the five boroughs, five more than were killed last November. So far, in 2020, there has been a +38.4% increase (422 v. 305) in the number of victims murdered in New York City compared to last year.