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What mandate does Biden want to implement?
A nationwide mask mandate
What is Biden's plan to fix the lack of personal protective equipment?
Fully use the Defense Production Act to ramp up production of masks, face shields, and other PPE so that the national supply of personal protective equipment exceeds demand
How will Biden support Child Care and remote learning?
Expand assistance to federal child care centers and schools for those facing extra costs, including continuing remote education or activities usually taking place after-school.
Who is Biden concerned with protecting?
Older Americans and others at high risks.
How does Joe Biden plan to provide timely information and medical advice?
Work with the CDC and HHS to ensure that health departments and health providers across the country give every person access to an advice line or interactive online advice.
What is Biden asking the American people to do?
“What they do best: step up in a time of crisis.”
How much is Biden planning on investing into vaccine manufacturing and distribution?
How does Biden plan to support older adults, vulnerable adults, and those with disabilities?
Ensure home and community-based services continue and that Centers for Medicare and Medicaid provide necessary waivers for those who need medication to have a sufficient supply.
What does Biden believe we should spend?
He believes we should spend whatever it takes.
What is the purpose of creating a Pandemic Testing Board?
It will create an efficient way to produce and distribute tens of millions of tests in a timely manner.
When should people be required to wear a mask?
When they are around people outside of their household.
What relationship does Biden want to immediately restore?
World Health Organization
How does Biden plan to protect healthcare workers, first responders, assisted living staff, and other frontline workers?
Providing them with high-quality and protective equipment including training on how to effectively use it, as well as directing the OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) to issue an Emergency Temporary Standard which requires health care facilities to implement disease exposure control plans.
What is one of the ways Joe Biden will ensure all Americans have access to regular, reliable, and free testing?
Invest in next-generation testing, including at home test and instant test, so we can scale up our testing capacity by orders of magnitude.
How does Biden plan on making tests more available?
Offering free testing- Biden hopes to eliminate cost barriers to allow more people to receive testing when needed.
Experts say that if 95% of Americans wear masks between now and December, we can save how many lives?
Almost 70,000 lives
What does his plan of next-generation testing include?
It will include at home tests and instant tests, so we scale up our testing capacity.
What is Biden's goal for getting COVID-19 under control?
Get the virus under control, deliver immediate relief to working families, and reopen our schools and businesses safely.
What is the purpose of creating a Pandemic Testing Board?
It will create an efficient way to produce and distribute tens of millions of tests in a timely manner.
What is Biden’s plan for those affected with COVID-19 while in the workforce?
Offering emergency paid leave- Biden desires to help workers, families, and small business affected by the crisis, however this will cause a large amount of progressive economic measures
What is Joe Biden's plan with the number of drive through test sites?
He is planning on doubling the number of drive through testing sites.
How will Biden expand food relief for hard-pressed families and children?
It will create a federal-state partnership to expand SNAP relief during the crisis, adjust policies that cut off or deny benefits to workers unable to find work during the crisis, and allow schools to submit waivers before they are impacted to make it easier to provide food when schools are closed.
How does Biden plan to fix the personal protective equipment problem?
Use the Defense Production Act to ramp up production of masks, face shields, and other PPE so that the national supply of personal protective equipment.
Why does Joe Biden think eliminating cost barriers for prevention of and care for Covid-19 will help?
The cost of preventive care, treatment, and potential vaccine could be an insurmountable economic barrier for Americans. “If we fail to remove this barrier, we will be turning our back on these Americans in a time of crisis…”
How will Biden obtain information and make decisions referencing the virus?
The creation of an Advisory Board - Biden has created a board of medical professionals to obtain information and updates regarding the virus to ensure his decisions are medically supported and accurate.