January 23, 2021
NDTV – Standing out in a crowd of glamorously dressed guests, Bernie Sanders showed up for the United States (US) presidential inauguration in a heavy winter jacket and patterned mittens – with an
AFP photo of the veteran leftist spawning the first viral meme of the Biden era.
The senator from the northeastern state of Vermont, beloved by supporters for his earnest and seemingly grumpy style, was seated alone at the socially distanced event on Wednesday where Joe Biden took oath as President.
Social media users quickly pounced on
AFP photographer Brendan Smialowski’s shot of a bundled-up Sanders sitting cross-legged, superimposing it on a wide variety of images.
Elbert: Health careâs tangled past Friday, January 22, 2021 6:00 AM Our health care system is tied up in knots to the point where it has not been able to respond effectively to the pandemic.
We are the only major country in the world that does not have government-sponsored health insurance. As a result, we are slowly sinking into a morass of our own making.
Infections and deaths in the United States are among the worst in the world. As of mid-January, more than 22 million U.S. residents have been infected with coronavirus and more than 400,000 have died.
Things could have been different.
Here s Biden s full-scale wartime strategy to combat Covid-19
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President Biden on Thursday unveiled his administration s national Covid-19 response plan and took additional execution actions to implement the effort, which calls for increasing coronavirus testing capacity, accelerating Covid-19 vaccinations, safely reopening schools and businesses, and more.
Inside Biden s national Covid-19 response plan
Biden s 200-page plan to combat Covid-19, called the National Strategy for the Covid-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness, encompasses a stronger federal response to the epidemic than the United States saw under former President Donald Trump s administration, the
Washington Post reports. Biden described his strategy as a full-scale wartime effort.
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden walk to the White House in Washington Jan. 20, 2021. (CNS/Reuters/Tom Brenner)
Seven years ago, when my father turned 80 years old, my siblings and I gave him a commemorative book of reproductions of the front page of The Washington Post for each year of his life. Because my dad was born on January 21, it just so happened that every four years, the front page featured the inauguration of the American president, beginning with President Franklin Roosevelt s second term in 1937. This was particularly fitting as my dad is a lover of both the democratic process and history.