Live: Biden Delivers Remarks on Covid Vaccines
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| Biden on Covid-19 Vaccines Update on September 24, 2021 |
Thirty
seconds is all it takes for audiences to make up their minds. Thirty
seconds on television and they’ve already made up their minds —on you. How I made up my mind about Biden
—squinty eyes, aging, monotonous vocal tones—and oh looks more like a bookkeeper than executive-in-charge. Biden can change his dress suit to maximize his
impact on the audience. Wearing a dark, powerful
suit, for example, cast a commanding presence.
His pitch tone can fluctuate more to create animated effect on his
speech to pique the audience’s interest.
His rigid posture can move around to stir up presence to viewers. He can deliver the speech better to maximize the
impact on listener’s ears.
True
leaders transform their followers into leaders themselves. So be an example for others. Show character and integrity. People do not vote anymore because of lack of
credibility and trusts towards politicians.
How you talk reveals how credible and trustworthy you are. Use poor language and you come across as shifty
and untrustworthy. In all of my readings
on political science research findings, one thing remains clear on a
leader: content of character. But
how can viewers know that within 30 seconds?
No, they only see your image.
Dress
the part to show up as a competent leader.
Maximize your dress. Groom your
hair. Know your stuff. And practice, practice, practice speaking. Master your craft so that audiences will get
an unforgettable impression.
Biden
is a strategist. A strategic leader has
these strengths:
Point of view for the future
Customer centered view of strategy
Engage my org in developing strategy
Create strategic traction in my org.
His
personality type is an analyzer. He knows his facts and stats but he can
also work on using more pathos. Utilizing personal, emotional accounts can
move your audiences to turn up surprisingly good results. Do not shy away from telling your personal
stories to make your point across.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/09/24/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-covid-19-response-and-the-vaccination-program-8/
Here
is my edited version of his speech:
187 million Americans are vaccinated
today. Americans have gone through an unprecedented
and successful vaccination program and one in which where 5 months of free vaccines
have been available in 80,000 locations.
But over 70 million Americans still need to get their first shot. And because I have an insatiable need to meet
a larger goal of improving the health of America—businesses, employees, frontline
workers, seniors, and those with health conditions like diabetes and obesity—I
laid out a 6-part plan for the fall that addresses the remainder of the
pandemic.
What viewers/people can look forward to
and take away from this is the following measures:
1.
Vaccinate the unvaccinated including this new
requirements.
2.
Keep
vaccinating to keep vaccinated protected.
3.
Keep
children safe and schools open.
4.
Increase
testing and masking.
5.
Protect
the economic and reclaim our
economy.
6.
Improve
the care for people w/Covid-19.
What steps can we take to make serious progress
on each front? I can say this much: This week has been planned. Firstly, we took notable steps to protect the
vaccinated with booster shots from top government doctors that turn out the
highest grade protection to date. How
can we attest to our confidence in this new booster shot? Our steady organizations —Food & Drugs
Administration, the FDA, Center for Disease Control Prevention, CDC —have
fulfilled their independent scientific review.
Secondly, based
on that review, majority of Americans that are fully vaccinated with Pfizer vaccines are now able to receive booster
shot 6 months after they take
in their second shot. What is the just out, new addition? Booster
shots. You’re eligible to get them (#showmanship slow down speech) 6 m-o-n-t-h-s
after you receive the second shot.
Observe that the eligible include in
addition to meeting 6 months requirement after the second shot, people
65-years-old and/or older. Also, adults
18 and over with certain underline health conditions like diabetes and obesity are
eligible. You are further qualified if
you are at increased risk of Covid-19 because of work or residences which
employs, for example, health care workers, teachers, and grocery store
workers. This group makes up 60 million
Americans that are now eligible for booster 6 months after their second. Now that is growth but look out for more. Moreover, up to 20 million who at least 6
months ago received their earlier Pfizer shots are eligible today. What a steady progress we’ve made. Take action for it.
The scientists and the doctors will pass
on the decisions to which booster shots to give, to fix the time of the shot,
and to whom. We brought considerable
booster shots. States, pharmacies, and
doctor’s offices in between health center have prepared to get shots and
arms. Like your first and second shots,
the booster shot is free and easily accessible.
Booster shots will be available in 80,000 locations including over
40,000 pharmacies nationwide. So my message
to you today is this: If you get the Pfizer
in January, February, March of this year and you’re over 65 years old, go get
the booster.
Who else can freely access booster
shots? People with medical conditions like diabetes or frontline workers such
as healthcare workers or teachers can get them free. I’ll be getting my booster shot (hard to
acknowledge I’m over 65) but I’ll be getting my booster shot. But all kidding aside, I’ll be getting my
booster shot. And so should you prepare
to get yours.
How are majority of Americans getting
vaccinated? Millions of Americans have
gotten the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines. Our doctors and scientists have worked day
and night to analyze 2 organization’s data to zero in decidedly on your booster
shot need. And we will give updates on
that process. So if you’re fully
vaccinated, you’re highly protected from severe illnesses regardless of
Covid-19. My main message for you is
this: You can be ensured of high degree
of protection.
Recent data testifies to one confirmed positive
case per 5,000 fully vaccinated Americans per day. I can assure your safety that your hope for
the morrow will avail. We’re doing
everything we can to bear up the outgrowth.
So hear me clearly. We made
incredible workings to vaccinate Americans.
So you may ask yourself, why has U.S. Covid-19-related
deaths totaled up to 700,000? I can assure you that vast majority of
Americans are on track. 3/4
of the eligible have gotten at least 1 shot.
But 1/4 tarry without. In a country which measures as large as ours,
that 25% minority can foment a lot of penalties. And they can draw down loads of tars and
feathers. The unvaccinated overcrowds
our hospitals overrunning emergency rooms and intensive care units that forsake
rooms for heart attack patients or cancer operations. The rooms thin out to a famished deficit.
The unvaccinated tether our economy to a
hazardous risk bringing about worry and concerns at home. Imagine what talks are going around this
morning — parents broaching the subject for the prospect of theirs and their
children’s morrow hoping for good things to come on the eve. But imagine a surging economy and an overflowing
job market. I’m moving forward with
vaccination requirements covering 2/3 of all workers in
America. More businesses, organizations,
and institutions oblige their own vaccinations.
I’ve had business leaders call me to thank me for closing the policy
that allows them to do the same thing. They
are able to do it themselves. We’re on our
road to increasing progress.
As a matter of fact, United Airlines has
required vaccines 7 weeks ago. 97% of
its employees have vaccinated. And just
4 weeks ago, the Department of Defense required vaccinations for the military. 92% of our active duty service members are
vaccinated. Since September, we’re on track to administer 24 million shots and
arms. So take action today.
Do not wait until it’s too late. Ask people that have been vaccinated. I’ve heard the voices of the unvaccinated lying
on hospital beds taking their final breaths crying deeply, “If only I’ve gotten
vaccinated.” If only. Imagine leaving
behind your husbands and wives, children, and people who adore them. But also imagine restoring the health of our
citizens to a wholesome well-being. Get
vaccinated. Save lives. Enjoy good health.
There’s a way for you to take a step
today. Text your zip code to
438829. Or visit vaccines.gov to find
the vaccination location near you now. Be
part of the journey that closes the gap of the 25% minority that crowds our
emergency rooms and intensive care units to free up for those that really need
it. Be proud to be part of the journey that
frees our households of worries and concerns around their health. Take part of the journey that makes
increasing progress. Ensure yours and
your neighbor’s health to safely restore our nation so our well-beings avail.
My annotated notes on his speech:
187
million Americans are vaccinated today. Americans have gone through an unprecedented
and successful vaccination program and one in which where 5 months of free vaccines
have been available in 80,000 locations.
But over 70 million Americans still need to get their first shot. And because I have an insatiable need to meet
a larger goal of improving the health of America—businesses, employees, frontline
workers, seniors, and those with health conditions like diabetes and obesity—I
laid out a 6-part plan for the fall that addresses the remainder of the
pandemic.
IF we come together as a
country and use the tools we have. [add humor; add startling fact, stats, attention grab]
Early this month, I laid out a
6-part plan for the fall that does just that.
[What they will
get] What viewers/people can look forward to
and take away from this is the following measures:
1. Vaccinate the unvaccinated including this new requirements.
2. Keep vaccinating to keep vaccinated protected.
3. Keep children safe and schools open
4. Increase testing and masking
5. Protect
the economic and reclaim our
economic recovery
6. Improve the care for people w/Covid-19.
Now What steps can we take to make serious
we made are making important
progress on each front? Aand this week is has been planned. Firstly, We took the key notable steps to protect the vaccinated with booster
shots which are from top
government doctors who that
provides turns
out the highest level of grade protection available to date. How can we attest to our confidence in this new booster shot? Secondly, our steady organizations —Food
& Drugs Administration, the FDA, Center for Disease Control Prevention, CDC
—they completed
have fulfilled their
independent scientific review. Thirdly, And based on
that review, the majority of Americans who that are fully vaccinated with
a Pfizer vaccines
are now able to receive a booster shot 6 months after they received
take in their second
shot. What is the just out, new addition? Booster shots. You’re eligible to get them (slow down
speech) 6 m-o-n-t-h-s after you receive the second shot you’re eligible. (dull
delivery –# Dramatization/
Showmanship--animate tone of voice
6 MONTHS after you RECEIVE the SECOND SHOT you A-R -E- ELIGIBLE.) [Insert Imperatives]
[Imperative]
Those eligible include, in addition to meeting requirements 6
months after the second shot, those people that are 65 years old or
older. [Insert
transition] Adults 18 and over with
certain underline health conditions like diabetes and obesity. [Continue transition]
And those who are at increased risk of Covid-19 because of where
they work or where they live like health care workers, teachers, grocery store
workers. That group makes up 60 million
Americans who are now eligible for a booster 6 months after their second
shot. [Add
transition] And up to 20 million who received their earlier Pfizer
shots at least 6 months ago are eligible today.
[Add comment]
So
those folks are eligible now. And I made
clear all along— the [insert verb] decision
to which booster shot to give, when [make
parallel w/first prepositional phrase] to start the shot, and who will get them is left to the scientists
and the doctors. That’s what happened here. While
we waited and prepared, we brought enough booster shots and states and
pharmacy, doctor’s offices in between the health centers have been
preparing [change from present perfect progressive to
present participle] to get shots and arms for a while. And like your first and second shots, the
booster shot is free and easily accessible.
Booster shots will be available in 80,000 locations including over
40,000 pharmacies nationwide. So, my message today is this: if you got the Pfizer vaccine in January,
February, March of this year and you’re over 65 years of age, go get the
booster.
[Ask
question] Or if you have a medical condition like diabetes
or you’re a frontline worker like a healthcare worker or a teacher, you
can get a free booster now. I’ll be
getting my booster shot (hard to acknowledge I’m over 65) but I’ll be getting
my booster shot. But all kidding aside, I’ll
be getting my booster shot. I’m not sure exactly when I’m going to do it
as soon as I can get it done. [add short comment]
[Ask Why/How questions.] Of
course, millions of Americans have gotten the Moderna and Johnson &
Johnson vaccines. My message for you is
this: you still have a high degree of
protection. Our doctors and scientists are
working [change from present progressive to present
perfect] day and night to analyze the data from those 2 organizations on
whether and when you [condense down to fewer
words] need the booster shot. And
we’ll provide updates for you as the process moves ahead. Again, the bottom line is if you’re
fully vaccinated, you’re highly protected from severe illness even if you get
Covid-19. [Move 2nd
sentence point to the end of the paragraph.]
In fact, recent data
indicates [strong verb] there’s only 1
confirmed positive case per 5,000 fully vaccinated Americans per day. [insert phrasing] You’re
safe as possible. [link 2 sentences into 1]
You’re in good shape [change wording to poetic
rhetoric]. We’re doing everything
we can to keep it that way which is where the booster comes in. So let me be clear. Yes, we made incredible process
[change word] in vaccinating Americans with over 182 million people being
fully vaccinated today. But this is a
pandemic of the unvaccinated. And is
caused by the fact that despite Americans having unprecedented and successful
vaccination program, despite the fact that almost after 5 months, free vaccines
have been available in 80,000 locations.
we still have over 70 million Americans who fail to get a single
shot. And to make matters worse, there
are elected officials actively working to undermine the false information the
fight against Covid-19. This is totally
unacceptable.
[Insert powerful
question to startle the audience.]
The vast majority of Americans are doing the right thing. 3/4 of the eligible have
gotten at least 1 shot. But 1/4
has not gotten any [replace w/active verb]. The country is as large as ours, that’s 25% minority
to cause awful [insert parallel verb] lot
of damage [replace noun]. And they are causing [replace present prefect w/active verb] a lot [insert a visual image] of damage. The unvaccinated overcrowd our hospitals—overrunning
emergency rooms and intensive care units leaving no [replace present participle to active verb] room
w/someone w/a heart attack or cancer operation needed to get the lifesaving
care b/c the places where they get that care are crowded. They are not available [replace w/rich, visual
image].
The unvaccinated also put [insert visual verb] our economy at risk causing
unease in the economy and causing unease around the kitchen table [insert different phrasing]. I can imagine what’s going around conversations
this morning —a lot of parents wondering what’s gonna happen
[insert different verb and descriptive noun] Those who’s been vaccinated. What’s gonna happen. [Outline the benefits.]
Potentially slowing economic growth. Costing jobs.
The refusal has cost all of us.
[turn negative to positive images of the future]
I’m moving forward w/vaccination requirements wherever I can. These requirements will [link 2 sentences into 1] cover [change to present verb] 2/3
of all workers in America. And I’m
pleased to see more businesses and organizations, institutions [insert new verb] w/their own vaccination requirement.
I’ve had business leaders call me and [prepositional
phrase than conjuctive] thank me for shutting [subtler verb] the policy that allow them to do the
same thing. They are able to do it anyway
but it gives them the ability to move forward. We’re [insert preposition
& noun] making [insert adj] progress.
For example, [insert transitional phrase] United Airlines which
require [shift to present participle] vaccines about
7 weeks ago. Now has 97% of employees
vaccinated [shift from past tense to present participle]. Just 4 weeks ago, the Department of Defense required
vaccinations for the military. And
already 92% are active duty service members [linking
verb] vaccinated. And [move to beginning of sentence] we’re on track to
administer 24 million shots and arms since September. So please, do the right thing. [change to short
message.]
And I understand there’s a lot of
misunderstanding that’s been fed out there.
Try to look through it. Get the
people you trust. The people that
have been vaccinated. Ask them. So get vaccinated. Don’t just take it from me. [insert subject + present
participle] Listen to the voices of the unvaccinated who are
[change adj. clause to present] lying in the
hospital beds taking their final breaths saying literally [replace verb + adverb] and we’ve seen it on
television, “If only I’ve gotten vaccinated.” If only.
If only. [Insert imperative] Leaving behind husband and wives, small
children, people who adore them—people are dying and will die have to die. IT is not a hyperbole suggested; it’s
literally a tragedy. Please don’t let
this become your tragedy. [Insert positive imagery.] Get vaccinated. It can save your life
and save the lives of those around you. [Insert short form =
Trios.]
[Clear signal for Concluding. Transitional Phrases —“I leave you with this,”
“This is what I have found,” “But there’s another way,”
Text your zip code to
438829. Or visit vaccines.gov to find
the vaccination location near you now. [Call listeners to
action —leading to large personal & societal benefits. i.e. If we could reduce the usage of paper
towels, one paper towel per person per day, 571,230,000 pounds of paper would
not be used.] To (action) so that (outcome) Be part of the journey that closes the gap of the 25% minority that crowds
our emergency rooms and intensive care units to free up for those that really
need it. [Inspire Listener’s to Action 2X] We also made so much progress during the past 8 months in the pandemic and
now we face a critical moment. We have
the tools, we have the plan, we just have to finish the job together as one
nation. And I know we can. I know we can. God bless you all and please look out for
your interest and health here. [Catch Phrase—Short, Action-centric, Rhythmic state in beginning, middle, end; “People don’t buy what you do; they buy why
you do it,” “Start
with why,” “Seize the day,”“It was the best of times, it was the worst
of times,” Symploce: anaphora & epistrophe Repeat words or phrases @ beginning as well
as repeat words/phrases @ end of successive clauses. Traductio: repeat
same word in different parts of the sentence.] Get vaccinated. May God protect our troops.
187 million people Americans
are vaccinated today. But this is a
pandemic of the unvaccinated. Despite
the Americans having unprecedented and successful vaccination program. Despite the fact that almost 5 months free
vaccines have been available in 80,000 locations, [magnify
success; minimize setbacks] we
still have over 70 million Americans who have
failed to get a single shot.
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