Online Public Relations Thoughts

 Former Presidents Obama, Bush and Clinton have volunteered to be vaccinated publicly and on camera to prove the COVID vaccine is safe.  That's leadership and great PR.  It will tamp down rumors and false information being spread about the treatments.  It will also be a smack in the face of the White House, which has denigrated the pandemic since the beginning.  Trump can claim he acted responsibly by launching Operation Warp Speed to get a vaccine in less than a year, but his frequent remarks downplaying the disease have shown a distressful failure to take charge of safety protocols and admit the seriousness of the virus.  Already, President-elect Biden has called for a national strategy that should have been developed and launched months ago.  Biden's challenge will be to distribute the vaccine quickly and fairly to people most at risk.  That is a task almost as large as vaccine development, and it might be controversial as the public clamors for priority in getting the shots.  It will be a test of Biden's leadership and credibility.