Joe Biden was on the podium at the White House as he launched a government website for coronavirus information, telling the nation: “We are now in a new moment in this pandemic. This does not mean that Covid-19 is over. It means that Covid-19 is no longer in control of Our life “.
“Thanks to the foundation we’ve laid, America has the tools to protect our people,” the president said, promoting the new website. covid.gov.
“The bottom line is, Americans no longer have to search the internet to find vaccines, treatments, tests or masks.”
But he quickly turned his remarks toward asking Congress for more money to continue efforts to stop the coronavirus pandemic.
“Just as we have reached a critical turning point in this fight, Congress must provide the funding America needs to continue fighting Covid-19,” he said.
“This is not partisan, this is medicine,” he added, warning that without $22.5 billion requested by his administrationthe monoclonal antibodies will begin to run out by the end of May and preventative treatments for those immunocompromised will be exhausted by the fall.
As for vaccines, he said, “If Congress fails to act, we won’t have the supply we need this fall to ensure vaccines are free and easily accessible to all Americans.”
He called politicians to act in unity, and Biden offered a somewhat rosy account of his presidency with Covid-19 spreading everywhere.
“I will remind you, I took office about 14 months ago, the pandemic was rampant, the economy was reeling, the deficit was on the rise. Most schools were closed,” he said.
We didn’t have enough vaccines. Unemployment claims were very high. And then we got down to business and provided enough vaccines for every American month ahead of schedule, effective treatments, and free and accessible home tests. More than 99% of our schools are reopening.”
However, the Biden administration’s response to the epidemic stalled in several key areas, Especially after the growth of the Omicron variant proliferation.
The event concluded with a second dose of reinforcement – Permission for Americans over 50 on Tuesday – He refused to answer questions about the situation in Ukraine, or his previous phone call with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky.
“It didn’t hurt a bit,” Biden said of the shot, apologizing if the sight of a needle entering his arm had “discouraged” anyone from taking one.
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