Remarks by President Biden on Fighting the COVID-⁠19 Pandemic

From Biden on White House.gov (Sept. 9):

THE PRESIDENT:  Good evening, my fellow Americans.  I want to talk to you about where we are in the battle against COVID-19, the progress we’ve made, and the work we have left to do.

And it starts with understanding this: Even as the Delta variant 19 [sic] has — COVID-19 — has been hitting this country hard, we have the tools to combat the virus, if we can come together as a country and use those tools.

If we raise our vaccination rate, protect ourselves and others with masking and expanded testing, and identify people who are infected, we can and we will turn the tide on COVID-19.

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You might be confused about what is true and what is false about COVID-19.  So before I outline the new steps to fight COVID-19 that I’m going to be announcing tonight, let me give you some clear information about where we stand.

First, we have cons- — we have made considerable progress battling COVID-19.  When I became President, about 2 million Americans were fully vaccinated.  Today, over 175 million Americans have that protection.

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This is a pandemic of the unvaccinated.* And it’s caused by the fact that despite America having an unprecedented and successful vaccination program, despite the fact that for almost five months free vaccines have been available in 80,000 different locations, we still have nearly 80 million Americans who have failed to get the shot.

And to make matters worse, there are elected officials actively working to undermine the fight against COVID-19.**  Instead of encouraging people to get vaccinated and mask up^, they’re ordering mobile morgues for the unvaccinated dying from COVID in their communities.  This is totally unacceptable. [read more]

*Actually, the vaccinated with boosters even, can get the virus.   **Just because citizens question the effectiveness or safety of the “vaccines” doesn’t make them the enemy. It’s their body. It’s their life.  ^Masks don’t work. If they did the virus would have disappeared long ago.

Another article on the speech:

Biden’s Divisive COVID-19 Vaccination Plan Favors Coercion Over Persuasion