Washington US President Joe Biden sees his country ready for a violent wave of omicrons. “Covid is a tough opponent. We have shown that we are tougher, ”said Biden in a speech in Washington on Tuesday. “We are ready. We’ll get through this. “
Biden also announced plans to support hospitals with more military personnel, to create more vaccination options and to expand testing capacities. For example, half a billion additional corona self-tests are to be distributed to the people in the country.
Biden again emphasized the importance of vaccination in the fight against the virus, as it protects against serious illness. Those who have been vaccinated can spend the holidays as planned, the president said.
The problem is people who do not want to be vaccinated. “Your decision not only affects you, but also other people. You put other people at risk. Your relatives, your friends, neighbors, strangers you meet, ”he said to the unvaccinated. “Your decision can make the difference between life and death.”
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The longer the virus has been around, the more likely it is that new variants will be more deadly than previous ones, Biden further emphasized. Regarding the Omicron variant, he said: “We don’t know how things will go on now.”
There are signs in South Africa that hospitalizations have been rapidly declining. But you don’t know that yet, continues Biden. According to estimates by the CDC health authority on Monday, the Omikron variant made up around three quarters of all new infections in the United States in the past week and is thus dominant.
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