Posted on 09/07/2021 12:14:04 PM PDT by DFG
President Joe Biden on Thursday will present a six-pronged strategy intended to fight the spread of the highly contagious COVID Delta variant and increase U.S. COVID-19 vaccinations, the White House said on Tuesday.
The United States, which leads the world in COVID-19 cases and deaths, is struggling to stem a wave of infections driven by the variant even as officials try to persuade Americans who have resisted vaccination to get the shots.
Rising case loads have raised concerns as children head back to school, while also rattling investors and upending company return-to-office plans.
White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters traveling with Biden aboard Air Force One that he will lay out the six-pronged strategy 'working across the public and private sectors to help continue to get the pandemic under control.'
Asked about possible new mandates, Psaki said the White House would offer more details later about the plan and acknowledged that the federal government cannot broadly mandate that Americans get vaccinated.
'We need to continue to take more steps to make sure school districts are prepared and make sure communities across the country are prepared,' Psaki added.
On Wednesday, Biden is scheduled to meet with White House COVID-19 advisers.
The United States has recorded roughly 650,000 COVID-19 deaths and last week exceeded 40 million cases.
Reuters data shows that more than 20,800 people have died in the United States from COVID-19 in the past two weeks, up about 67 per cent from the prior two-week period.
Hospitalizations have grown, with seven U.S. states - Alaska, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Kentucky, Tennessee and Washington - reporting records this month.
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“We’re going to defeat this Delta variant just like we’re going to defeat those MAGA insurrectionists clinging to their guns and stuff. Corn Pop sent me!”
I guess the Afghanistan debacle is long over. No need to worry about that anymore.
Until they attack us again.
Trying to stretch this into next year’s election, no doubt.
Vaccine mandates for flying are coming, as well as a law allowing insurance companies to charge penalties for those not vaccinated for Covid and seasonal flu, and restore the Obamacare Individual mandate.
All polls show Americans are taking COVID seriously. As in vaccinate everyone, mask up, shut down. The country is full of turtles, and some of them reside on FR. Never thought I would see the day.
Might not do them a lot of good. I think even most Democrats are sick of Democrats.
Interesting. This will probably have to be on three different days. Joe can’t remember more than 2 things at a time.
>>Someone needs to explain t corporate America if they mandate vaccines they will be sued by anyone having adverse effects.<<
Well here’s the rub. My corporation is putting pressure on employees in a quasi-mandate, but offering testing alternative 3 times a week if we still have to go to campus to perform our duties.
We’ve not heard all the details yet, but we were told we were to show proof of vax or negative test results on Oct 4th.
Some speculate unvaxed insurance rates will rise when signing up for the new year insurance plans and possibly a Covid unvaxed surcharge...something along those lines.
Furthermore, testing kits may be free for a while, but then passed on to the employees. So, they’ll just keep turning the screws.
FU Biden. Vaccines do NOT stop covid from spreading and the CDC knows that.
This is just trying to change the narrative from your disastrous leadership of this great nation.
I also note that you STILL happily let in Afghan refugees and leave the borders open to all sorts of unvaccinated and untested people.
Until you resolve those issues your totalitarian oppression doesn’t even have rationale to stand on.
That's what political "judges" are for...
Those who refuse to vaccinate will be forced to wear a six-pointed star to mark them out as unbelievers who oppose Joe’s 6-pronged Final Solution to this existential crisis.
Medicare will make vaxx mandatory?
F*ck Biden.
Australia and New Zealand are their models.
Or potentially this Saturday.
"polls"
Never let a manufactured crisis go to waste.
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