covid-19. it s time for others to step up. employers have more power today to end this pandemic than they have ever had before. my message is simple. do the right thing for your employees, consumers, and your businesses. let s remember, the key tool to keeping our economy going strong is to get people vaccinated and at work. i know that i ll have your back they should know i ll have their back as i have the back of the states trying to do the right thing as well. for example, yesterday i instructed the federal emergency management agency, fema, to extend full reimbursement through the end of the year to stake developments state deployments of national guard in support of covid-19 response. nearly 18,000 national guard members are supporting our response nationwide, from caring
employers have more power than they ever have had before to end this end. my message is simple. do the right thing for your consumers and businesses and employees. the key tool to keeping our economy going strong is to get people vaccinated and at work. i know that i ll have your back they should know i ll have their back and i have the back of the states trying to do the right thing as well. yesterday i ininstructed fema to extend full reimbursement through the end of the year to state developments state deployments of national guard in support of covid-19 response. nearly 18,000 national guard members are supporting our response nationwide. from caring for patients to administering vaccines to running testing sites to
full day in office. importantly, this maintains 100% federal reimbursement for state deployments of national guard personnel for critical covid-19 missions. president biden committed to the american people that he would do everything in his power to end this pandemic. and from his first day in office, the president has marshaled a wartime effort to do exactly that. we have been preparing for every scenario, including the potential need for vaccine booster shots. our approach on booster shots is simple and it s consistent with our approach on every other front of this war. be guided by the science and always, always stay one step ahead of the virus. now let me turn it to dr. murthy to discuss our booster plans and
full day in office. importantly this maintains 100% federal reimbursement for state deployments of national guard personnel. president biden committed to the american people that he would do everything in his power to end this pandemic. from his first day in office, the president has marshalled a war time effort to do exactly that. we have been preparing for every scenario including the potential need for vaccine booster shots. our approach for booster shots is simple and it is consistent with the approach on every other front. guided by the science, and always stay one step ahead of the virus. now let me turn to dr. murphy to discuss our booster plans and