Jill Biden encourages more people to get vaccinated during stop in Grand Rapids
First Lady Jill Biden touched down at Gerald Ford International Airport late Thursday morning, en route to Grand Rapids Community College to highlight the Biden administrationâs partnerships with pharmacies and community colleges to make it easier for people to get vaccinated.
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. â First Lady Jill Biden touched down at Gerald Ford International Airport late Thursday morning, en route to Grand Rapids Community College to highlight the Biden administrationâs partnerships with pharmacies and community colleges to make it easier for people to get vaccinated.
WATCH: First Lady Jill Biden visits COVID-19 vaccine clinic at GRCC
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. â First Lady Jill Biden is visiting a COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Grand Rapids Community College on Thursday morning.
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First Lady Dr. Jill Biden arrives in Grand Rapids ahead of vaccination clinic visit
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First lady Jill Biden arrives at Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids, Mich., and is greeted by Rep. Peter Meijer, R-Mich., Thursday, May 27, 2021, en route to the vaccination clinic at Grand Rapids Community College. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, Pool)
Posted at 11:57 AM, May 27, 2021
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(WXYZ) â First Lady Dr. Jill Biden arrived in Grand Rapids on Thursday morning ahead of a visit to a COVID-19 vaccination clinic in the west side of the state on Thursday.
Biden was greeted by Republican Rep. Peter Meijer at the airport.
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May 27, 2021
Federal and state leaders have said for a year that a vaccine would be the road out of the pandemic. As Michigan’s vaccination rate sputters short of its goals, First Lady Jill Biden visited to help jumpstart the efforts.
Biden visited a pop-up vaccination clinic at Grand Rapids Community College Thursday. The First Lady spoke with those on hand to get their shots and push for more Americans to get their vaccines and move the country closer to the 70% vaccination rate goal set by her husband, President Joe Biden.
“Families are returning to work and to school,” said Biden, “Businesses are reopening and we’re getting back to the things that that we missed for so long.”