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27 Jul 2021
President Joe Biden blamed unvaccinated Americans on Tuesday for the resurgence of the coronavirus pandemic on his watch.
“We have a pandemic, because of the unvaccinated and they’re sowing enormous confusion,” he said, adding, “If those other 100 million got vaccinated, we’d be in a very different world.”
Biden commented after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Tuesday new masking recommendations for even fully vaccinated Americans as the delta variant of the coronavirus continues to spread at a rapid pace.
The president confirmed he was considering forcing all federal government employees to get vaccinated.
“That’s under consideration right now. But if you’re not vaccinated, you’re not nearly as smart as I thought you were,” Biden told reporters after delivering a speech to the intelligence community.
US tells vaccinated people in high Covid risk areas to mask again
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Wednesday Jul 28, 2021
WASHINGTON: People vaccinated against Covid-19 in high-risk parts of the United States should resume wearing masks indoors, the top health authority said Tuesday, a major reversal in guidance that underscored the country s struggle to suppress the Delta variant.
President Joe Biden said the announcement showed that America needs to do better on vaccinations, adding that a vaccine mandate for the country s more than two million federal workers was now under consideration.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Rochelle Walensky cited new data that shows rare breakthrough cases involving Delta have an increased risk of onward transmission.
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