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Improve the care of those who do get covid-19. in early july, i announced the deployment of surge response teams. these are teams comprised of experts from the department of health and human services, the cdc, the defense department, and the federal emergency management agency, fema, to areas in the country that need help to stem the spread of covid-19. since then, the federal government has deployed nearly 1,000 staff including doctors, nurses, paramedics in the 18 states. today i m announcing that the defense department will double the number of military help teams that they will deploy to help their fellow americans. in hospitals around the country. additionally we are increasing the availability of new medicines recommended by real doctors, not conspiracy ....
Require all employers with 100 or moy employees that together employ over 80 million workers to ensure their workforces are fully vaccinated. or show a negative test at least once a week. some of the biggest companies are already requiring this, united airlines, disney, tyson foods and even fox news. the bottom line. we re going to protect vaccinated workers from unvaccinated co-workers. we re going to reduce the spread of covid-19 by increasing the share of the workforce that is vaccinated in misses all across america. my plan will extend the vaccination requirements that i had previously issued in the health care field. already i ve announced we ll be requiring vaccinations at all nursing home workers who treat patients on medicare and ....
Unvaccinated americans who are lying in hospital beds taking their final breath saying if only i had gotten vaccinated, if edge a. it s a tragedy. please don t let it become yours. the second piece of my plan is continuing to protect the vaccinated. the vast majority of you who have gotten vaccinated, i understand your anger at those who haven t gotten vaccinated. i understand the anxiety about getting a breakthrough case, but as the science makes clear, if you re fully vaccinated, you re highly protected from severe illness, even if you get covid-19. in fact, recent data indicates there s only one confirmed positive case per 5,000 fully vaccinated americans per day. you re as safe as possible, and we re doing everything we can to ....
This mode price reduction for at-home test kits for up to 35% reduction. we ll also expand free testing at 10,000 pharmacies around the country, and we ll commit we re committing $2 billion to purchase nearly 300 million rapid tests for distribution to community health centers, food banks, schools, so that every american, no matter their income, can access free and convenient tests. this is important to everyone, particularly for a parent or a child with a child not old enough to be vaccinated. you ll be able to test them at home and test those around them. in addition, to testing, we don t we know masking helps stop the spread of covid-19. that s why when i came into ....
And it s caused by the fact that despite america having unprecedented and full vaccination program. despite the fact that for almost five months free vaccines have been able in 80,000 different locations, we still have nearly 80 million americans who have failed to get the shot, and the to make matters worse there are elected officials actively working to undermine the fight against covid-19. instead of encouraging people to get vaccinated and mask up, they are ordering mobil morgues for the unvaccinated for those dying in our communities. this is totally unacceptable. third, if you wonder how all this adds up, here s the math. the vast majority of americans are doing the right thing. nearly three-quarters of the eligible have gotten at least one shot, but one-quarter has ....