Statement by President Joe Biden on the Omicron COVID-19 Variant
This morning I was briefed by my chief medical advisor, Dr. Tony Fauci, and the members of our COVID response team, about the Omicron variant, which is spreading through Southern Africa. As a precautionary measure until we have more information, I am ordering additional air travel restrictions from South Africa and seven other countries. These new restrictions will take effect on November 29. As we move forward, we will continue to be guided by what the science and my medical team advises.
For now, I have two important messages for the American people, and one for the world community.
First, for those Americans who are fully vaccinated against severe COVID illness – fortunately, for the vast majority of our adults — the best way to strengthen your protection is to get a booster shot, as soon as you are eligible. Boosters are approved for all adults over 18, six months past their vaccination and are available at 80,000 locations coast-to-coast. They are safe, free, and convenient. Get your booster shot now, so you can have this additional protection during the holiday season.
Second, for those not yet fully vaccinated: get vaccinated today. This includes both children and adults. America is leading the world in vaccinating children ages 5-11, and has been vaccinating teens for many months now – but we need more Americans in all age groups to get this life-saving protection. If you have not gotten vaccinated, or have not taken your children to get vaccinated, now is the time.
Finally, for the world community: the news about this new variant should make clearer than ever why this pandemic will not end until we have global vaccinations. The United States has already donated more vaccines to other countries than every other country combined. It is time for other countries to match America’s speed and generosity.
In addition, I call on the nations gathering next week for the World Trade Organization ministerial meeting to meet the U.S. challenge to waive intellectual property protections for COVID vaccines, so these vaccines can be manufactured globally. I endorsed this position in April; this news today reiterates the importance of moving on this quickly.
\All three companies have commenced testing against the strain, which is projected to be up to 500 percent more transmissible than any other variant seen since the pandemic began.
⚠️My god—the new #B11259 variant being possibly ~500% more competitively infectious is the most staggering stat yet. Also, #NuVariant has more than >2x the number of bad spike mutations than Delta. Here’s an updated 🧵👇
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) November 26, 2021
Model by @JPWeiland matches up with graph by @jburnmurdoch pic.twitter.com/SFvFEbD7QO
15 comments:
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I'm sure this news makes you very happy.
That America will not be locked down again? Immensely.
ps - Perhaps they'll release the much more longER term effective Novavax "subunit" vaccine. It'll do A MUCH BETTER JOB THAN THOSE STUPID manufactured MRNa ONES.
I have Covid 19. Not sure which variant.
Well, be thankful you'll soon be gaining a PERMANENT immunity and won't have to worry about it again when you're 80 and have 3 comorbidities.
Hope you get well soon!
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If true. Though it was inevitable. Should have gotten vaccinated. Still glad you quit your job?
I heard Aaron Rodgers has covid toe. He said it's very painful. According to Minus this shouldn't have happened. The flu (to which he says covid is a type of) does't (as far as I know) affect your toes.
My pointers were to the Beamish comment. Not the Minus comment. FYI, having covid gives you permanent immunity ONLY in trumptard delusions. aka not reality.
Grow the 'f up, Dervish. You'll get to dance your round with natural Covid once your next booster wains.
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Beamish, I'm pretty sure that you have the Midterm Election (ME) Variant of Covid. Democrats will need lots of fake mail-in ballots in 2022...
Yes Derv, I'm happy I quit my job. The Great Resignation has reset the levels of incompetence to rise to across the board in some many areas there's little left to do but laugh your way to the bank.
You quitting must have RAISED the average competency level wherever it is you collected a paycheck. I'd be surprised if there aren't a lot of your coworkers who are glad you quit.
That's not a very nice thing to say. You don't even know me. I wouldn't say my quitting "brought down the structure" but show me any corporation's plan for mass resignations and I'll show you how big of fail that assumption was while you hope to get your car uncorralled out of the one way drive through before you run out of gas...
So it WAS a nice thing to say when you remarked that the average IQ went up in a room when I left? I guess that, while I don't know you, you do know me.
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