Faced with the flight of contaminations, the US president was content, yesterday, to promote vaccination and recommend the port of the mask. Medical teams of the army will also be sent in reinforcement in the States in distress.
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Mobilize, reassure and warn, despite the ambient weariness: As Christmas approach, Joe Biden again addressed the Americans about COVID-19, Tuesday, December 21. Faced with the breaking of the Omicron variant of the SARS-COV-2, the White House tries to promote vaccination with a powerful minority of skeptics and recommend the port of the mask. The wave that rises compromises any idea of return to normality, which was drawn by the use of a third dose. Joe Biden himself has been tested Monday – Negative result – after having been in contact with an Air Force One, Friday, which has been declared positive after this weekend, while he had already received the Booster.
“I know you are tired, that you are frustrated,” said Joe Biden. We all want it ends. “The president emphasized the differences with March 2020, the beginning of the pandemic, removeing the pandemic. ‘idea of an endless cycle. We are “highly protected” if you are vaccinated, “at high risk” if we are not, he stressed. “This is the only thing responsible to do”, especially to relieve hospitals. According to official estimates, the Omicron variant is already 73.2% of cases recorded between December 12 and 18, compared with 26.6% for the Delta. The number of people hospitalized increased by 14% during this period, at 69,000.
The rise of this powerful wave coincides with the holiday period, resulting in a record recording request, long neglected by the authorities. Joe Biden has defended any delay on this point. It announced that nearly 500 million free kits would be sent to the population, on simple online application, and that new test centers would be put in place. In the meantime, the millions of Americans making holidays for the holidays may turn into vectors of the Omicron variant. The experts expect a dark 2022 early.
The White House seemed short by the magnitude of the demand for tests and the rapid speed of contamination by the new variant. Many experts felt that he would become the majority than in January. Just two weeks ago, the spokesman for the White House had responded with irony to a query on the provision of tests. “We should just send to each American? Questioned Jen Psaki. And what happens once every American has a test? How much does it cost, and what happens next ? “The urgency has erased these considerations.
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