The US president, who has made pandemic management the priority of his start of the mandate, encountered resistance to the vaccine on a significant portion of the population.
At its investiture ceremony, January 20, 2021, Joe Biden had observed a minute of silence in memory of VICI victims. They were 424,000 that day, according to the counting of centers for disease control and prevention (CDC). A second later, a second prayer would be possible: the number of deaths has doubled – the 850,000 deaths have been exceeded -, while the number of Americans affected by the virus increased from $ 24.5 million to 65.2 million .
With 257 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, against 191 in France, the United States’ balance sheet is very poor. Only 49% of Americans feel that their president manages the health crisis, compared to 67% in March, according to an investigation for Yugov. “I’m not going to give up and accept things as they are now. Some call what’s going on the” new normality “. I call it an uncompleted job, launched Joe Biden on Wednesday, January 19, during a press conference. We are not there yet, but we will get there. “
The new president focused his campaign on COVID-19, attacking the management of the pandemic by his adversary Donald Trump. The latter had aroused a topriated by suggesting patients to heal himself with bleach, but he had bequeathed an armed country on the vaccinal front, with two authorized products, those of Moderna and Pfizer-Biontech. Donald Trump had pushed the lights on the subject as early as March 2, 2020, at a white house summit with the patterns of pharmaceutical groups. The success of the two vaccines, announced in the aftermath of the presidential election, had to make the epidemic an old memory, despite the deadly wave of January 2021.
Bad numbers
This is what happened during the first months of 2021, the White House amplifying logistical and financial efforts to vaccinate Americans. Thus, on July 4th, at the National Day, Joe Biden Cree Victoire: “Today we are closer than ever to declare our independence vis-à-vis a deadly virus.” Las, everything is happening Not as planned. The Delta Variant revives the epidemic during the summer, hindering the recovery of the economy. Then, it is the turn of the Omicron variant to make its irruption, contaminating the country at record speed before Christmas.
Today, 63% of Americans (209 million) received their two doses of initial vaccine and, according to CDC, 79 million received a recall dose, or 24% of the population. Bad figures compared to France, where these units amounted to 77% and 42% respectively – rates obtained in particular thanks to the centralized introduction of the sanitary pass.
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