no reason to “panic”, “we are ready”, assures Biden

Europe 1 with AFP

Joe Biden assured Tuesday that the United States was “ready” in the face of the Omicron variant which is surging, repeating that there was no reason to “panic”, at least for vaccinated Americans. “We are no longer in March 2020. We are ready,” he added.

Joe Biden assured Tuesday that the United States was “ready” in the face of the Omicron variant which is surging, repeating that there was no reason to “panic”, at least for vaccinated Americans. “We all need to be concerned about Omicron” but “we must not panic,” the US president said, adding, “We are not in March 2020 anymore. We are ready.”

He cited “three big differences” with the start of the pandemic, first of all the vaccines, but also the abundance of personal protective equipment for caregivers having to deal with the influx of non-vaccinated people in the hospitals. hospitals, or the knowledge accumulated on this virus.

The unvaccinated have “good reason to be worried”

Joe Biden was however keen to warn those who are not fully vaccinated, saying they had “good reason to be concerned” and that it was their “patriotic duty” to get vaccinated. The Omicron variant represented 73.2% of new Covid-19 contaminations the past week in the United States.

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