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President Biden confronts the COVID-19 Omicron variant, order travel restrictions

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President Joe Biden
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This afternoon, President Biden announced that he is confronting the COVID-19 Omicron variant, ordering travel restrictions and imploring Americans to get vaccinated.

According to the White House:

President Joe Biden
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.

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Jeez, what a racist. Must be nice to make white supremacy moves like this unchecked.

CNN reporters need to go back and take mandatory journalism classes—something in there about presenting all of the FACTS impartially and trusting the public to interpret them. It’s no wonder their ratings are plummeting.

Truth be told every case should be handled judicially ,politics tends to lead to riots and Burned down cities!

Here is why we are in this mess: May 2018
The Trump Administration disbands the White House pandemic response team.

July 2019
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) epidemiologist embedded in China’s disease control agency left the post, and the Trump Administration eliminated the role.

Oct. 2019
“Currently, there are insufficient funding sources designated for the federal government to use in response to a severe influenza pandemic.”

Jan. 22, 2020
“We have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China. It’s going to be just fine.”

Feb. 10, 2020
“Looks like by April, you know in theory when it gets a little warmer, it miraculously goes away.”

Feb. 24, 2020
“The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA… the Stock Market starting to look very good to me!”

Feb. 25, 2020
“CDC and my Administration are doing a GREAT job of handling Coronavirus.”

Biden is Just another example of another Democrat leader ordering you to wear a mask and they don’t wear one correctly. Just more bullcrap being shoved down our throats. Bunch of liars.

Biden has committed treason in so many ways!! If this was Pres Trump, articles of impeachment would already be filed! It’s double standards, once again!!

The DemonRATs are consistent in their corruption.

Fauci needs to retire and would not trust what he says ever! I have him captured on iPhone telling a lie about Covid from last January. He makes me sick!!

Biden want 100% of us to be vaccinated while still allowing hundreds of thousands of unvaccinated migrants to come into the country. The newest variant comes from South Africa so unless travel is stopped in and out of the USA mandating vaccines here does no good.

If only a previous president had suggested this. Hmmm, makes you think the media has double standards. Weird.

O my God limiting travel from Africa!!!
Holy Shit that is RACIST!!!

Look at the type of person you come into contact with and you will have the answer.

Limiting international travel is SO xenophobic and racist. Oh, wait – only if it was in 2020.

“We only have a couple of cases” “It will be gone by summer” “It’s a Democratic hoax.”

Like I said. “Can’t fix stupid” stupid

Like I said. “Can’t fix stupid”

The media is absolutely pathetic. They protect the cause no matter the situation now.

Lots and Lots of people are dying cause they dont social distance or wear a mask. go to the grocery store or even as early as yesterday, the black friday sales. 99 . 9% of the crownd didnt have a mask on, they are going by the MYTH, if i get the vaccine, I wont get it. The vaccine doesnt stop you from getting covid, it is suppose to make it a lighter dose. The old saying goes, You Can Fix Stupid.

The 4th wave is here. If it’s in Hong Kong then it’s well on it’s way. More like a matter of days, even hours, before it’s detected here. 32 mutations and was first detected in 4 Botswana who were all fully vaxed. Masks, social distancing, lockdowns. The resistant strain that will reshuffle the deck. No need to mention the crippling inflation coming in 2022 and beyond. Tragedy.

I haven’t heard a thing about the United States working on a shot for these variants of COVED. We now know that we don’t have a vaccine because it isn’t working, more people died this year than in all of 2020. Yet Biden said he was going to end this virus. The numbers of vaccinated people dying are increasing by the day. This will be forever like a flu shot, they can keep guessing what strain will be next, but we will probably never have a vaccine. I have not heard of one change to the shots that improve odds against the Delta or this new one out of south Africa.

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