President Biden vowed that the United States would not see new lockdowns in the coming months, even as he warned about the new Delta variant of the coronavirus, which is much more transmissible than other versions of the pathogen.
President Biden speaks at the White House on Friday. “Where people have gotten the two shots, the Delta variant is highly unlikely to result in anything,” the president said in a response to a reporter’s question, which followed his remarks on the nation’s vaccination effort.
Three hundred million doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been administered, and 44.7 percent of the American population is fully vaccinated,But what worries Biden and public health officials are geographic disparities, as well as demographic ones. For example, 63.5 percent of Vermont’s entire population is vaccinated, but only 33.5 percent of Louisianans have had their coronavirus inoculations. Fourteen states had vaccinated fewer than 40 percent of their residents as of Friday morning. “The Delta variant can cause more people to die where people have not been vaccinated,” Biden said. That variant is said to be 60 percent more transmissible than the original coronavirus strain. And partial vaccination“If you have one shot, get the second shot — as soon as you can,” Biden pleaded.Although some coronavirus restrictions remain in place across the country, those areThe states now at the highest risk from the Delta variant because of their low vaccination rates are, for the most part, the ones that were the quickest to cast off such restrictions. At the same time, it is impossible to predict just how state and municipal governments will respond to the Delta strain, especially since it is they, not the federal government, that decide when to close down public spaces and businesses. Biden has set a goal of having 70 percent of American adults vaccinated by the Fourth of July weekend. The symbolic goal appears to be within his grasp, though the pace of vaccination has slowed markedly in recent weeks. And even as he cautioned about the new variant, the president vowed that “a summer of freedom” lay ahead.
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