Biden urges public to get vaccinated after recognizing 700,000 deaths from COVID-19

President BidenJoe Biden Progressives hit back after moderates targeted Pelosi John Kerry expresses optimism about the upcoming climate summit. Biden’s Justice Red Queen: How he destroyed both the investigation and the reputation of border officers MORE urged the public to get vaccinated on Saturday in a statement acknowledging that the United States has passed 700,000 COVID-19-related deaths.

“To heal we must remember, and as our nation mourns the painful milestone of 700,000 US deaths from COVID-19, we must not become numb to the pain,” Biden said in a statement released by the House. White Saturday afternoon.

“On this day, and every day, we remember all those we have lost due to this pandemic and we pray for their left behind loved ones who are missing a piece of their soul,” he continued. .

The United States marked the grim milestone on Friday as the nation grapples with a sustained wave of coronavirus infections fueled in large part by the highly infectious delta variant.

As of Saturday afternoon, the death toll stood at 700,757, according to a Johns Hopkins University tally.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 65% ​​of the total United States population has received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine while nearly 56% have been fully vaccinated.

Last month, Biden announced a rule through the Labor Department that businesses with more than 100 employees would be required to require weekly vaccinations or tests. The move marked the administration’s latest effort to increase the number of vaccinations in the country.

Some companies have already imposed vaccines.

The administration began giving booster doses of the Pfizer vaccine to people 65 years of age and older, as well as adults who are at a higher risk of contracting the virus due to a health or job problem. .

According to CDC data, 4.74 million people have received a booster dose. Biden publicly received his recall on Monday.

“Vaccines are safe, free and easy – and we have made extraordinary progress in our fight against COVID-19 over the past eight months thanks to vaccines,” Biden said in his statement. “Hundreds of thousands of families have been spared the unbearable loss that too many Americans have already suffered during this pandemic. “

“If you haven’t already, please get vaccinated. It can save your life and the lives of those you love. This will help us defeat COVID-19 and move forward, together, as one nation, ”he concluded.