Joe Biden once again urged Americans to get vaccinated: “25% of the population hurts us a lot”

“We still have 70 million Americans who haven’t even taken a dose. And worse, we have elected officials who are working to undermine the fight against the coronavirus with false information. This is unacceptable, “President Joe Biden said on Friday morning at a press conference in which he focused on the repeated demand for the population to be vaccinated.

The President indicated that the United States is experiencing a “Unvaccinated pandemic”, a reiterated concept which it causes an unusual occupation of hospital resources, according to Biden, who remarks: “There is 25% of the population which causes us a lot of damage”.

“The crowds of the unvaccinated in our hospitals, emergency rooms and intensive care units are overflowing, leaving no room for someone with a heart attack or cancer operation to receive life-saving care, because the places where they could receive this attention are crowded, they are not available, ”he said.

In this sense, he insisted on the need for the majority of the population to be vaccinated, recalling the pain of those who have lost their loved ones who refused to be vaccinated: “Do it to save your lives and those of those around you”, remark.

Biden urged people over 65 and those with pre-existing conditions who received the second dose of Pfizer vaccine against the coronavirus more than six months ago to be inoculated with a third booster injection.

“If you got the Pfizer vaccine in January, February or March of this year and you’re over 65, go get the booster dose. Or if you have a health problem like diabetes or if you are a healthcare worker or frontline teacher you can get a free refresher now ”, said the Democrat.

“We have the tools to defeat COVID-19 if we unite as a country and use the tools we have,” he said.

The North American President pointed out that there are 65 million Americans eligible for the third booster dose. In addition, he assured that he will be vaccinated again as soon as possible.

He also asked Americans who received the vaccines from Moderna, Johnson & Johnson “Waiting Line-Up” Before Receiving Booster Dose, and predicted that there will soon be more guidance on these preparations.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Group (CDC) recommended Thursday additional doses for people of 65 years or older, the inhabitants of nursing homes and people aged 50 to 64 with underlying health conditions. The additional dose would be administered after at least six month since they received their last injection of Pfizer.

Recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices came a day after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issue an emergency permit for persons 65 years of age or over toAs well as those whose jobs put them at risk of infection, who received the vaccine from Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE have received boosters. An authorization had already been issued offering additional doses to people with weakened immune systems.

The FDA, the drug regulator, cleared a third dose of Pfizer’s vaccine on Wednesday also for adults at risk for health or particularly exposed to COVID-19.

This last group of people specially exposed consists of health workers, teachers, caregivers, supermarket workers, homeless and deprived of liberty, as detailed by the FDA.

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