Joe Biden: “United States draws closer to proclamation of independence in the face of deadly COVID-19 virus”

United States President Joe Biden assured this Sunday that your country is today “closer than ever” to declaring its independence in the face of a “deadly virus”, Allude to the coronavirus pandemic. “Today we celebrate the United States,” said the president in his speech, who staged his first massive White House activity on Independence Day, an occasion his government has taken. being considered for reuniting Americans with families after months of restrictions due to the pandemic.

“We are emerging from the darkness of a year of pandemic and isolation,” added the president, who referred to the celebration as “the day of independence and the independence of covid-19”. “This July 4th, the United States is back and has a lot to celebrate. We are stepping into a summer of joy and freedom, thanks to the millions of Americans who got vaccinated and the frontline workers who made it possible, ”he said.

This is the largest mass event of his presidency, perhaps unthinkable when he took office just over five months ago, and attended by 1,000 essential and military workers with their families.

Several thousand Americans crowded along the National Mall to watch the traditional fireworks behind the Lincoln Memorial, a 17-minute firework display that the president admired along with First Lady Jill. Meanwhile, 43.6 million people took the wheel for the traditional barbecue with their friends and family, 5% more than the previous record set in 2019. A sign of normality and success, which the president did not fail to stress even on the eve of what he again proposed as “independence day in the face of the virus”.

“More than 300 million vaccines administered, grants paid to more than 169 million Americans, more than three million jobs created in the American economy since the beginning of my mandate. We’ve come a long way, but it’s just the start, ”Biden said. A meteoric start, with what appears to be a real economic boom, fueled by the Biden administration’s stimulus policy and astronomical public spending plans: GDP revised upwards to + 7% for this year, a return to employment galloping at the rate of 850,000 positions in June alone, Wall Street continues to break records, in a country which has recovered earlier and better than the black coat of the pandemic with more than 600,000 deaths.

Still, a lot of work remains for the president, who narrowly missed his announced target of 70% of Americans receiving at least one dose of the vaccine by July 4.

It will take another 10-14 days, but in the meantime the risk of the Delta variant, the one that emerged in India, is looming and the pace of vaccinations is slowing, so much so that doctor and virology specialist Anthony Fauci warns that there could soon be two Americas. And while a recent Washington Post-ABC News poll promotes Biden’s work as president (50% vs. 42%), particularly in dealing with the pandemic (62% vs. 31%), it rejects it over two others. key issues that continue to divide. United States: the question of crime in the country (38% approves, 48% not) and immigration at the border with Mexico (33% have a positive opinion, 51% negative).

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A poll released this Sunday by the Washington Post and ABC News found that 62% of Americans rated Biden positively for his handling of the pandemic. It did not achieve the same results on topics like migration – where it was only approved for 33% – and its strategy against crime, which received only 38% support.

The survey showed that only 60% of those surveyed said they had received at least one dose and among those who had not yet been immunized, 74% felt that an injection was “unlikely” to be given. .

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that 47.3% of the population (156.9 million people) is fully vaccinated and 54.9% (182.1 million) have received the first dose. These percentages rise to 58.1% with a complete vaccination and 67% with an injection among the population over 18 years of age.

“We are facing a historic situation with this pandemic and we have the tools to counter it,” senior US government epidemiologist Anthony Fauci told NBC News on Sunday. The official called on the population to leave the “differences” and to be vaccinated to avoid “preventable” deaths.

The CDC estimates that the delta variant, first detected in India, currently accounts for 25% of new COVID-19 cases in the country, which has already surpassed 600,000 deaths from the virus.

Fauci warned that this mutation “is clearly more transmissible” and noted that it “appears to be more deadly.”

With information from Ansa and EFE

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