Biden receives updated COVID-19 vaccine booster
On Tuesday, President Biden received the bivalent COVID-19 vaccine booster shot and delivered remarks about the ongoing effort to combat the coronavirus.
Video Transcript
JOE BIDEN: Over the past 20 months, my administration has left no stone unturned to make life saving tools widely available and easily accessible. Now, COVID cases are down by more than 80% from when I took office. COVID deaths are down nearly 90%, and now, we're in the longest stretch since the virus emerged when our hospitals are not overrun with severely ill COVID patients.
That didn't just happen. It took a combination of incredibly effective vaccines, tests, and treatments to get us there, one of the biggest public health efforts ever undertaken in this country. But together, we did it, and let's keep doing it. Let's keep going.
This Fall, get your COVID shot and get your flu shot. It's simple. It's easy.
- Mr. President, is COVID still a national emergency?
JOE BIDEN: It's a necessity to deal with, making sure it doesn't become one.
- What's your reaction to the Saudis on oil urging you guys not to use [INAUDIBLE]?
- Sir, do you think it was a mistake for New York to withdrawal its mandate for vaccines?
JOE BIDEN: Say it again.
- Did you think it's a mistake for New York to withdraw its vaccine mandate [INAUDIBLE]?
JOE BIDEN: No, I don't think-- that's a local judgment. Thank you.
