'Don't wait. If you wait, you put yourself at risk,' urges Dr. Anthony Fauci

"As Dr. Fauci said, we are at a point in this pandemic where the truth is it's it's really important to gather and it's really important to spend time with family," Dr. Ashish Jha, the White House COVID-19 coordinator said. "As Dr. Biden reminded us, this is an extraordinarily important time of the year for families across America. And the good news is, we can do these things safely now. But the most important part is, be up to date on your vaccines. Get this new bivalent vaccine. Get treated if you end up getting an infection. Use testing to keep people safe. There's so many things we can do now to make sure that the things that we have missed out on the last two years, we don't have to miss out on them again. It's up to us and it's really important that we take this opportunity and do the things that are to protect ourselves and protect our families."