President Biden
Joe Biden The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Facebook – Biden delivers 100 million shots in 58 days, doses to neighbors Lawyers demand transparency in Biden migration facilities. The memorandum: America faces long war with extremism. made his first visit to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters on Friday since taking office to thank scientists and workers there for their efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
“We owe a huge debt of gratitude to you, and we will owe it for a long, long, long time,” Biden told a small group of CDC officials who were meeting in an operating room.
Biden has repeatedly focused on the respect of his administration for science and broader support for a scientific approach to the virus among the public.
The remarks were apparently a subtle jab from the former President Trump
Donald Trump advocates demand transparency in Biden migrant facilities. The memorandum: America faces long war with NYPD extremism investigating more than anti-Asian incident against teens, who has repeatedly undermined his CDC director and other top health officials by offering unproven ideas about coronavirus treatments and misleading comments about the severity of the pandemic.
“The public is grateful to you because it’s about science,” Biden said. “That’s what they understand. They understand. And we’re not going back to the old days, even if the whole government changes tomorrow. I think you’ve changed things. You’ve changed it in a way that’s going to make everyone healthier. this country … because you speak truth and science to power. “
Biden further praised the CDC for ‘changing the psyche of the country’ as it entered a second year of the pandemic.
The president’s visit to the CDC coincided with the day his administration exceeded 100 million vaccinations, reaching Biden’s stated goal for his first 100 days on his 59th day in office.
Biden has joined the CDC through Vice President Harris and agency director Rochelle WalenskyRochelle Walensky The urgency of maintaining Fauci’s COVID-19 testing in the workplace: CDC is likely to shorten distance education for schools. WATCH LIVE: Fauci, CDC Director to Testify on COVID-19. Officials presented an information session on the state of the pandemic, including the status of coronavirus variants across the country, COVID-19 testing, therapeutic development and how the virus has excessively affected minority communities.
The trip to Atlanta headquarters was a late addition to Biden’s schedule. He would originally indicate the passage of a $ 1.9 billion relief package during a drive-in rally with Harris. But the two changed their plans after a shooting near the city killed eight people, with most of the victims being Asians. The shooting came amid a larger increase in anti-Asian violence during the pandemic.