Since then, he has repeated the ritual several times, receiving his booster shots on camera as a means of encouraging vaccine uptake.
that is intended to protect recipients from Omicron subvariants that now dominate the pandemic, as well as from the original coronavirus strain.according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention“It's incredibly effective, but the truth is, not enough people are getting it," Biden said in his prepared remarks, which he delivered while flanked by top public health officials in his administration, including Dr.
“As a country, we have a choice to make,” Biden said, referencing the months ahead, when colder weather will drive people indoors and the holiday season will see heavy travel and large gatherings. Later in the day, Jha made the same point."We know that winter is a time when viruses like COVID spread more easily," he said at a White House press briefing, also referencing the possibility of: that is, the threat of COVID-19, the influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, spreading rampantly all at once.
Jha added that with a concerted vaccination effort, “this winter can look very different than last winter, or the winter before.” Last year, the Omicron variant arrived right after Thanksgiving in the United States, causing disruptions for much of the winter. Since then, it has continued to splinter into subvariants. Although the bivalent booster (