The Biden administration on Tuesday urged the American public to get boosted in order to strengthen their protections against the BA.5 subvariant of Omicron. See potential bias and similarities in coverage from nytimes, WashTimes and statnews:
The Biden administration urged the American public to get COVID-19 boosters Tuesday to strengthen their protections against theDr. Ashish K. Jha, the White House’s COVID-19 response coordinator, urged Americans who have not received the first COVID-19 booster to do so immediately. The BA.5 variant hasin the country and is expected to make up 65% of all COVID-19 cases in the U.S. last week when the data comes out, according to CDC director Rochelle Walensky.
, new cases in the U.S. are up roughly 20% in the past two weeks, but remain well below Omicron's peak in early 2022.