President Joe Biden
November 26 at 2:46 PM ·
This morning I was briefed by my chief medical advisor, Dr. Tony Fauci, and the members of our COVID response team, about the Omicron variant, which is spreading through Southern Africa. As a precautionary measure until we have more information, I am ordering additional air travel restrictions from South Africa and seven other countries. These new restrictions will take effect on November 29. As we move forward, we will continue to be guided by what the science and my medical team advises.
For now, I have two important messages for the American people, and one for the world community.
First, for those Americans who are fully vaccinated against severe COVID illness – fortunately, for the vast majority of our adults — the best way to strengthen your protection is to get a booster shot, as soon as you are eligible. Boosters are approved for all adults over 18, six months past their vaccination and are available at 80,000 locations coast-to-coast. They are safe, free, and convenient. Get your booster shot now, so you can have this additional protection during the holiday season.
Second, for those not yet fully vaccinated: get vaccinated today. This includes both children and adults. America is leading the world in vaccinating children ages 5-11, and has been vaccinating teens for many months now – but we need more Americans in all age groups to get this life-saving protection. If you have not gotten vaccinated, or have not taken your children to get vaccinated, now is the time.
Finally, for the world community: the news about this new variant should make clearer than ever why this pandemic will not end until we have global vaccinations. The United States has already donated more vaccines to other countries than every other country combined. It is time for other countries to match America’s speed and generosity.
In addition, I call on the nations gathering next week for the World Trade Organization ministerial meeting to meet the U.S. challenge to waive intellectual property protections for COVID vaccines, so these vaccines can be manufactured globally. I endorsed this position in April; this news today reiterates the importance of moving on this quickly.
I thought biden was supposed to fix this, but today the news is more people have died of covid under biden than Trump.
Weird that Biden lifted the travel ban on African and South African nations just 20 days ago!!! AND NOW WE HAVE A 'NEW VARIANT OF CONCERN', and subsequently a new travel ban on those same nations!
The timing really makes one wonder.
We all knew that those democratic governors, and communists around the globe didn't want to let go of their "emergency pandemic powers" just yet! They have midterms to cheat in here at home!
Another weird statement about this 'New variant' from the WHO has me scratching my head.......:
WHO cautions against travel curbs over new Covid variant
The WHO has cautioned against imposing travel restrictions due to the B.1.1.529 Covid-19 variant, saying it would take weeks to understand the implications of the newly discovered strain.
So, while many countries across the globe have now re-instituted travel bans from South Africa...the World Health Organization says...."No, don't ban travel from Africa.....even though we KNOW NOTHING about how potentially deadly or transmissible this variant is." What in the actual Fuck!!??
They expect us to let Omicron infected travelers into our countries FOR WEEKS until they "can better understand the variant"........I say....FUCK THAT! Keep them in their own damn country.
Side note: Scientists have already stated that this variant is at least TWICE as transmissible as the Delta variant, and so far seems to be a lot milder. Wonder where they got that info from? It definitely wasn't the WHO!!
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