Doocy Asks Psaki ‘What Ever Happened’ to Biden’s Promise to ‘Shut Down the Virus’
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki is being asked about President Joe Biden’s vow to “shut down” the COVID-19 pandemic in the wake of the discovery of another variant. On Wednesday, Fox News’ Peter Doocy asked, “What…
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki is being asked about President Joe Biden’s vow to “shut down” the COVID-19 pandemic in the wake of the discovery of another variant.
On Wednesday, Fox News’ Peter Doocy asked, “What ever happened to President Biden’s promise to shut down the virus?”
“We’re working on it, Peter,” Psaki responded.
Doocy asked if the administration wants Americans to “wrap their heads” around the idea that “the president instead of shutting down the virus is going to help people live amidst the virus and go about their lives, but Covid is going to be here.”
“We need approximately about 20% of the population or more people than are currently vaccinated to go get vaccinated and go get boosted. What we can do, as the federal government, is make those vaccines free, make the boosters free, make them available,” Psaki said.
She added, “But we need the American people to do more, who are not vaccinated, to help us continue to fight the virus.”
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Doocy’s comments appear to refer to a line used by Biden during the presidential campaign. In Oct. 2020, he tweeted, “I’m not going to shut down the country. I’m not going to shut down the economy. I’m going to shut down the virus.”
Earlier this year, the number of new cases of the virus reported each day decreased as vaccines became widely available.
On July 4, Biden said