Pres. Biden is doubling down on efforts to get more Americans vaccinated despite missing his self-imposed Fourth of July deadline of having 70% of American adults vaccinated with at least one dose and 160 million people fully vaccinated.
"Our fight against this virus is not over. Right now, as I speak to you, millions of Americans are still unvaccinated and unprotected. And because of that, their communities are at risk, their friends are at risk, the people that they care about are at risk. This is an even bigger concern because of the delta variant," Biden said in remarks Tuesday afternoon.
"We're gonna put even more emphasis on getting vaccinated in your community, close to home, conveniently, at a location you're already familiar with," Biden said,"First thing we're gonna do, this includes 42,000 local pharmacies where folks with questions can talk to the pharmacists they know and already have ... dealt with."
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