As he highlighted his administration’s progress in the massive vaccination campaign against the coronavirus Thursday, President Joe Biden made a plea for Americans not to let their guard down despite a dwindling number of infections and hospitalizations in recent weeks.
“This is not a time to relax,’’ Biden said as he warned about the possible impact of virus variants. “We must keep washing our hands, stay socially distanced, and for God’s sake – for God’s sake – wear a mask.’’
Biden made the comments as part of a ceremony to mark 50 million vaccine doses being administered since he took office Jan. 20. He had promised 100 million shots in his first 100 days – a goal critics later decried as not ambitious enough – and the halfway point was reached on his 37th day.