being locked down for months. when they got triggered they went berserk cities like kenosha, seattle and portland. the rest of america was forced to watch in fear. it was a scary summer. the last thing america needs right now is another summer of love. but the signs are all pointing to that summer of 2022 is going to be a hell of a lot worse. and in some different ways. if you look at the country, many of us aren t happy. even the people who voted for this president can t sugar coat it because they are struggling, too. and they are struggling financially because of gas, groceries, and now their 401(k)s and babies are starving. our baby formula stock is almost bone dry. we have never seen anything like this in america in our lifetime. but the president didn t see this coming. because he is no mind reader. if we had been better mind readers, i guess we could have, but we moved as quickly as the problem became apparent to us. jesse: joe biden was never a top student. he was
readers, i guess we could have, but we moved as quickly as the problem became apparent to us. jesse: joe biden was never a top student. he was last in his class. and as president he is always the last to figure things out. he didn t see the afghanistan disaster coming. the jury is still out but the likelihood there s going to be the tale ban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely. a month later the talabani as he says painting the walls of the embassy. he didn t see omicron come either. the vice president said in recent day that s didn t see delta coming and you didn t see omicron coming. how did you get it wrong? [laughter] how did we get it wrong? nobody saw it coming. jesse: we had people lined up in this country who couldn t even get a covid test. it was embarrassing. not as embarrassing as joe last year saying inflation was
not just the vaccines and the boosters, but testing, using masks judiciously, and using better ventilation and gathering better ventilated spaces. what i would say to folks out there, i know it s tough right now. i know there s a prospect of another wave with omicron coming, but we now know more about how to stay safe than we ve ever known. if you re vaccinated and boosted, your risk of having a bad outcome with covid-19 is much, much lower and we will get to the end of this pandemic. we ve gone through twists and turns but we will get there and we will get there together. it is nice to hear you end that on a hopeful note. it is important for all of us to end this year on a hopeful note, even though it s sometimes pretty hard. i appreciate you coming on especially talking about the challenges that our children are having with mental health, because this pandemic. i hope you have a happy new year to. thanks, and i hope you do as well, dana, and i hope everyone out there who is liste
do, and at this case, their message is very clear. they would like anybody who s eligible to get a booster to do it, and then the president will have the starkest warning yet for the unvaccinated. he is going to be describing this in very intense terms, a very dark winter, severe illness and death for those who haven t rolled up their sleeves. so the president will continue to do that while, again, talking about some new steps, additional measures we re told for vulnerable communities. but it does come at a time when the white house is under fire, particularly for those comments from the vice president you referenced when she said we didn t see delta coming. we didn t see omicron coming. an adviser following up to say she didn t see that exact mutation coming, but we know from our own doctors, especially those on this panel and experts that they were watching for these variants and they did know that they could wreak havoc as the pandemic progressed, andrea. and dr. fauci made that v
everyone has, the choice to make, no doubt, but it is clear that everyone has the ability to make a choice to save their lives. and to prevent hospitalization. if they get vaccinated and get the booster. and so i urge people to do that. it comes against the backdrop of just about a week ago the vice president was asked in a newspaper interview to talk about these new variants. and she said we didn t see delta coming, we didn t see omicron coming, and then later had to clean up those remarks by saying she was referring to that specific mutation and arguing again that she feels the administration is prepared to tackle everything. though, of course, we know covid is going to stretch way into 2022 and that s something the president and vice president will both be working on in tandem with some of these other major priorities like voting rights, like trying to get build back better and some new form across the finish line and plenty else that she has on her plate. she s got a very full