president and top covid general the increasingly political dr. anthony fauci. harris: president biden defending his travel ban on eight african countries in response to the omicron variant. let s watch. president biden: the reason for the immediate travel ban is there were significant number of cases, unlike any other country, around south africa in the world. we needed time to give people an opportunity to say get that vaccination now before it heads it will move around the world. it s almost inevitable there will be at some point that strain here in the united states. harris: i just want to hit that quickly and if we can. before we go to what everybody sees on the wall i want to go straight to joe. what is he talking about? he has taken a great deal of criticism for not sharing the unused portions, a lot of them, here in the united states we have a surplus and for places,
term and the longer term. one thing we ve seen over 48 hours, this moment of peak uncertainty in terms of what this variant will bring to the united states and make no mistake about it, you talk to white house officials, they all acknowledge it s an inevitably that it will end up in this country is in the short-term pressing for more vaccinations, pressing for boosters. nearly 60% of the country is vaccinated, fewer than 20% have gotten a booster. that is the primary short-term focus but today when the president s covid top covid advisors held a press briefing it gave a window into just how rapidly they ve shifted toward preparation for what could come with this new variant, particularly as it pertains to potential shifts in vaccines. take a listen. we believe the current vaccines provide at least some protection against this variant. and that boosters strengthen that protection significantly. in the event that additional measures are needed, we will be prepared. we re working with p
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