when every adult is eligible in may, we will launch with our partners new tools to make it easier for to you find the vaccine and where to get the shot. including a new website that will help you first find the place to get vaccinated and the one nearest you. no more searching day and night to get an appointment. as we mentioned, tonight s speech on the second floor of the white house comes one year to the day since the world health organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. here at home you may recall the nba suspended its season until further notice. tom hanks announced that he and his wife, rita wilson, had tested positive. also exactly one year ago the former president spoke to the nation from the oval office. the vast majority of americans, the risk is very, very low. in the grueling 12 months since, we became the world leader in confirmed cases, now nearing 30 million. we also lead the world in deaths. well over half a million souls have been lost
guidance, and we ve got to take care of people who are earning and the covid standing in our way right now. we can get rid of this. we can get over. thank you for saying that i literally find ron johnson so undignified that i did not want to dignify his comments, but you did an excellent job. thank you for saying that. i don t like talking about the former president, believe it or not. i find he also is beneath the dignity of the presidency. that s my comment, not yourself. when he was president, he had covid. he was ultimately hospitalized with covid. apparently got very sick, much sicker than we knew. but during the time when his former chief of staff mark meadows where s in his book that he got a positive test and when he claims he got a negative test later. but during the course of that and the time he was hospitalized, he did public events. he had sessions to prepare for a debate where chris christie probably got covid. he had a giant event at the white house to celebrate gettin