in the past hour, joe biden has been outlining measures to tackle new coronavirus variant omicron. in a statement, president biden unveiled his action plan for the winter months as the country records its second case of 0micron. this new variant is cause for concern, but not panic. we knew there d be cases of this 0micron here in united states, and it s here. but we have the best tools, the best vaccines in the world and the best medicine and the best scientists in the world. we re going to fight this variant with science and speed, not chaos and confusion. just like we beat back covid 19 in the spring, a more powerful variant, the delta variant in the summer and fall. as a result, we enter this winter from a position of strength compared to where america was last winter. last christmas, fewer than 1% of americans adults were fully vaccinated. this christmas, that number will be 72%, including more than 86% of seniors, the most vulnerable population.