president biden is facing a critical moment in his agenda. nearly half of the u.s. population is fully vaccinated against covid-19 but the pace of the vaccination is at the lowest point since january and the highly infectious delta variant is driving a new covid surge in all 50 states. virtually all covid hospitalizations and deaths are now among the unvaccinated so tonight we are here in ohio taking questions from a live audience as the president works to keep the pandemic in check and his goal of an infrastructure deal on track. it is really a critical moment for his agenda. we will take questions from some who voted for the president and some who did not vote for president biden. the president and myself and everyone here in our audience, we are all fully vaccinated so without further adieu, everyone, let s welcome the 46th president of the united states, joe biden. [ applause ] hi there, don. good to see you. how have you been? well. very well. it s good to see you.
it s good to see you. good to be back to see you. you as well. listen, i want to get to the audience. you don t want to sit down. you d rather no, i m going to go out into the audience. i have a couple of questions i want to ask you because you know the pandemic is a big concern for everyone. sure. especially around america. new cases are up three times since last month, right? the pandemic is a big concern. hospitalizations, death rising. so you said last month that this that the virus is in retreat. do you still feel that way? look, it s real simple. we have a pandemic for those who haven t gotten a vaccination. its that he basic. that simple. 10,000 people have recently died. 9,950 of them, thereabouts, are people who hadn t been vaccinated. this is simple, basic proposition. if you re vaccinated, you re not going to be hospitalized. you re not going to be in an icu unit. and you are not going to die. so it s gigantically important we all act like america
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