more than 185 million americans are now fully vaccinated. more than 75% of eligible americans have gotten at least one shot. we made great progress on equity as well. in closing the racial, the gaps in race as well as ethnic vaccination rates. recent data shows latino americans, black americans, native americans, and asian americans have now gotten vaccinated about comparable rate as white americans. it has not happened before. our work on equity isn t done. but it is an important piece of progress. we re also starting to see less than 19 less covid-19 cases in a vast majority of communities around the country. cases are down this past month by 40%. hospitalizations are down by 25%. we re headed in the right direction if we keep our eye on the ball here. we still have a long way to go. the fact is this has been a pandemic of the unvaccinated. the unvaccinated overcrowd our
we, you know, take people s word for it. we don t dig too deep. reporter: up to 20 million americans who got pfizer are now eligible for a booster, but health officials are urging everyone else to wait their turn. there will be temptations. there s an immunological reason why it s important to wait. because you know if you allow the immune response to mature over a period of a few months, you get much more of a bang out of the shot. reporter: this new wave of booster shots does not include moderna or johnson & johnson. an fda review of those boosters is expected in the coming weeks. but the administration today putting the focus back on the unvaccinated. i want to be clear, we will not boost our way out of this pandemic. reporter: president biden calling out the 70 million eligible americans who still haven t gotten their first shot. the unvaccinated overcrowd our hospitals, overrunning emergency rooms and intensive care units, leaving no room for
one, joe. only one small part of his bizarre rambling defensive speech where an irritated joe biden attempted to blame everybody but himself for every crisis he created. he caused them all. scolding border patrol and people who won t listen to his one size fits all medicine from a guy that never went to medical school and frankly was a horrible story on top of all of it. first with covid cases spiking all around the country, 300% higher than last year, condemning every american who is not received a covid 19 vaccine, lecturing them. what about people with rare conditions, joe? what about people that just had covid and it s recommended they not get the vaccine while their antibody level is high. according to joe biden, they re destroying this country. now, more vaccine mandates are headed your way, thanks to joe, dr. joe. are causing a lot of damage. the unvaccinated overcrowd our
hospitals, overrunning emergency rooms and intensive care units. the unvaccinated also put our economy recovery at risk, causing uneasy recovery around causing unease around the kitchen table. the refusal has cost all of us. the refusal to get vaccinated costs all of us. i m moving forward to vaccination requirements wherever i can. and why, joe, are you controlling all of the monoclonal antibodies and rationing it given it s shown such great success. you heard about it a week and a half ago. federal mandates are unconstitutional and deeply unpopular especially for whatever reason, i don t know, like new york city, african-americans in new york city, a little over 30% have been vaccinated. but according to joe, he s following his science unless it interferes with his political agenda. today what is called a boost for biden s campaign to
decision of which booster shot to give, when to start the shot and who will get them is left of the scientists and doctors. that is what happened here. the bottom of booster shots in states and pharmacies, doctors offices and community health centers have been preparing to get shots in bonds, booster shots and arms for a while. the panel voters 16 to 2, they were overridden so whatever fauci and pfizer want fauci and pfizer is going to get and that extends to pressuring the 25% of adults have declined the vaccine for whatever reason. president biden thinks he can insult his way to pervasiveness and popularity. two records of the eligible have gotten at least one shot, but one quarter has not gotten any and they are causing a lot of damage. the unvaccinated overcrowd our hospitals, overrunning emergency rooms and intensive care units.