We all want to go Back To School. We also want to go back to School Safely and make sure in addition to getting high up on the Priority List of being vaccinated we want to make sure there is robust testing. When i was home a few weeks ago with Family Members in the School System they had to insure they got their test. Proper protocols. The Biden Administration says theyre following the signs. Weve known since last summers that schools are not a place of spread for covid19. The School Systems got 65 billion last year from congress in covid relief to put in Safety Precautions to allow teachers to get Back To School. The bottom line at this point is that good teachers who want to go Back To School are being held hostage by these Teachers Unions and theyre now extorting the american taxpayer for more money claiming they dont have enough money to go Back To School when theyve been funded and we have the science again with the cdc report this week showing that this disease does not spread in
since taking office 51 days ago. and cnn just learning the president will direct all states to open vaccine eligibility to all adults by may first and that he would like to see some signs of normalcy like small gatherings by july 4th. this comes just hours after biden signed a landmark piece of legislation, a $1.9 trillion covid relief bill. i believe this is and most people i think do as well, this historic legislation is about rebuilding the backbone of this country and giving people in this nation, working people, middle class folks, people who built the country a fighting chance. biden is seizing the moment. according to cnn s new poll, 77% of americans now believe the worst is behind us. that is up nearly 30% over just the past two months. there is an undeniable sense of hope across this country after a year that the cdc says was almost certainly the deadliest year on record for the u.s.. the deadliest year on record. and tonight does mark one year to the day that th
bolster support for you with number one, more capacity to get shots in arms. more places, more vaccinateors, more times for folks to get vaccinated or get a booster shot. we ve added appointments for booster shot adding hours, getting more convenient to get a booster every day. the second thing we re doing is more testing. seeing how tough it was for some folks to get a test this weekend shows we have more work to do and we re doing it first. let s talk about how we got here. when i took office, 10 months into the pandemic and even so we had no, zero, over the counter home tests in the united states, none. and if you wanted to get one, you had to go to a clinic or drugstore to have someone give you the test and there were very few places to go. we quad umd the number of pharmacies offering free tests and more than 20,000 places where you can get tested for
single american. more vaccinateors, people to put shots in the arms and more vaccination sites. and now 52% of american adults are fully vaccinated. 75% of our seniors are fully vaccinated. the american rescue plan delivered economic benefits directly to the american people. because of that law, more than 167 million of those rescue payments of up to $1400 have gone out to individual families. recent study the census bureau data found how much these checks mattered. they drastically reduced depression according to the study, anxiety and hardship for families. more than 40% fewer families struggled to afford food, rent, utilities, car payments, student loans and healthcare
central africa. it is part of a drive by the world health organization to contain an outbreak of the disease in conflict-hit, northeast nigeria. this contributes to one of the largest synchronized campaign. a total of 190,000 vaccinateors will be going door to door and we need to sin con nynchronize campaign and so the virus has nowhere to hide and we can end polio for good in africa. stay with cnn. we ll be right back. l up sound hi, i m the internet. you ve got mail! what did you think i d look like? i m wire-y. uh, i love stuff. give me more stuff. (singing) we re no strangers to love i love that! hey, i know a bunch of people who d like that.