it is a priority of the administration. do you believe right now there is a crisis at the border? the answer is no. i think there is a challenge at the border that we re managing. is there a crisis at the border? at this point is this a crisis at the border? we don t have to put new labels on what we ve already conveyed is challenging. is there a challenge at the border? let s go. dana: a couple thoughts there from a communications perspective if i could. definitely think the white house is feeling the heat about the president not being as visible or taking questions. they had him go out yesterday. he is at a hardware store looking around but not answering questions. one of the questions is about the border. they pull it out. today at 12:30 p.m. when jen psaki briefs the press she will bring with her somebody that deals with border security issues because they know they need to have a better answer. if i were jen psaki i would agree i would bring someone else
america, 10% in asia and just 1.5% in africa. just the san francisco airport alone has vaccinated around 1000 passengers arriving from over 50 countries since may and the demand is growing. the shortage of vaccines and the slow vaccination rate in many cases around the world including taiwan and other parts of asia have driven a trend in vaccine tourism. the united states is making it easy by offering free vaccines to anyone in its territory without requiring red ascendancy. we have a surplus supplier making that available for others is a good thing and it really helps everyone. it helps other countries to vaccinate their population faster, it helps to reduce the barriers of international travel that currently exist and it ultimately everybody wins when we offer a programme like this. taiwanese people who prefer the two shot vaccines have walked into us pharmacies
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not enough for everybody. around 50% of us residents are fully vaccinated but rates are much lower elsewhere including around 20% in south america, 10% in asia and just 1.5% in africa. just the san francisco airport alone has vaccinated around 1000 passengers arriving from over 50 countries since may and the demand is growing. the shortage of vaccines and the slow vaccination rate in many places around the world including taiwan and other parts of asia have driven a trend in vaccine tourism. the united states is making it easy by offering free vaccines to anyone in its territory without requiring residency. we have a surplus supply and being able to make that available for others is a good thing and it really helps everyone. it helps other countries to vaccinate their population faster, it helps to reduce the barriers of international travel that currently exist and ultimately everybody wins when we offer a programme like this.