President Biden is urging the American public not to panic about the Omicron variant of Covid-19, and says the country is much better positioned to weather a fresh wave of infections than it was in the spring of 2020.
Speaking at the White House he announced plans to surge resources to the states hardest by the new strain of the virus, pledged to create rapid testing sites in New York City before Christmas, and said his government will distribute 500 million rapid test kits free-of-charge in January.
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The President said families of the vaccinated can celebrate Christmas as planned, but of offered no guidance on travel during the holiday season even though his Chief Medical Adviser, Dr. Anthony Fauci, says Christmas will be an Omicron super-spreader event.
The President vigorously defended his proposed vaccine mandates that are still the subject of legal efforts to overturn them.
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