One example the agency gives is someone who received their first two doses of a two-dose vaccine from a mass vaccination clinic, but then goes to a new provider for a booster, since it would be given many months later. This can lead to over-estimates of first doses and under-estimates of subsequent doses.” “However, linking is sometimes not possible because CDC does not receive personally identifiable information about vaccine doses. “When possible, CDC links a person’s first, second, and booster doses together,” a pop-up box on the agency’s COVID Data Tracker dashboard explains. Indeed, following reports questioning the accuracy of the agency’s numbers, the CDC has acknowledged that it may overestimate the number of first doses because of limitations in how the data is collected and reported to the agency.
population.) The number of unvaccinated adults is now down to about 33 million (assuming a total adult population of 258.3 million), according to agency statistics. 19, 73.6% of adults were fully vaccinated, a bit less than Biden claimed.
And we’re adding about 9 million more vaccinations each week.”Īccording to figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as of Jan. “We’ve gone from 90 million adults with no shots in arms last summer down to 35 million with no shots as of today. “Seventy-five percent of adults are fully vaccinated,” he said. 19 news conference in the East Room of the White House. In touting his administration’s progress on vaccinating Americans against COVID-19, Biden exaggerated one figure and framed some of the data in a way that could make it appear that he has made more headway on vaccinating the unvaccinated than he actually has.īiden takes questions from reporters during the Jan. But that increase in the tax credit expired in December.īiden’s presser was on Jan. Biden said child poverty had dropped by “nearly 40%,” citing an estimate due to an increase in the child tax credit.The bipartisan law was enacted in December 2020 and took effect this year. Biden said that “we just made surprise medical bills illegal in this country,” but he needs to share credit with the previous administration.That’s false Russia invaded Ukraine as recently as 2014. On the topic of Russia potentially sending troops into Ukraine, Biden wrongly suggested that “it hasn’t happened since World War II” that a “nuclear power” invaded another country.But overall, inflation-adjusted wages have declined while he has been in office. The president had a point that the “bottom 40%” of wage earners “got a raise,” even when accounting for inflation, which he didn’t mention.Biden claimed that “thanks to the bipartisan infrastructure bill,” workers will be “removing lead pipes” so that “every American can turn on a faucet and drink clean water.” But the new law doesn’t include nearly enough funding to remove all lead pipes in the country.
is “adding about 9 million more vaccinations each week.” That number has been around 7 million to 8 million doses, and more than half of them are booster doses.
“It won’t change things on the battlefield, but it does give energy to the political support for Ukraine.In a nearly two-hour press conference, President Joe Biden stretched the facts and left out important context on vaccinations, funding for lead pipe removal, child poverty and more. ambassador to and a fellow at the Atlantic Council. “Zelenskyy’s ability to make it personal and make it immediate and real is an intangible factor, but it has an impact,” said Daniel Fried, a former U.S. Before posing for a group photo with the other leaders on Sunday, Biden threw an arm around Zelenskyy. Fast-moving events in other parts in the world often got in the way - much as the war between Russia and Ukraine is interceding on Biden’s watch.īiden greeted the Ukrainian leader warmly. would shift its attention to a part of the world that poses both grave national security risks and enormous economic opportunity. When Barack Obama was president, he promised a “pivot to Asia” in which the U.S. officials who believe China warrants more attention. That’s a familiar and frustrating dynamic for U.S. “But there are also urgent matters in the Indo-Pacific that require attention and they don’t want those drowned out by the visit.” “Everyone recognizes that the challenge of the Ukrainians is dramatic and top of mind,” the official added.
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