President biden
Joe BidenBiden will maintain a moment of silence for 500,000 COVID-19 deaths Publix offers employees who receive the COVID-19 vaccine a gift card from 5 stores Schumer says he is working to find votes to confirm Biden’s OMB choice MORE on Monday, he lamented the more than 500,000 Americans lost to the new coronavirus and called for unity in the battle against the pandemic.
In personal comments from the White House, Biden reflected on the “truly dark and moving milestone” of overcoming 500,000 deaths in the United States by COVID-19. He described his own experiences of grief and loss of loved ones in honoring those who died last year.
“As a nation, we cannot accept such a cruel fate,” said Biden. “Although we have been fighting this pandemic for so long, we have to resist becoming insensitive to sadness. We must resist seeing each life as a statistic, a blur or as news. We must do this to honor the dead, but, just as importantly, to care for the living, those left behind. “
Biden noted at the beginning of his speech that he carries a card every day that shows the number of Americans who died of COVID-19. He also referred to correspondence with Americans affected by the virus, including a man he met on a trip to Michigan last week, whose father-in-law was dying of COVID-19.
“Birthdays, anniversaries, holidays without them. And the everyday things – the little things, the little things – that you miss the most: that smell when you open the closet, that park where you pass and used to stroll inside. That cinema where you met. That breakfast that you shared together. “
The United States surpassed the grim limit of 500,000 deaths of Americans from coronavirus on Monday, about a year after the first confirmed death due to COVID-19 in the country. Almost 2.5 million people died worldwide from the virus.
Biden and first lady Jill Biden
Jill BidenJill Biden continues where he left off We knew the media would spoil Biden – here’s why it’s so much worse The Hill’s 12:30 Report: Mars rover getting ready to land MORE along with Vice President Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff
Doug EmhoffMorning report from The Hill – Lame Cruz political disaster, Cuomo Ella Emhoff makes his Fashion Week debut Kamala Harris runs stairs at Lincoln Memorial in viral clip MORE attended a candle lighting ceremony and a quiet moment at the White House to mark the lives lost after the president’s speech.
Marine Band played “Amazing Grace” while they were silent. The flags at the White House have also been reduced to personal means to mark those lost to the virus.
Biden’s approach contrasted with that of his predecessor, President Trump
Donald TrumpFormer Florida officer arrested after live broadcast from inside the U.S. Capitol during the breach, the FBI says Schumer says he is working to find votes to confirm Biden’s choice of OMB. Pence declined the invitation to attend CPAC: MORE reports, which often downplayed the threat of the virus in public comments and in practice while holding large campaign rallies and official events. When the death toll reached 100,000 last May, Trump acknowledged the “very sad milestone” in a tweet the next day.
Biden in his speech urged Americans to maintain practices of social detachment and wearing masks in order to prevent the virus from spreading at a time when cases are decreasing, but remain high across the country.
“Today I ask all Americans to remember, remember those we lost, those we left behind. But, as we all remember, I also ask that we act, remain vigilant, remain socially distant, that we will mask ourselves. Get vaccinated when it’s your turn, ”said Biden. “We must end the policy and disinformation that divided families, communities and the country and has already cost many lives. Democrats and Republicans are not dying from the virus; are our American countrymen. “
“We have to fight this together, as one people, like the United States of America. Only then will we beat the virus, ”he continued. “May this not be a story of how far we have fallen, but how far we have risen.”
The approval of coronavirus vaccines represents a major positive milestone in the country’s battle against coronavirus.
The Biden government now faces the challenge of distributing vaccines to states and ensuring that Americans are vaccinated.
A bad weather attack disrupted distribution last week, but senior White House coronavirus response consultant Andy Slavitt told reporters on Monday that the dose buildup would be delivered mid-week.
Coronavirus cases declined from their peak in January, but remain high across the country, and public health experts are asking Americans to continue practicing social detachment and wearing masks to prevent the virus from spreading.
“We continue to see trends in the right direction, but cases, hospital admissions and deaths remain at very high levels,” said the Director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Rochelle WalenskyRochelle WalenskyCalifornia will reserve 10 percent of vaccines for educators The epidemic behind the mask: Educational inequities related to COVID Conservative group launches series of ads pushing for schools to reopen MORE told reporters on Monday. She called the 500,000 milestone “a truly tragic reminder of the enormity of this pandemic.”