Tue Dec 21, 2021 – 6:49 pm EST
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – President Joe Biden had a stark message Tuesday for Americans concerned about how COVID-19 might impact them and their plans over the Christmas celebrations of the next two weeks: vaccinate or else.
Before the remarks, the White House released a list of new actions in response to the currently-spreading omicron variant of COVID, including the deployment of military medical personnel and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) teams around the country to support hospitals, preparing medical supplies and ventilators for distribution, expanding testing sites and rapid-test distribution, and ramping up vaccinations, including new “pop-up” vaccine sites and relaxed rules allowing “pharmacists and pharmacy interns to administer a wider set of vaccinations across state lines.”
“I know some Americans are wondering if you can safely celebrate the holidays with family and friends. The answer is yes you can if you and those who celebrate with you are vaccinated,” Biden said Tuesday in a White House address. But “if you’re not fully vaccinated, you have good reason to be concerned” about omicron.
“You’re at a high risk of getting sick,” he continued. “And if you get sick
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