Thu Jan 20, 2022 – 4:34 pm ESTThu Jan 20, 2022 – 4:35 pm EST
WASHINGTON (LifeSiteNews) — President Joe Biden plans to have 400 million non-surgical N95 masks distributed to Americans through pharmacies and health centers.
The 400 million masks will come from the Strategic National Stockpile and represent more than half of its 750 million reserved masks.
“The administration plans to make the masks available at tens of thousands of pharmacies and health centers by early February,” Politico reported, based on conversations with administration officials.
“I know we all wish that we could finally be done with wearing masks,” Biden said on January 13. “I get it. But they’re a really important tool to stop the spread, especially of a highly transmittable Omicron variant.”
“Masking is an important tool to control the spread of COVID-19,” the president said. “And when you’re indoors in public places, you should wear the mask.”
Biden previously told Americans that he would mandate masks wherever he could, including in government buildings. He called masking a “patriotic act” that would only be needed for 100 more days to defeat COVID.
“We can save tens of thousands of lives if everyone
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