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Biden Falsely Says There Was No COVID-19 Vaccine When He Entered White House

© REUTERS / JONATHAN ERNSTU.S. President Joe Biden speaks to members of the media as he departs for travel to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S., February 16, 2021.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to members of the media as he departs for travel to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S., February 16, 2021. - Sputnik International, 1920, 17.02.2021
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The 78-year-old received his first shot of Pfizer vaccine on December 21 - just a day after he was inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States. On January 11, Biden received the second dose of the vaccine.

US President Joe Biden falsely claimed on Tuesday there was no vaccine against COVID-19 when his administration assumed office.

Speaking at CNN Town Hall, Biden said: “When you and I talked last, we talked about – it’s one thing to have the vaccine, which we didn’t have when we came into office, but a vaccinator – how do you get the vaccine into someone’s arm?”.

The US president received his first dose of a coronavirus vaccine produced by Pfizer on December 21. A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel approved Pfizer's vaccine for Americans on December 11. Prior to that, the FDA published a draft report acknowledging that the vaccine may cause more than 20 side effects, including seizures, strokes, heart attacks, meningitis, and others.

The US president also expressed uncertainty whether COVID-19 vaccines available at the moment will be effective enough against certain strains of the virus. US scientists earlier expressed concerns about the efficiency of the existing vaccines when fighting new COVID-19 strains that have popped up recently, such as the UK and South African variants of coronavirus.

Concerning the vaccine rollout, the president said that every American who wants to get vaccinated will be able to get a shot by the end of July this year. “If you can get a vaccination, get it whenever you can get it, regardless of the other strains that are out there”, he added.

Biden said that citizens of color should be prioritized in having access to the vaccine, since, according to him, they have been inoculated at a much lower percentage than white Americans. Teachers also fall into the prioritized category, he said: “I think that we should be vaccinating teachers; we should move them up the hierarchy as well”.

On entering office on January 20, Biden had promised to administer 100 million COVID-19 vaccines by his 100th day in office. As of Thursday, nearly 40 million Americans had received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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