The Looming Conundrum Is Still Looming
A little over a year ago, President-elect Biden said this: [A] "very dark winter" is approaching as the U.S. coronavirus case count nears 10 million. "There is a need for bold action to fight this pandemic," Biden said in Delaware. "We're still facing a very dark winter." Biden, whose campaign against President Donald Trump made the coronavirus a main focus, pledged to "spare no effort to turn this pandemic around once we're sworn in on Jan. 20." Yesterday, a little over a year later, President Biden said this : President Biden on Thursday warned of a winter of "severe illness and death" for unvaccinated Americans as coronavirus cases spike across the country. Biden, in a meeting with medical advisers and Vice President Harris to discuss the pandemic, said the country was in a better position to deal with the omicron variant of COVID-19 because of steps taken to limit travel and increase ac...