White House Says the Administration is "Prepared for the Fall" When it Comes to Combatting COVID
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Monday that the administration is "prepared for the Fall" when it comes to dealing with a rise in COVID-19 infections.
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00:00 What I can say is that we are prepared for the fall.
00:03 We believe that we're prepared for the fall.
00:04 We believe that we are in a better position
00:07 than we've ever been to combat COVID-19.
00:09 And that's because of the work that the President has done.
00:12 You heard from FDA. You heard from CDC --
00:15 pardon me -- who have said that there's going to be a new vaccine
00:17 that's going to be available mid-September.
00:21 And, look, because of the work that this administration
00:23 has done with the leadership of this President,
00:26 we have been able to put together a comprehensive way
00:29 to deal with this pandemic, to deal with COVID-19.
00:32 And we have put forth multiple tools to do that.
00:34 And the vaccine, clearly, is one of that.
00:36 When it comes to informing the American people
00:39 about these vaccines, about the different tools
00:41 that this President and this administration has put forward,
00:44 we have really put informing Americans as a priority.
00:49 And so we'll continue to do that.
00:51 We know that COVID-19 vaccinations
00:55 are the safest to protect --
00:56 to protection for avoiding hospitalization,
00:58 long-term health outcomes, and death.
01:00 And that is why we are going to continue to encourage Americans
01:04 to stay up-to-date on their vaccines.
01:06 We believe we are in the strongest position yet --
01:09 in the strongest position yet -- to deal with COVID-19,
01:11 as I've said multiple times at this point.
01:14 And, you know, anything that we might see in the fall
01:22 or in the winter.
01:23 And that's because safe and updated vaccines
01:26 that will be available in mid-September.
01:28 Widely available at-home COVID tests, right?
01:30 I talked about the different tools
01:32 that this administration has been able to put forward.
01:35 Widely available effective treatments,
01:37 which can reduce the risk of severe illness,
01:39 hospitalizations, and death.
01:41 And we are also going to encourage --
01:43 we are going to encourage Americans
01:44 to get their updated COVID-19 vaccine,
01:47 in addition to their annual flu shot --
01:49 let's not forget, that is important for Americans to get --
01:52 and an RSV immunization for people over 60 and for infants.
01:57 That is something that we're going to continue
01:59 to make very clear to Americans across the country.
02:03 As it relates to any uptick, nationally,
02:05 while the CDC is reporting an increase in infections
02:08 and hospital admissions overall remains low.
02:13 But again, we believe that we are in a good position,
02:16 in the strongest position that we have been
02:19 in the past three years or so,
02:21 to deal with COVID-19.