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Biden Says Pandemic Is Now Among Unvaccinated, Urges People to Get Shots

  • President says those who are vaccinated aren’t going to die
  • He says he expects approval soon for shots for those under 12
Joe Biden at a CNN Town Hall in Cincinnati, on July 21.Photographer: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
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President Joe Biden urged more Americans to get vaccinated, saying that the coronavirus is only raging among those who have not received their shots and that those under 12 years old will be able to get inoculated “soon.”

“We have a pandemic for those who haven’t gotten the vaccination,” Biden said Wednesday night during a CNN town hall in Cincinnati. “It’s that basic, it’s that simple,”