{"id":1143625,"date":"2021-12-22T19:49:24","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T00:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1143625"},"modified":"2021-12-22T19:49:27","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T00:49:27","slug":"joe-biden-ignores-coronavirus-treatments-and-therapeutics-in-omicron-alarm-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-ignores-coronavirus-treatments-and-therapeutics-in-omicron-alarm-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Biden Ignores Coronavirus Treatments and Therapeutics in Omicron Alarm Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjoe-biden-ignores-coronavirus-treatments-and-therapeutics-in-omicron-alarm-speech%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1143625&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/biden-addresses-coronavirus-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">President Joe Biden sounded the alarm about the rise in coronavirus cases on Tuesday, but made no mention of existing or future treatments for the virus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe answer is straightforward: If you are not fully vaccinated, you have good reason to be concerned,\u201d Biden said, citing fears of the omicron variant spreading quickly through the United States.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The president repeatedly urged Americans to get vaccinated and a third booster shot to protect them from severe illness and death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me say again and again and again and again: Please get vaccinated. It\u2019s the only responsible thing to do. And those who are not vaccinated are causing hospitals to overrun \u2014 become overrun again,\u201d he pleaded.<\/p>\n<p>But Biden did not mention other therapies for the virus, including monoclonal antibodies or new antiviral pills the federal government has already purchased and are awaiting authorization by the Food and Drug Administration.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JoeBiden<\/a>: &#8220;I know vaccination requirements are unpopular\u2014\u2014\u2014for many. They&#8217;re not even popular for those who\u2014are anxious to get them. My administration has put them in place not to control your life, but to save your life\u2014\u2014and the lives of others.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qtIgXg1B6z\">pic.twitter.com\/qtIgXg1B6z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1473385318028034049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Biden administration is expected to take 4 million treatments for coronavirus at the end of January, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-12-22\/biden-team-plans-4-million-doses-of-covid-treatments-in-january\">according<\/a> to Bloomberg News.<\/p>\n<p>Approval for some of antiviral pills from Pfizer and Merck could come as soon as this week, the report noted, signaling hope for reducing coronavirus deaths in the new year, even among the unvaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear why Biden made no mention of the alternative treatments for coronavirus, instead focusing only on the vaccines.<\/p>\n<p>The president has previously touted the treatments as positive news.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden\u2019s approval rating on the Chinese coronavirus has sunk underwater after he placed vaccine mandates on mid-sized to large businesses and federal employees and contractors, according to Tuesday\u2019s Quinnipiac University poll. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZPWwnMkjma\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZPWwnMkjma<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1438283072819113984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On December 2, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2021\/12\/02\/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-covid-19-winter-plan\/\">said<\/a> in a speech the antiviral pills were \u201con the horizon that could help prevent hospitalizations and death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve secured enough supply of these pills already. And early indications are that these treatments will remain effective in the face of Omicron,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>During the same speech, Biden also promoted the existence of monoclonal antibody treatments, noting they reduced the risk of hospitalization by 70 percent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden sounded the alarm about the rise in coronavirus cases on Tuesday, but made no mention of existing or future treatments for the virus. \u201cThe answer is straightforward: &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1143625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1143625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1143625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1143625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1143625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}