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The Lead with Jake Tapper

Biden Announces Plan Against Omicron

The Lead with Jake Tapper

CNN

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3.51.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

President Biden rolled out a new battle plan against coronavirus as the Omicron variant becomes the dominant strain in the United States. The new initiative will make 500 million at-home tests available through the mail. President Biden further aimed to reassure vaccinated Americans saying they can still proceed with their holiday plans without fear of becoming seriously ill. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's Jim Schuh note today, two years in, and we're still talking about testing.

0:07.1

The lead starts right now.

0:09.5

COVID tests now sent to your door, the military deployed to help at hospitals and medical

0:14.9

supplies stockpile, President Biden moments ago, laying out his plan to fight Omicron.

0:22.5

Friendly fire, former President Trump booed by an audience full of his supporters, what

0:27.9

he said to spark that reaction, plus slow your roll out.

0:33.6

Air plane makers raising a major red flag about how new high-speed cell phone technology

0:38.3

could interfere with your next flight.

0:46.5

And welcome to the lead, I'm Jim Schuh note today for Jake Tapper.

0:48.8

We begin with breaking news in our health lead.

0:51.6

President Joe Biden, just moments ago, rolled out a new battle plan against COVID and

0:57.3

a warning as Omicron becomes the dominant variant in the U.S.

1:01.9

If you're not fully vaccinated, you have good reason to be concerned.

1:08.5

You're at a high risk of getting sick, and if you get sick, you're likely to spread

1:13.3

it to others, including friends and family.

1:16.5

Biden says that he is making 500 million, half a billion rapid tests free and available

1:22.3

by request by you and me, is deploying 1,000 more members of the military to help at

1:28.2

overburdened hospitals.

1:30.1

Biden is also adding some 20,000 testing locations nationwide, as well as, and this is

1:35.8

important, 10,000 new vaccine pop-up clinics staffed with help to speed up appointments.

1:43.1

All this to slow two concerning transfers, the skyrocketing number of COVID infections,

1:48.0

up 16%, just one week, and second, severe cases in hospitals, often, most often, among

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