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September 19, 2022

Biden Claims "The Pandemic Is Over" Despite 3,000+ U.S. Deaths Per Week
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On "60 Minutes," President Biden said the pandemic was over, when asked
by CBS's Scott Pelley.

Scott Pelley: "Is the pandemic over?

President Joe Biden: "The pandemic is over. We still have a problem with
COVID. We're still doing a lot of work on it. It's - but the pandemic is
over."

Many public health officials criticized Biden's comments, which come as
the White House is pushing people to receive newly reformulated COVID-19
booster shots. According to data collected by Johns Hopkins, COVID
killed 13,000 people across the U.S. over the past month as 2.2 million
new infections were reported.


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