Biden plugs vaccine mandates on Chicago trip, says more shots key to ending pandemic
CHICAGO — Noting progress in combating a resurgence of COVID-19 and saying the nation was headed in the right direction, President Joe Biden warned the country to keep its “eye on the ball” as he touted his mandate that large employers require workers to get vaccinated or submit to weekly testing.
Speaking at a manufacturing site in Elk Grove Village, making up for a canceled trip a week ago, Biden restated his belief that “this has been a pandemic of the unvaccinated” that has overtaxed the country’s health care system and personnel who are “getting the living hell kicked out of them.”
“The unvaccinated overcrowd our hospitals, overriding emergency rooms and intensive care units. The unvaccinated patients are leaving no room for someone with
