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President Joe Biden on Public School Plans and Vaccines

Frederica Freyberg:

President Joe Biden spoke about public schools this week during his town hall appearance in Milwaukee. The president said he wants the majority of K-12 schools fully open by the end of his first 100 days in office. He also said teachers should be moved up in the hierarchy for vaccinations. And he spoke about an accelerated effort for getting all Americans vaccinated.

Joe Biden:

We came into office, there were only 50 million doses available. We have now, by the end of July we’ll have over 600 million doses, enough to vaccinate every single American.