Biden officials say US is still better off than earlier in pandemic despite new steps to fight Delta variant
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Biden administration officials on Sunday sought to message urgent steps taken last week to contain an increase in Delta variant Covid-19 cases as necessary to keep Americans safe, even as they said the country remains in a far better place than earlier in the pandemic.
"The health and economic crises have been inextricably linked, and that will continue to be the case, but I think the important part is this is not 2020 or early 2021. We are in a very different position," Brian Deese, the director of the National Economic Council, told "Fox News Sunday," adding there is "durable momentum" in the economy that can withstand pressures from the current spike in Covid-19 cases. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg framed President Joe Biden's new requirement for federal workers to attest to being vaccinated or face stringent mitigation measures as an office safety protocol. "This is a basic safety measure at a time when we see this dangerous variant spreading around our country," he told ABC News.
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