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Q    Hi, thank you for taking my questions. I think I have one for Dr. Fauci and one for Dr. Walensky. Dr. Fauci, I think that many Americans are wondering how long the booster doses will be required.

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And — and we’ll let the universities handle that process on how they’re — how they’re dealing on the ground. And, of course, in the immediate aftermath of it, he picked up the phone and called Bibi Netanyahu. And what we have seen since then, as I was speaking about before with respect to the provision and facilitation of humanitarian assistance, has been a significant difference.

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Russia is going to continue to press its attacks against Ukrainian defenses. But for the reasons that I have laid out, over time, we assess that Ukraine’s position in this conflict will improve, and we believe that Ukraine can and will win. We are also providing Ukraine with new capabilities. I’m able to confirm, as you’ve heard from others, that in February the President directed his team to provide Ukraine with a significant number of ATACMS missiles for use inside Ukraine’s sovereign territory.

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When we see violent rhetoric, we have to call that out. When we see physical intimidation or grotesque antisemitic remarks, we have to speak that out. And you saw that from the President’s statement when he — this President’s statement on Passover. He talked about action — taking action and making sure that we’re calling that out.

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Infections among the unvaccinated continue to drive this pandemic, hospitalizations, and deaths — tragically, at a time when we have vaccines that can provide incredible protection. And your first question was about Iran sanctions. The EU has moved, the UK has moved, the United States has moved, and we will continue to move. It’s something that we are dealing with on all three fronts. And you’ve heard Secretary Blinken, obviously, who’s now in Beijing, speak to our concerns with respect to the PRC and its support for Russia’s defense industrial base. And we have been vocal from this podium about both North Korea and Iran, and we’ll continue to be.

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Even in our updated data, unvaccinated people are at 14 times greater risk of dying from COVID-19 than people who are vaccinated. While the actions of the FDA and CDC represent an important step forward in our vaccination program, we are not losing sight of the goal to vaccinate all who are eligible with their primary vaccine series. Forty-seven million eligible American adults and more than twelve million teens are still not fully vaccinated and remain at highest risk of disease. And what the President wants to do is give the middle class a break. And you — you’ve seen that from his legis- — from legislation that’s been passed and trying to — and trying to make sure that we do not leave communities behind, communities have been behind — left behind for decades now. And so, that’s what we’re going to keep saying, keep calling on.

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It is an amalgam of capabilities that come together and combine with the bravery and skill of Ukraine’s fighters that’s going to make the difference in this conflict. And then, third, the United States is building up our capacity to support Ukraine. For example, we’re investing in our own domestic production of 155-millimeter artillery rounds.

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Russia has tried to grind out very slow, costly progress on multiple fronts over the past few weeks. They are threatening the town of Chasiv Yar. They are threatening settlements to the west of Avdiivka. And, of course, they’re raining hell down on Kharkiv and other cities across Ukraine. The bill will also enhance and expand humanitarian aid for those who have been impacted by instability, by conflict, by disaster all over the world, including in Haiti, in Sudan, and Somalia. And that’s because of the deep reservoir of support there is for Ukraine.

And as President, you know, as Commander-in-Chief, where he sits right now, behind that Resolute Desk, and what he understands, it’s important to speak out. And he understands that, as a leader in this country, that when we see this type of antisemitic hate, this type of antisemitic vile — vile, we have to be very clear. As it relates to the bill — the law now — there’s time. There are already American investors who are — who are willing and are interested in buying TikTok.

Moderna, a couple of weeks ago, was able to accelerate delivery — at a fair price — of doses to the African Union. That’s something that we helped facilitate, including by giving the AU — African Union — our place in line. We have plenty of doses of Moderna for boosters and primary series here in the U.S.  So we’re able to do that to facilitate Moderna getting more doses to the African Union. Seventy-one percent of adults are now fully vaccinated, up from less than one percent when the President took office. Thirty-six million Americans have already gotten the enhanced protection of a booster.

If you look at this again, the red boxes are what happens after placebo — after booster vaccination. If you look at the blue, it’s what happened after you get the third-dose booster shot — unequivocal effect of the booster. This latest CDC action underscores that booster shots are an important public health tool to strengthen our defenses against the virus. I want to take a moment and talk about the critical steps forward we took last week in our country’s vaccine booster program. I want to share with you what Friday’s regulatory action by FDA and updated recommendations from CDC means for millions of Americans. We want to make sure that there’s a divestment, that, you know, TikTok should not be owned — or Americans should not be — should not be having to worry about using a platform that is owned by — you know, by a country that’s trying to harm us.

"Look, I don't have a crystal ball to predict the future, but the President's national security adviser is General McMaster. He is a valued member of the President's team and an important part of this process," Sanders said. In addition to getting Americans their boosters, vaccination requirements are driving more and more people to get their first shot. In fact, just across Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, we got 3 million booster shots into arms — a million booster shots per day. Now, if you look at this again — I want to show it because the results in that same study are really dramatic.

Obviously, we have shown our commitment to the great people of Ukraine as it relates to defending themselves against Russia’s aggression. And we believe that we need to do everything that we can to make sure that they have what they need to fight for their democracy, to fight for their freedom. And we’ve been consistent here throughout this administration. The President has been consistent about it, obviously, since 2017, but even before that, when he saw what happened in Charlottesville. We have to call out hateful, violent rhetoric. So, we’re going to let that process play out.

For months, we’ve been working with governors, pharmacies, community health centers, and other partners to plan for this moment. Another study — now from Brazil, South Africa, and United States with cumulative data of 10,000 participants. And, again, in the two-month interim analysis, the efficacy against symptomatic disease in those who received the third dose versus the second dose was 95.6 percent. This is an Israeli study that has looked at individuals who — after their second dose compare to their third dose.

That goes to show you how closely they are following the — the U.S. Congress, because it means the difference between having them — the tools they need to put up that fight effectively and not having those tools. But I think really what this weekend showed is that, at the end of the day, despite substantial effort by a lot of parties, including the Russians, to figure out a way to not have this bill pass, it has passed.

And that’s what we’ve seen from Republicans continuing — like, when they put out their budget recently, that’s what they’re doing. We need that bipartisan border security n- — bill — or the negotiation that came together on that, and we have to move forward with it. It is important that — that communities feel safe and important that students feel safe.

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