Biden's First Year: Failing to 'Shut Down' the Coronavirus

President Joe Biden readies COVID remarks at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Jan. 13, 2022, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

By    |   Friday, 21 January 2022 07:17 AM EST ET

President Joe Biden squeezed his way into the White House by promising to "shut down" the coronavirus, not the country, and to take a drastically different approach than his predecessor — one that was"rooted in science."

Despite his pledges and a trio of virus vaccines and booster shots, the country saw more COVID-19 deaths in 2021 than in 2020.

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President Joe Biden squeezed his way into the White House by promising to "shut down" the coronavirus, not the country, and to take a drastically different approach than his predecessor and one that was “rooted in science.”
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