WASHINGTON (AP) — Standing in the State Dining Room on May 4, President Joe Biden laid out a lofty goal to vaccinate 70 percent of American adults by Independence Day, saying the U.S. would need to overcome “doubters” and laziness to do it. “This is your choice,” he told Americans. “It’s life and death.”
As for the ambition of his 70 percent goal, Biden added: “I’d like to get it at 100 percent, but I think realistically we can get to that place between now and July Fourth.”
He won’t.