Healthcare

Biden gaffe: ‘Visit vaccines.gum’ to ‘make it easier than ever to get vaccinated’

Published

1 year ago

May 5, 2021

President Biden held a press conference to discuss the COVID-19 vaccination program in the State Dining room Wednesday, but stumbled when it came to reciting the website that’s meant to “make it easier than ever to get vaccinated.”

“Visit vaccines.gum .gov – vaccines.gum – or text to, text your zip code to 438829,” Biden said during his address.

Biden: “We’re going to make it easier than ever to get vaccinated. Visit vaccines.gum .gov — vaccines.gum — or text to, text your zip code to 438829” pic.twitter.com/fcqjncxqQn
— Mona Salama (@MonaSalama_) May 5, 2021

In an effort to encourage more Americans to get vaccinated, Biden promised that things could get “back to normal” as soon as July 4th. “But we’re not there yet,” Biden said. He then went on to stumble over the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention acronym. “That’s why I’m asking people to continue to follow the CCD guide- — CDC guidelines as we work to get more — more people vaccinated.”

“We’re also going to slip vaccines directly to pediatricians — ship them to pediatricians during the following weeks,” Biden stumbled for the third time.

Biden also announced that by July 4th, he plans to send 10% of the country’s vaccine doses to other countries in need.

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Elections

Oklahoma passes bill banning majority of abortions from ‘moment of fertilization’

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1 day ago

May 26, 2022

Sara Carter Staff

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Kevin Stitt signed a bill into law on Wednesday which bans virtually all abortions “from the moment of fertilization.”

“I promised Oklahomans that as governor I would sign every piece of pro-life legislation that came across my desk and I am proud to keep that promise today. From the moment life begins at conception is when we have a responsibility as human beings to do everything we can to protect that baby’s life and the life of the mother,” Stitt said in a statement. “That is what I believe and that is what the majority of Oklahomans believe.”

The state legislature first approved the bill, which goes into effect immediately, last week. It bans abortions from the moment of fertilization, except for in cases where rape or incest occurred, or where the mother’s life is in danger.

The law also allows for private citizens to sue doctors or those who participate in “producing an abortion for up to $10,000, mimicking the enforcement mechanism in Texas’s fetal heartbeat law” reports National Review.

Under the new law it is a felony offense to perform an abortion, “which will take effect in August unless a court challenge blocks it.”

Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed into law the most restive abortion ban in the United States. pic.twitter.com/nDjCQcG7UI

— Storme Jones (@StormeJones) May 25, 2022