In the space of a week, dozens of White House aides and federal officials have contracted the disease in an outbreak that appears to have touched all corners of the administration
"It’s almost impossible to isolate the president of the United States in a way that would keep him from getting sick," one pandemic expert says.Standing before a packed White House crowd this week, President Joe Biden cheerfully ticked off a series of his administration’s health care accomplishments. Among them, he said: Finally getting the coronavirus “under control.”
The outbreak has jolted a Washington establishment that’s been eager to leave Covid behind and offered an up-close reminder of the pandemic threat that still hangs over the nation and Biden’s presidency. It’s also raised fresh questions about how best to protect the 79-year-old commander in chief, who vowed this year to “get out” of the White House more often — yet faces an ever-present elevated risk of severe illness.
“Because of the strategy we executed over the past year on vaccinations, testing, treatments and more, we’re now in a new moment in this pandemic,” he said last week. Biden himself has tried to split the difference, pairing praise for his administration’s progress with urgent appeals for the need to remain wary of future threats. Both senior health officials and close political advisers have cautioned him against ever declaring the pandemic over, for fear of the damage that an ill-timed surge would inflict on both the nation’s psyche and Democrats’ chances in November.
At Thursday’s briefing, press secretary Jen Psaki faced 21 questions about Biden’s Covid protocol — eclipsing the 10 on the broader funding shortfall asked during the entire first week of April. The contrast was noted with some exasperation within the White House.
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