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Omicron 变体向美国人发表的讲话中强调了三条信息：
该变体是引起关注的原因，而不是引起恐慌的原因。
“我们拥有世界上最好的疫苗、最好的药物、最好的科学家，我们每天都在学习更多，”他周一说。 “我们将以科学和知识渊博的行动和速度来对抗这种变种，而不是混乱和混乱。”
针对 Omicron 的最佳保护措施是疫苗。
“我知道你已经厌倦了听我这么说，针对这种新变种或任何现有变种的最佳保护措施，我们已经在处理的那些，是完全接种疫苗并进行加强注射，”他说。说过。
他告诉美国人，如果你年满 18 岁并且在 6 月 1 日之前完全接种了疫苗，那么今天就去接种加强针。
他补充说：“它们是免费的，并且可以在海岸到海岸的 80,000 个地点使用。” “别等了。到时候去拿你的助推器吧。”
他还强调，5岁及以上的儿童应该接种疫苗。
如果需要更新疫苗来对抗 Omicron，美国会迅速采取行动。
科学家们目前正在竞相确定现有疫苗是否能提供足够的保护来抵御 Omicron 变体。如果他们不这样做，拜登说美国将迅速采取行动更新其疫苗供应。
“如果不太可能需要更新疫苗或加强疫苗来应对这种新变种，我们将使用所有可用工具加速它们的开发和部署，”他说。
“我们还不认为需要采取额外措施，”他补充说。 “但为了让我们做好准备，如果需要，我的团队已经在与辉瑞、Moderna 和强生公司的官员合作，在需要时制定疫苗或助推器的应急计划。”
“我还将指示 FDA 和 CDC 使用最快的流程，在不采取任何安全措施的情况下，在需要时获得此类疫苗的批准和上市。”
Biden's three messages about the new Omicron variant
President Biden underlined three messages in his address to Americans on the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus:
The variant is a cause for concern, not a cause for panic.
"We have the best vaccine in the world, the best medicines, the best scientists, and we're learning more every single day," he said Monday. "We'll fight this variant with scientific and knowledgeable actions and speed, not chaos and confusion."
The best protection against Omicron is the vaccine.
"I know you're tired of hearing me say this, the best protection against this new variant or any of the variants out there, the ones we've been dealing with already, is getting fully vaccinated and getting a booster shot," he said.
If you're 18 years or older and got fully vaccinated before June 1, go get the booster shot today, he told Americans.
"They are free and they are available at 80,000 locations coast to coast," he added. "Do not wait. Go get your booster if it's time for you to do so."
He also emphasized that children who are 5 years and older should be vaccinated.
If vaccines need to be updated to fight Omicron, the US will act fast.
Scientists are currently racing to determine if the existing vaccines provide adequate protection against the Omicron variant. In the case they don't, Biden said the US will act fast to update its vaccine supplies.
"In the event, hopefully unlikely, that updated vaccinations or boosters are needed to respond to this new variant, we will accelerate their development and deployment with every available tool," he said.
"We do not yet believe that additional measures will be needed," he added. "But so that we are prepared, if needed, my team is already working with officials at Pfizer and Moderna and Johnson & Johnson to develop contingency plans for vaccines or boosters if needed."
"I will also direct the FDA and the CDC to use the fastest process available without cutting any corners for safety to get such vaccines approved and on the market if needed."
