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<v 0>The very day the World Health Organization identified the new variant,</v>

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I took immediate steps to restrict travel from countries in southern Africa,

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but while we have that travel restrictions can slow the speed of omicron,

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it cannot prevent it, but here's what it does. It gives us time.

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It gives us time to take more actions, to move quicker,

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to make sure people understand you have to get your vaccine.

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You have to get the shot. You have to get the,

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get the booster if you're...The sooner or later,

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we're going to see cases of this new variant here in the United States.

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We'll have to face this new threat, just as we faced those that come before it.

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This variant is a cause for concern, not a cause for panic,

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we have the best vaccine in the world, the best medicines, the best scientists,

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and we're learning more every single day.