‘Jury Is Still Out’ on Omicron Variant Exacerbating Supply Chain Crisis: Biden
President Joe Biden called himself an “optimist,” when asked Wednesday at a White House briefing if he worries that COVID-19's new omicron variant will exacerbate the supply chain crisis. “What we have seen so far” about omicron “does not guarantee”…
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a negative “outcome,” he said. His administration will know in the next several weeks “how dangerous it is, and what damage it does,” he said. “The jury is still out" about omicron causing further setbacks to the supply chain, said Biden. "I think it’s a little early to make that judgment. But am I concerned? Of course I am until we get the final answers.”