WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden signed 10 executive orders to kick start his national COVID-19 strategy, which includes ramping up vaccinations and testing, reopening schools and businesses and increasing the use of masks.
But Biden issued a stark warning to Americans even as he promised that "help is on the way." "Let me be clear: Things are going to continue to get worse before they get better," Biden said.Biden spoke Thursday amid a worsening global pandemic that has now killed more than 400,000 Americans, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. "I understand the despair and frustration of so many Americans and how they’re feeling.