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The Biden administration appears to be desperate.
Biden asked state and local governments to use funds from his $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan to offer $100 payments to individuals in order to incentivize coronavirus vaccinations, The Hill reports.
The Treasury Department said, “Treasury stands ready to give technical assistance to state and local governments so that they may use the funds effectively to support increased vaccination in their communities, and Treasury will partner with the Department of Health and Human Services throughout this effort.”
Biden said at the White House, “I know that paying people to get vaccinated might sound unfair to folks that have gotten vaccinated already but here’s the deal: if incentives help us beat this virus, I believe we should use them.”
“We all benefit if we can get more people vaccinated,” Biden added.
More from The Hill:
The $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief law, which Biden signed in March, included $350 billion in funding to assist state, territorial and local governments in battling the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Treasury Department clarified in May that governments that receive funds could use them for vaccine incentive programs. Several states and private businesses have already offered vaccine incentives in the form of lotteries and free food and other goods.
The announcement represents the latest strategy by the Biden administration to incentivize vaccines amid the spread of the more contagious delta variant.
Almost 70 percent of U.S. adults have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, but vaccination rates have leveled off in recent weeks, and the percentage of people who are vaccinated in some areas of the country remains low.
TRENDING 👇 PHOTO: Biden Caught Maskless Despite New Guidelines
Photos and video footage evidence show Joe Biden is hypocritically ignoring new CDC mask guidance.
The new guidelines were announced earlier this week by Biden himself. Biden said that vaccinated people should wear masks, especially indoors around others people. Well, it didn’t take very long to see Biden clearly believes the new rules don’t apply to him.
Biden was caught mingling maskless with people who were also maskless:
Biden.
Indoors.
Surrounded by people.
MASKLESS.
5 minutes ago.
This administration is a farce https://t.co/MvXTYLxWa6— Benny (@bennyjohnson) July 28, 2021
These images were taken on Wednesday as Biden traveled to Pennsylvania to give a speech on manufacturing. Biden, who just this week announced that vaccinated people should wear masks, was caught mingling maskless with people who were also maskless.
CNBC reports: “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to recommend Tuesday that fully vaccinated people begin wearing masks indoors again in places with high Covid-19 transmission rates, according to people familiar with the matter.”
