AP FACT CHECK: Biden is too categorical on COVID vaccines - Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden offered an absolute guarantee Wednesday that people who get their COVID-19 vaccines are completely protected from infection, sickness and death from the coronavirus.
jobs created in his first half-year in office, misleadingly stating his administration had done more than any other president.
BIDEN: “If you’re vaccinated, you’re not going to be hospitalized, you’re not going to be in the IC unit, and you’re not going to die.†— town hall.That’s out of more than 159 million fully vaccinated Americans.
That’s not “none.†But he is correct that it is a small percentage of the more than 159 million fully vaccinated Americans.
BIDEN: “We’ve created more jobs in the first six months of our administration than any time in American history.No president, no administration, has ever created as many jobs.†— town hall.
While Biden’s administration in the first half year as president has seen more jobs created than any other president — just over 3 million in the five months tracked by jobs reports — that’s partly because the U.S.When calculated as a percentage of the workforce, job growth under President Jimmy Carter increased more quickly from February through June 1977 than the same five months this year: 2.2% for Carter, compared with 2.1% for Biden.It’s true, though, that the economy is growing rapidly — it expanded at a 6.4% annual rate in the first three months of the year — and is expected to grow this year at the fastest pace since 1984.