viral video Shared by X President Joe Biden claims to be telling residents in the path of Hurricane Helen to get vaccinated and prepare for natural disasters.
🚨 Biden says to prepare for Hurricane Helen by getting vaccinated pic.twitter.com/zmEXrF2Wyp
— Patriot Oasis™ (@ThePatriotOasis) September 26, 2024
Verdict: False
Biden directed Americans to get vaccinated in preparation for the 2021 hurricane season. In an email to Fact Check, a White House official denied claims that Biden’s comments were recent.
Fact check:
According to reports, Mr. Biden is scheduled to visit North Carolina and South Carolina, and 2024 Democratic candidate Vice President Kamala Harris is scheduled to visit Georgia to inspect the damage caused by Hurricane Helen. NBC News. At least 166 people died as a result of the natural disaster. guardian Reported.
The X-video, which has been viewed more than 20,000 times at the time of writing, claims Biden is telling residents in the path of Hurricane Helen to get vaccinated and prepare for natural disasters.
“Let me be clear: If you live in a hurricane-prone state like Florida, the Gulf Coast, or Texas, the key to preparing for hurricane season is to get vaccinated now. If we don’t have that, and we have a hurricane or a natural disaster, it makes everything more complicated,” Biden said in the video.
Biden has mentioned vaccinations as part of hurricane preparedness, but he has not specifically mentioned Hurricane Helen. The claim linking Biden’s comments to Hurricane Helen is made by the video’s caption. The video’s caption reads, “Biden says get vaccinated and prepare for Hurricane Helen.” (Related: Hurricane Helen’s X-video includes footage of Czech Republic flooding)
That claim is false. Biden’s comments are not recent and were originally 2021 Information Session He received from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Department of Homeland Security and the COVID-19 Response Team. The press conference focused on how the coronavirus pandemic has affected hurricane preparedness, and Biden’s comments about vaccinations begin at the 1:38 mark of the video.
a transcript Biden’s remarks, available on the White House website, also indicate that his remarks are from 2021. delta variant Due to the impact of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19), undulation About the virus at the time.
Similarly, white house or biden looks like have referred to His previous comments about vaccinations related to Hurricane Helen.
Additionally, we found “Check the facts” There are no reliable reports That suggests Biden’s comments are recent. In fact, the opposite is true. September 27th, confirm He debunked this claim and suggested that Biden made this comment in 2021.
Additionally, in an email to Check Your Fact, a White House official denied claims that Biden’s comments were recent.
“This claim is unequivocally false,” the same White House official said.
