Biden Keeps Claiming His Vaccine Program ‘Led The World.’ Here’s How It Actually Measures Up.

On Thursday, President Joe Biden celebrated the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s updated guidance on the use of masks for fully vaccinated people, describing it as a “great milestone” made possible “by the extraordinary success we have had in vaccinating so many Americans so quickly.” After CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky cheered the guidelines as an “exciting and powerful moment,” Biden declared that his administration’s vaccine program has “led the world.”

“Over the past 114 days, our vaccination program has led the world and that’s due to the incredible hard work of so many people,” Biden said. “The scientists and researchers, the drug companies, the National Guard, the U.S. Military, FEMA, the nation’s governors, doctors, nurses, pharmacists. Everyone who has moved heaven and Earth to get as many shots into arms of as many Americans as possible. It’s truly been an all-hands-on-deck-for-the-country effort.”