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Biden acknowledges pushback for declaring pandemic ‘over’

President Biden urged attendees at a Manhattan fundraiser for the Democratic Party on Tuesday to get their booster shots after he acknowledged taking heat for saying the pandemic is “over” in an interview with the CBS show “60 Minutes.”

Mr. Biden noted the criticism he had received for the comments, which have sparked Republican backlash over his request that Congress fork over another $22 billion in emergency pandemic relief ahead of the looming fiscal deadline.

“But it basically is not where it was,” he said before adding his plug for getting the jab.

On Sunday, Mr.