According to CNBC, US President Joe Biden said on Friday that once we overcome the coronavirus pandemic, the United States will target another deadly disease that has been difficult to overcome: cancer.
Biden delivered a speech after visiting Pfizer's large-scale coronavirus vaccine production facility in Kalamazoo, Michigan, saying: "I want you to know that once we defeat the new coronavirus, we will do our best End cancer as we know it."
According to the US Center for Health Statistics, cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States. In 2019, nearly 600,000 people died of cancer in the United States. Researchers from the American Cancer Society estimate that there will be nearly 1.9 million new cancer cases in the United States in 2021.
Even one of Biden's son, Beau Biden (Beau Biden), died of a malignant brain tumor at the age of 46. Biden's white-haired man gave a black-haired man.
Biden said that the President's Council of Science and Technology and the Office of Science and Technology Policy of the White House will participate in the development of "advanced research on cancer and other diseases." ".
Biden said that Dr. Eric Lander, director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University (Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University), will co-lead the two offices.
As a presidential candidate, Biden once proposed to establish such an institution as part of the "Made in America" in his campaign platform. His campaign website is called Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, or ARPA-H for short.
According to reports, the then presidential candidate Biden often mentioned this proposal in private campaign fundraising events, but he rarely talked about it in public events. Biden’s forward-looking statement seems to be intended to convey the message that the United States under his leadership has strengthened its control of the epidemic.
And this time, he chose a 1,300-acre vaccine production base to convey this message. Millions of doses of Pfizer’s new coronavirus vaccine are being produced, packaged, frozen and shipped here.
Biden said, "We now see that the average number of people vaccinated every day is almost twice that of the week before I took office, reaching an average of about 1.7 million vaccinations every day." He added, "We are working hard to achieve my promise. _P1p
But Biden warned, "Despite progress, we still face the threat of a pandemic." "He pointed out that new strains of the virus are emerging, and the number of people dying from the disease in the United States due to the new crown will soon exceed the serious milestone of 500,000.
"If there is a message that needs to be communicated to everyone in this country , That is: the new crown vaccine is safe. For yourself, your family, your community and this country, please get vaccinated when it's your turn! Biden said.
Biden urges Americans to continue to take precautions for their health and safety, including washing hands, maintaining social distancing, and wearing masks. Biden said, “I know it’s very inconvenient, but you To do so is to make a promise. Everyone needs to do their part for themselves, for their loved ones, and yes, for their own country. This is a manifestation of responsibility. ”_P1p
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