PRESIDENT-ELECT Joe Biden said Wednesday that the country is facing a “long hard winter” because of the coronavirus but vowed that “life is going to return to normal.”
“There’s real hope, tangible hope, so hang on,” Biden said in a pre-Thanksgiving address from Wilmington, Delaware, noting that Covid-19 vaccines will start being deployed in December.
“Then we’ll need to put in place the distribution plan to get the entire country immunized as soon as possible — which we will do. But it’s going to take time,” Biden cautioned. Until then, “we need to steel our spines and redouble our efforts” to combat the virus with social distancing, good hygiene and masks, he said.
“None of the steps we are asking people to take are political statements,” he added, repeatedly calling for unity. “We’re at war with a virus. Not one another,” Biden said.
“I’m hoping the news of the vaccine
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