Joe Biden said in a speech announcing the campaign to meet his Independence Day target.The White House has recruited everything from big brewers like Anheuser-Busch to small Black-owned barber shops to spearhead the effort."We're asking the American people for help," Biden said."It's going to take everyone..., so we can declare independence from Covid-19 and free ourselves from the grip it has held over our life for the better part of a year."Biden said the country is on the cusp of achieving the 70 percent goal.Currently, 63 percent of adults have received at least one shot of a coronavirus vaccine.
Twelve states have crossed 70 percent and more are expected to get there this week, Biden said.Just over half of adults have been fully.