"What leaders say matter, in terms of people's confidence in things they're not sure about," biden began.

He continued, "And one of those areas — you saw what happened with regard to the crisis — health crisis that we had that cost us — we lost well over a million people. And as time began to move on, you had more and more voices saying, "No, no, no. You don't need to get that shot. You don't need to be — get — you don't need to."

"We have a new strain of COVID now, and we have answers for it," Biden contended, further stating "I just would urge those in public life and both political parties or no political party to be cautious about the ac- — the sometimes inflammatory things you say about this, because people's lives are at stake."

Biden: People must be "cautious" about giving divergent opinions on Covid pic.twitter.com/bDDqfTQHK8

— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 27, 2023