First Lady Jill Biden visits Fort Carson, touts program for military spouses
The Fort Carson event where First Lady Jill Biden spoke Thursday wasn’t about COVID-19, but the community college educator still managed to get in a gentle nudge of encouragement for Army families to get the coronavirus vaccine.
Biden said she wished she could share lunch and conversation with military spouses, but the pandemic would cut her time short.
“As more and more Americans get vaccinated, those brighter days are not far away,” Biden said. “So make sure that you all get vaccinated so the next time we’re together we can sit down and share that meal.”
Fort Carson, Colorado’s only Army installation, began offering walk-in vaccinations to all military beneficiaries on May 3. Nationwide, just over 170,000 Army, Army National Guard and Army Reserve members were fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of May 6, according to data from the Department of Defense.
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