Biden Hints at Pandemic Restrictions Through ‘Early Fall,’ Says It Won’t Take ‘Two Months’

President Joe Biden signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Jan. 20, 2021. Tom Brenner/Reuters

President Joe Biden said Monday that Americans should expect to deal with the pandemic through the early fall of 2021.

“I’m going to shut down the virus, but I never said I’d do it in two months,” Biden told reporters before adding: “It’s going to take a heck of a lot of time.”