Biden Says There’s ‘No Federal Solution’ to COVID-19 Pandemic

President Joe Biden speaks about the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, on Dec. 21, 2021. Getty Images

President Joe Biden now says there is “no federal solution” to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“This gets solved at the state level,” Biden said at a meeting on Dec. 27 with the National Governors Association (NGA), and the White House COVID-19 response team. “It ultimately gets down to where the rubber meets the road and that’s where the patient is in need of help or preventing the need for help.”