Fact check: Data undermines Biden’s claim vaccine hesitancy is not a problem

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President Joe Biden downplayed vaccine hesitancy and a slowing shots-in-arms rate as his administration tries encouraging enough people to roll up their sleeves to create herd immunity against COVID-19. But government data runs contrary to his optimistic claim.

“The truth of the matter is, more and more and more people are getting the vaccine. I’ve never believed that there would be a large percentage of Americans who wouldn’t get the vaccine,” Biden told MSNBC in a clip of an interview to air Wednesday night.

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