With only 330 million Americans in existence, Biden says U.S. has vaccinated 350 million
White House quietly tries to clarify flub in transcript.
President Joe Biden on Friday made the curious claim that more Americans have been vaccinated than the number of Americans that actually exist.
At a press conference addressing the July jobs report, Biden also discussed the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.
"You know, we have, roughly, 350 million people vaccinated in the United States and billions around the world, and virtually no one has died because of that vaccinations [sic]," the president said.
The actual U.S. population is just over 330 million, meaning Biden's vaccination statistic is actually 106% of the total number of Americans in existence.
The White House in its transcript of the remarks appended a clarifying correction on them, claiming that Biden was referring to "doses administered" rather than the number of fully vaccinated individuals.