Comedy is also back, with “The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah as headliner.
WASHINGTON — The annual White House press corps gala returned Saturday night along with the roasting of Washington, the journalists who cover it and the man at the helm: President Joe Biden.
“I’m really excited to be here tonight with the only group of Americans with a lower approval rating than I have,” Biden said. Comedy was back with “The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah as the headliner following Biden. Celebrities were reappearing as well: Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson walked the carpet as did Brooke Shields and Caitlyn Jenner. The event drew a large swath of government officials and other prominent figures.
The White House has stressed the abundance of the antiviral pill Paxlovid, which has been shown to reduce by 90% severe outcomes from the virus among those at highest risk. Despite the latest wave of COVID-19 cases, virus deaths and hospitalizations are near, or at, pandemic lows, with the BA.2 variant proving less severe than earlier virus strains. Just over 300 people are dying in the U.S. each day from the virus, down from more than 2,600 daily earlier this year — with about 1,600 hospitalizations per day, declining from a peak of more than 21,000 daily in January.
“Imagine if we weren’t getting that information,” the president added. “It would be a different world.”
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