Biden Was Like The Rest Of Us: He Thought Life Was Going Back To Normal Until The Delta Variant Hit

President Joe Biden. AP Photo/Evan Vucci Biden said this was going to be a "summer of joy" as most Americans got vaccinated. But only about half the country was vaccinated when the Delta variant brought back fears of lockdown and recession. The new eviction moratorium is one example of a scramble to keep pandemic aid in place when Biden expected it would end. See more stories on Insider's business page. It was supposed to be the "summer of joy." At least, that's what the White House said in June, when it touted President Joe Biden's "wartime effort to defeat COVID-19."The administration was getting more shots in arms, cases were decreasing, and the economy's recovery looked like a boom.Now, however, the "war has changed," according to an internal CDC document.