Shouldn’t getting back to normal be up to the Citizens of this nation, since elected politicians and our government supposed to be subservient to We The People? Except in some cases, like criminality and law, and others where the Constitution has given them specific power to do certain thing
Joe Biden: We Need Up to 98% Vaccination Rate Before We Go Back to Normal
President Joe Biden said Monday he wanted to get up to 98 percent of Americans vaccinated before the country could go back to normal.
The president was asked by reporters at the White House about what the vaccination rate had to be before the country could return to normal.
“Look, I think we get the vast majority — like is going on in so many – some industries and some schools — 96, 97, 98 percent,†Biden said.
Biden commented after getting and promoting a third coronavirus vaccine “booster†shot from Pfizer in front of the media.
The president noted approvingly that over 77 percent of adults had gotten at least one shot of the vaccine.
That’s a big jump from what everyone was saying before, is it not? Why should any of us not go back to normal if we want to? Those who are vaccinated mostly got the shot to protect ourselves. That’s the point of a vaccine. People take the flu shot not to protect their families, their friends, their coworkers, the people at the places they visit: they take it to hopefully avoid getting flu. Kids are given the smallpox regimen of shots so that they do not get smallpox, not so that they don’t spread it to others. The disease has essentially been eradicated, because the vaccine stops smallpox. If people do not want to get the COVID shots, that’s on them. They can take their chance. And, yes, I do know people who had the shot and got COVID. One coworker is out right now like that.
But, 96-98%? Is this a matter of Joe just speaking Idiot as he so often does, causing his White House handlers to cringe? Or, did Biden let the cat out of the bag on where his admin is going? Because getting that percent is going to be a big, big, stretch, and would mean that Democrats are going to try and keep the authoritarianism going.
Only 45% of Americans Trust Joe Biden to Provide Accurate Coronavirus Information
Only 45 percent of Americans trust President Joe Biden to provide accurate Chinese coronavirus information, according to a Tuesday poll by Axios/Ipsos.
Fifty-three percent of respondents said they have little or no trust in Biden to provide accurate coronavirus information.
The numbers are a reversal from January, when 58 percent trusted Biden on coronavirus and 42 percent did not. Biden has also dropped 11 points among Democrats, and 17 points with independents. Republicans have dropped 10 points.
Americans are also trusting the media less about coronavirus. Only 45 percent trust establishment news networks. Forty-one percent trust establishment national newspapers, and 34 percent trust establishment cable news.
And from that “said” link
The big picture:Â Americans have become a bit less worried about living their lives. The respondents who see large risk in airline travel, dining out or visiting family and friends are at their lowest shares since mid-July.
But, in fairness, that leads to a deeper dive
Parents with children aged 5-11 are split on whether they will vaccinate their kids when eligible. 44% say they are likely to do so, while 42% are unlikely. This poll was conducted in the immediate days following the announcement that the vaccine works for children in this age group.
This should be up to the parents, but, you know government schools will soon start mandating it
Just over one in ten believe attending in-person gatherings with friends and family (13%) or dining in at a restaurant (12%) poses a large risk to their health, a decrease of five percentage points from two weeks ago when 18% and 17%, respectively, saw these activities as very risky.
Hence, people are living their lives, and government can bugger off. I’ll make my own decisions. Judas Priest recently played in Raleigh, and I really, really wanted to see them again. I first saw them at Live Aid, and have seen them 3 times since. But, I do not really like giant crowds in the first place, and certainly not when COVID is still prevalent, even if everyone is supposed to be vaccinated or got a negative test, and everyone is supposed to wear a mask. I still keep my distance from people I do not know. Customers like creeping up, and I step back. That’s my choice. Not Biden’s.
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