Morning Jolt: What Biden’s Vaccination Plan Gets Wrong

On the menu today: Joe Biden announced his administration's new efforts to increase COVID-19 vaccinations — and gets some things wrong while winging it; the administration's moves effectively protect and subsidize the unvaccinated; why it's not so easy to verify if someone is vaccinated against COVID-19; and wondering if the Biden team is living up to its hype of being the reassuring, experienced, hyper-competent adults in the room.

The Problems with Biden's New Vaccination Plans

Late Thursday afternoon, President Biden strode out to the podium at the White House, held up his mask, and declared that, "In a significant part of the country, you wouldn't have to take one of these off, you don't have to put one on — like in my home state of Delaware, where I lived in New Castle County, [and] where I was yesterday in Pennsylvania — because people got vaccinated. They got vaccinated. They don't need a mask when the majority — the vast majority of people got vaccinated."

That's not quite true; the two counties Biden mentioned aren't much higher than the national average when it comes to vaccinations.

In New Castle County, Del., 49.8 percent of all residents are fully vaccinated ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY July 30 2021 WITH JIM GERAGHTY July 30 2021 What Biden's Vaccination Plan Gets Wrong On the menu today: Joe Biden announced his administration's new efforts to increase COVID-19 vaccinations — and gets some things wrong while winging it; the administration's moves effectively protect and subsidize the unvaccinated; why it's not so easy to verify if someone is vaccinated against COVID-19; and wondering if the Biden team is living up to its hype of being the reassuring, experienced, hyper-competent adults in the room. The Problems with Biden's New Vaccination Plans Late Thursday afternoon, President Biden strode out to the podium at the White House, held up his mask, and declared that, "In a significant part of the country, you wouldn't have to take one of these off, you don't have to put one on — like in my home state of Delaware, where I lived in New Castle County, [and] where I was yesterday in Pennsylvania — because people got vaccinated. They got vaccinated. They don't need a mask when the majority — the vast majority of people got vaccinated." That's not quite true; the two counties Biden mentioned aren't much higher than the national average when it comes to vaccinations. In New Castle County, Del., 49.8 percent of all residents are fully vaccinated ...   READ MORE

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