and there it is: lockdowns
The Biden administration indicates they are open to returning to lockdowns -
WASHINGTON D.C. (KUSI) – During Thursday’s White House press briefing, Fox News’ White House Correspondent Peter Doocy asked if the Biden Administration would support reimplementing lockdowns. Doocy asked, “President Biden once said we are not returning to lockdowns, shutdowns and school...www.kusi.com
To say that everyone SHOULD get vaccinated is not logically accurate IMHO. If a person is in the latter stages of terminal cancer, should the person get vaccinated? If the person has a very depressed immune system, should that person get vaccinated? Should a person under 5 years of age get vaccinated?discussion of several polls on vaccine hesitancy here (yes, a CNN data scientist):
some key points:
Most polling (polls are linked) shows that somewhere between 50% and 60% of Republican adults are vaccinated compared with 80% to 90% of Democratic adults. So a gap of 20% to 40%.
about 48% of White Americans have received at least one dose, compared to 41% of Hispanics and 38% of Black Americans. The samples sizes were smaller and some states report no data broken down by race. But it looks like a gap of about 10%.
About a third of the eligible population has refused to take a dose. But that drops as you go up the age ladder. Among the most at-risk, age 65+, from the virus (though we are all at least at some risk and everyone should get vaccinated), 80% are fully vaccinated and 90% are at least partially vaccinated.
While there is a Republican/Democrat hesitancy gap and a smaller (by percentage) black/white hesitancy gap, the Republican-derived hesitancy seems more impervious to consider any new findings: Among White adults who have not gotten a dose, 49% say they'll never get one, under any circumstances. It's just 26% among Blacks or Hispanics, who are more often in the "maybe I'll wait and see" crowd.
The high vaccination rates in places such as New Hampshire and Maine, both with a reputation of having independent and self-sufficient populations, often leaning GOP at least relative to the rest of New England, indicates that Republican-derived hesitancy can be overcome. How this can be accomplished isn't clear, but the polling data merely suggests it to be true.
Finally there is a North-South hesitancy gap. they don't break it down by numbers or state whether it is as large as the red state/blue state gap as a whole.
A third of eligible people aren't vaccinated. Here's what we know about them | CNN Politics
We've been referring a lot to "the unvaccinated" vs. "the vaccinated" in very general terms that paint over who, exactly, is in these groups and what might be motivating them.www.cnn.com
I am a Republican as are most of my friends. I have not heard any of them say they would not get vaccinated or that they are not vaccinated. I think your estimates are very inaccurate.
Wow, dozens..... that's enough to base a policy on, isn't it?
Another original 5th grade comeback.
Got news for you - those country club Republicans are voting Democrat these days.
The question was designed to get the headline.
Wow. Believe me when I tell you: your posts frequently leave many readers trying to understand what you meant.
Did you take a class on how to be a conststently stupid prick or does it just come naturally? It is really hard to imagine someone being as dumb as you are without some training
Please stop trying to disguise your "I know you are, but what am I" schtick. It's embarrassing.
Looks like I will miss the Pfizer approval by about a week, as rumors are it comes tomorrow.
Besides that, if you get COVID from being inside a business - like a restaurant or WalMart - they're immune from liability, at least here in Georgia, anyway. So why shouldn't Pfizer get the same treatment? They're trying to fix the problem, not just sell more fries.
I’ve taken their vaccine. I am not moving any posts.
