Morning Jolt: Our Covid-19 Mandates Make No Sense against Omicron

On the menu today: Let me shock you by saying that President Biden's declaration that "there is no federal solution" to the pandemic isn't quite as appalling as it may initially seem, and that the bigger and more consequential problem is that he and his administration are applying solutions designed for a deadly and less contagious virus to a less deadly and much-more-contagious variant. Cloth masks don't work well anymore, vaccination won't stop widespread infections or rapid spread, and if everybody's going to get it regardless of vaccination status, it doesn't make much sense to try to punish the unvaccinated anymore, now, does it?

A Different Variant Requires a Different Approach

In context, President Biden's comment that "there is no federal solution" to the pandemic isn't quite the declaration of surrender that it sounds like in a short, isolated clip. Biden was speaking off the cuff about the importance of cooperation between federal government and state governments. And for what it is worth, Governor Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas, a ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY December 28 2021 WITH JIM GERAGHTY December 28 2021 Our Covid-19 Mandates Make No Sense against Omicron On the menu today: Let me shock you by saying that President Biden's declaration that "there is no federal solution" to the pandemic isn't quite as appalling as it may initially seem, and that the bigger and more consequential problem is that he and his administration are applying solutions designed for a deadly and less contagious virus to a less deadly and much-more-contagious variant. Cloth masks don't work well anymore, vaccination won't stop widespread infections or rapid spread, and if everybody's going to get it regardless of vaccination status, it doesn't make much sense to try to punish the unvaccinated anymore, now, does it? A Different Variant Requires a Different Approach In context, President Biden's comment that "there is no federal solution" to the pandemic isn't quite the declaration of surrender that it sounds like in a short, isolated clip. Biden was speaking off the cuff about the importance of cooperation between federal government and state governments. And for what it is worth, Governor Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas, a ...   READ MORE

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