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Chris J. Karr's avatar

I'm curious if you'd be willing/interested in setting a calendar reminder to judge whether this prediction is correct by July 4th:

"Watch as America easily meets Biden’s 100 million vaccination goal, surpasses it, and the headlines still blare warnings (because that’s what’s happening now). Watch as the new goal becomes 200 million vaccinations by July 4, and before July 4 you’ll see more warnings of new strains, or more lockdowns, or another stimulus hand-out. Watch as the mask debate continues to rage, on and on with no end in sight, likely to become a permanent fixture in the minds of the ever-controlling nanny statists of the political left."

I'm curious given that even here in Blue Chicago, there isn't a lot of patience for our quarantine status quo to last much longer.

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Steve Berman's avatar

Watch. They will pivot. It’s not about beating the virus. It’s about messaging and control. Things will open up again but there will always be worry and the next thing and fear being thrown at us.

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Chris J. Karr's avatar

There will be worry about new strains of the virus, but I expect it'll be on-par with annual worries about new strains of the flu, which have minimal impact on most people's lives (beyond my wife firmly reminding me to get my annual flu booster).

Looking forward to your July 4th article and seeing how this plays out.

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Chris J. Karr's avatar

It also seems like Biden and Co. are eager to move past COVID onto other big gov't spending projects unrelated to the pandemic:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/22/business/biden-infrastructure-spending.html

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Miguelito's avatar

I think the hesitancy harks back somewhat to George W. Bush's "Mission Accomplished" banner. He got burned so badly on that, that politicians are gun-shy about declaring victory too early, particularly in this case when there's a couple nasty mutations waiting in the wings that could undo a lot of our success so far.

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Scott C.'s avatar

I guess you have to write this slop when the most quoted scientist from the Trump days has pretty much laid 400,000 deaths at his feet(and yours). How about just taking them at their word until you have actual proof to back up your conspiracies? Cases are raising in Michigan as well and they worry the vaccine won't be as effective against new strains. Fauci tried to explain this to Sen. Paul when he was being stupid in that hearing. We are in a race. That's not fear its intelligence.

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Steve Berman's avatar

What? I get my statistics and links from reliable sources. Do you think I’m quoting OANN or Newsmax? I never said don’t wear a mask. I am looking at case data like everyone else. The science does not support the message the Biden admin and the media is sending. The vaccine effectiveness against “new” strains that don’t exist is pure worry and speculation not science or medicine. Michigan’s vaccination rate is 27% and they are over focused on getting everyone a second shot in my opinion and based on what the UK is doing. The case load will go back down. The death rate in Michigan over the last 30 days has declined by the way, even as there is a bump in cases. Vaccines make all the difference.

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