{"id":340574,"date":"2021-09-17T05:25:57","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T02:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/joe-playing-vaccine-politics-wont-lead-to-solution\/"},"modified":"2021-09-17T05:25:57","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T02:25:57","slug":"joe-playing-vaccine-politics-wont-lead-to-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/joe-playing-vaccine-politics-wont-lead-to-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"#Joe, playing vaccine politics won\u2019t lead to solution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Joe, playing vaccine politics won\u2019t lead to solution<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/author-jonah-goldberg.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Jonah Goldberg\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/author-jonah-goldberg.png?w=152 152w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/author-jonah-goldberg.png?w=114 114w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/author-jonah-goldberg.png?w=76 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/author-jonah-goldberg.png?w=38 38w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/author-jonah-goldberg.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Maybe President Biden should handle COVID-19 the way he\u2019s handled Afghanistan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a strange thought, given how badly he botched the US withdrawal. But at least Afghanistan Joe had a clear idea about what we needed to do. COVID Joe has no such exit strategy. He\u2019s making it up as he goes.<\/p>\n<p>In his address unveiling his COVID plan, Biden failed to offer anything like an exit strategy or even a de<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a>ion of what victory might look like.<\/p>\n<p>In fairness, one reason he didn\u2019t is because he can\u2019t. As with terrorism, permanent and total victory is impossible. As Scott Gottlieb, former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, explains: \u201cSARS-CoV-2 will become an endemic virus settling alongside the other four strains of coronaviruses that circulate widely among us.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In February, nine out of 10 leading immunologists, virologists and other experts surveyed by the British scientific journal Nature said it\u2019s here to stay.<\/p>\n<p>Part of Biden\u2019s problem is that he already had his \u201cmission accomplished\u201d moment in July. And while it\u2019s not his fault that the Delta variant wrecked his victory lap \u2014 and his poll numbers on his handling of the pandemic \u2014 his response is clearly improvised, probably counterproductive, and very, very political.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Biden issued a sweeping mandate that all private businesses with 100 or more employees require workers to get vaccinated or receive a weekly coronavirus test. The mere fact that the administration is using a nebulous and constitutionally problematic authority under the Occupational Safety and Health Act suggests that it essentially rummaged around to find a power it didn\u2019t think it had or would need.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Biden relishes this fight. He\u2019s already achieved one of his goals \u2014 to change the subject from handing Afghanistan to the Taliban in time for the anniversary of 9\/11. But the other political calculation is that he doesn\u2019t need the support of people ideologically (and foolishly) opposed to getting vaccinated, but he does need the support of those who despise such people.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Vaccineprotest.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Anti-vax teachers and other anti-vax groups gathered at Foley Square in New York City to protest the vaccine mandate.\" class=\"wp-image-19485141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Vaccineprotest.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Vaccineprotest.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Vaccineprotest.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>President Joe Biden chose to alienate and discriminate against unvaccinated Americans instead of encouraging them to get the COVID-19 vaccine.<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Kevin C. Downs<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been patient, but our patience is wearing thin,\u201d the president of vaccinated America declared.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lord knows the bulk of the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> loves to focus on that story.<\/p>\n<p>What gets less attention is that there\u2019s also an irrational constituency addicted to COVID panic, scapegoating and fearmongering.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>The most pro-vaccine voters and voices are often the most pro-mask, pro-school closure and pro-shutdown. This is the only way to make sense of Biden\u2019s rationale for the mandate: \u201cWe\u2019re going to protect vaccinated workers from unvaccinated coworkers.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>By his own account, the vaccinated are <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly safe from severe illness even with breakthrough infections \u2014 that\u2019s why people should get vaccinated!<\/p>\n<p>By pandering on vaccination, Biden isn\u2019t dialing down the culture-war dynamic of the pandemic, he\u2019s intensifying it. Once, he was on the side of constitutional and democratic norms; now, he\u2019s waving those aside.<\/p>\n<p>Worse, he\u2019s sending the signal to many of those most fed up with the pandemic that this will never end. That \u201cnever exit\u201d message may seem smart politically, but it doesn\u2019t encourage steadfastness or compliance. 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But at least Afghanistan Joe had a clear idea about what we needed to do. COVID Joe has no such exit strategy. 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