Marietta Tar Heel wrote:
agip wrote:
This is a great piece.
It argues that the true magic of the vaccines is that they prevent hospitalization.
All of them are nearly 100% preventative of hospitalization and death.
So the future is not stamping out Covid, it’s reducing Covid to the flu. Some get sick but very few get seriously ill.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/04/covid-vaccine-trial-results-hospitalization/Yes. That's why we need to get it into arms at a much higher rate. There was a Times piece showing the same thing (I think I posted it here). It was something along the lines of among the 175K participants who received one of the 5 vaccines that are out, 0 had died, a handful had been hospitalized and 0 had been hospitalized after 28 days from receiving a vaccine.
I have been disappointed with the rollout under Biden. I had hoped it would be better, but it appears marginally better than under the previous admin. There is a short piece in the Times that addresses some of the issues facing progressive governments. Leonhardt blames it on focusing on process rather than getting in arms.
"A common problem seems to be a focus on process rather than on getting shots into arms. Some progressive leaders are effectively sacrificing efficiency for what they consider to be equity."
Personally, I haven't seen enough data or policy decisions to say that the failures of the vaccine rollout is progressive problem or not. However, it is a apparent that there isn't enough effort from the federal government today in prioritizing and streamlining the rollout. We are failing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/briefing/marjorie-taylor-greene-uk-vaccine-biden-stimulus.html
It’s actually a bit sad - in the left’s rush to cater to minorities and ensure they get vaccine priorities, they’re inadvertently hurting these groups, as the fewer people vaccinated means that the virus will spread and infect more minority populations.