Most in the media have been urging Americans to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. That hasn’t always been the case at Fox News, however. Many of the hosts have peddled anti-vaccine rhetoric. This past week, though, a number of hosts at Fox have taken a more pro-vaccine tone. One reason […] Read more »
Surge of covid delta variant poses new political threat to Biden and his agenda
The rapid increase in coronavirus infections driven by the delta variant over the past month is turning the country’s attention back to the pandemic and threatening to subsume President Biden’s agenda — just as the White House and its allies hoped to move on from the virus and focus on […] Read more »
Trump supporters are a big reason why Canada and the UK are beating the US on vaccinations
… Just two months ago, less than 5% of Canadians were fully vaccinated against Covid-19. At the same time, about 40% of Americans were. Today, a little less than 50% of Americans are fully vaccinated, while a little more than 50% of Canadians are. Among adults, more than 80% of […] Read more »
Regression? Our progress on the pandemic is non-linear, but there’s still hope
Did you catch the CDC warning us that once again, we’re at a “pivotal point” in the pandemic? America has moved on from the pandemic. But, the pandemic has not moved on from America. Though we’ve come a long way on reopening, vaccination rates have stalled out, and cases are […] Read more »
Many Have Doubts about COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness against New Strains
Overall, few Americans are very confident in the efficacy of the current COVID-19 vaccines to protect people against new variants of the virus. Most vaccinated adults are at least somewhat confident that the COVID-19 vaccines will be effective against new strains of the virus, but most of those who have […] Read more »
Kids need schools open. So does the economy
… Sixteen months of the pandemic, and its unimaginable consequences, have seen the electorate grow alarmed about school closures, not only their academic impact but the behavioral, social and mental effects on children. And while the country’s economic outlook remains unclear, there is growing concern about what the shutdown of […] Read more »