"Opposition to impeachment comes from...belief that members of the opposing political tribe want their destruction, not simply to punish Trump for his behavior..." @benshapiropoliti.co/2N5X4nN
" Republicans believe that Democrats and the overwhelmingly liberal media see impeachment as an attempt to cudgel them collectively by lumping them in with the Capitol rioters thanks to their support for Trump.
The evidence for that position isn’t difficult to find."
And right on cue...tweedledee and tweedledum chime in to confirm Shapiro is right.
"If anyone expects Americans to come together once the Trump era is over, that’s a pipe dream.
Our social fabric is torn. It was torn before Trump. And, as it turns out, the incentive structure of modern politics and media cuts directly against stitching it together again."
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So want to do a #covidvaccineupdate, because there appears to be a lot of confusion where we are having problems.
First and foremost? Almost nobody on the planet is doing well, outside of Israel, UAE and Bahrain.
The US has vaccinated just under 4% of the population in exactly one month. At that pace, it would take two years; but note the curve above. The rate is increasing at a steady rate. After 2 weeks, the US had vaccinated only about 1%.
If the US can maintain that rate of increase (or even half of that), we could be vaccinating 15% or so of the public monthly by March.
That is if the supply can be sustained; I am guessing it can be, with Moderna, Pfizer and JNJ expanding production dramatically already.
Flores: "My full question is what went wrong with the rollout of the vaccine when we've seen phone lines jammed, websites crashing...we've seen websites crash and also senior citizens waiting overnight for the vaccine..."
Assessing Mandatory Stay‐at‐Home and Business Closure Effects on the Spread of COVID‐19: "While small benefits cannot be excluded, we do not find significant benefits on case growth of more restrictive NPIs." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ec…
"Is it unfair to punish Trump, who did not personally participate in the riot, and who did not explicitly call for violence? Hardly. As I have detailed previously, when you take in the entirety of Trump’s speech and its context, he bears moral and political responsibility... "
"...for inspiring the Capitol riot. True, Trump’s conduct falls just shy of the narrow legal definition of inciting riot or rebellion. True, it is becoming increasingly clear that some of the forces he summoned to Washington on January 6 came prepared for violence in advance..."
Relatively speaking, worst countries? France, Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden, Turkey. China and Russia too (considering they've had 'vaccines' for months). Canada is lagging too (reason why?).
As for US states, WV leads the pack, followed (not in order) ND, SD, MT, CO, NM, UT, OK, LA, IN, VT, CT, RI.
As for the big states, FL will likely pass NY in per capita vaccinations by tomorrow or so, and has vaccinated 80k more, marginally trailing TX and CA.
"Netanyahu revealed that Israel struck an agreement with Pfizer to exchange citizens’ data for 10 million doses...Israel will provide details to Pfizer about the age, gender and medical history of those receiving the jab as well as its side effects and efficacy."
"For comparison purposes, things aren’t going nearly so well here in California. The state has received 2.4m doses as of Monday but has only distributed a 1/3rd...Gov. Newsom announced a new vaccine plan, ditching a previous one that seemed to be slowing things down."