NEW: President Biden's strategy for fighting #covid19 does not go far enough to compel vaccinations.
The time for cajoling is over.
Biden should use his full authority to make it difficult for Americans to remain unvaccinated.
5 steps: 🧵@postopinions washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
The time for cajoling is over.
Biden should use his full authority to make it difficult for Americans to remain unvaccinated.
5 steps: 🧵@postopinions washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
1) Requiring vaccinations for interstate travel.
If you want the privilege of traveling on a plane or train, you need to do your part and get vaccinated.
If you want the privilege of traveling on a plane or train, you need to do your part and get vaccinated.
2) Urging businesses to implement "no vaccine, no service" rules, and supporting San Francisco and New York in requiring vaccines to enter indoor restaurants, bars, gyms and other venues.
3) Mandating for all children 12 and older to be vaccinated, as we do for other childhood immunizations (as Los Angeles Unified School District has just decided to).
4) Issuing a national proof of vaccination, as many other countries have done.
4) Issuing a national proof of vaccination, as many other countries have done.
5) Urging states, local governments, and businesses to re-implement indoor mask mandates until vaccinations rates are much higher and cases are much lower.
Half-measures are not enough. We need to take drastic action to end the devastation of the #covid19 pandemic. /END
Half-measures are not enough. We need to take drastic action to end the devastation of the #covid19 pandemic. /END
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