Also could use an explanation of why the stops stayed in place this long.
https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1466414843007668227
Not to mention how many of the stops seem to remain in place. I flew through Dallas-Fort Worth not long ago, a major travel hub for a big airline. Why couldn't I get a rapid covid test there, or for that matter a vaccine? Why aren't there pop-up testing and vax clinics all over?
Seems to me like a vaccination requirement for domestic air travel, coupled with day-of-departure vaccination clinics at airports and measures to help those who are scared of needles, might be another stop Biden could pull out in the holiday travel season.
Treating this more like a global pandemic and less like an awareness campaign for the benefits of sunscreen is a political choice, and despite the change in administrations nearly a year ago no one has made that choice.
My own experience is that relentless nagging is effective with vaccine hesitant relatives. So why can you buy a camelhair coat or $1200 set of moisturizers on the spur of the moment at big US airports, but not get vaccinated? Give nagging relatives a chance to close the deal.
Omicron scared the pants off a lot of people who would have gone from hesitant to vaccinated if there were convenient locations to just go in and get the shot. Even better if they gave you a donut. We do this with bloodmobiles, so why has this eluded us for 20 months with covid?
My Walgreens booster experience involved waiting 55 minutes for a scheduled appointment and being yelled at for having white privilege because I went to the vax window instead of joining the main queue. I reject the premise that pharmacies are convenient.
https://twitter.com/steviedotboston/status/1466427029969121293
American pharmacies are like the DMV with opiates and should not be used as a substitute for Covid testing and vax-specific tents, trailers, or clinics with a real doctor on staff.
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