Thread by @magi_jay

We have free vaccines

https://twitter.com/baddestmamajama/status/1477362296666017792

That’s not to say that the government has done a perfect job, but we have free vaccines and if everyone would do what the government has been pleading with them to do for 10 months and get vaccinated we’d all be in a much better position

I have no idea, frankly none, why anyone is choosing to undermine the government *as a whole* when what we need is people to more carefully listen to the government’s solution to the problem which is a *vaccine.*

I'm sorry, did I claim somewhere that free vaccines were "sufficient?" I don't believe I did. Rather, I believe I responded to a claim that the government had totally and completely abandoned the American people. And this claim is objectively false.

Here's what I told my older parents:
-You're boosted & therefore, per *evidence* very protected
-You also need to control the spread & as your daughter I have extra concern
-Hospitals are at capacity. You don't want even a mild fever
-Therefore, limit contact & always wear an N95

I also told my parents that there could very likely be a worker shortage soon that could affect the entire supply chain. I told them to please not over-buy, but to make sure they were comfortable for a week or two. I told my siblings the same & warned them of issues w/ daycare.

I have been specifically strict w/ my boosted but immunocompromised father, who has cancer. I have convinced him to not go to church & to do his best to convince my boosted mom to do the same. I've told them, "no matter what, if hospitals are full, just stay home."

I am taking Omicron seriously. I am asking my loved ones to take it seriously. I wish the gov't would do a better communications job + figure out how to get tests + N95s to everyone as fast as possible. But the gov't hasn't abandoned people & I don't know why you would claim that