![]() With our masks on for photo ops, we won Emmy awards in COVID theatrics. Not to mention, there were countless stories of overt hypocrisy. Every new mandate got a thousand retweets, every rise in cases brought a CNN hit. Most of California was on lockdown on Monday as two vast regions, Southern California and the heavily agricultural San Joaquin Valley. While many Americans suffered through the pandemic, many lawmakers basked in the glory, loving the attention, with some even profiting personally. The City University of New York will end its COVID-19 vaccine mandate at the end of the spring. In truth, politicians, myself included, haven’t earned the public’s trust enough to continue making health decisions for their families. As you are probably aware, Mayor Adams has suspended the Key to NYC program and removed the mask mandate for public school students in grades K-12. New York will shut down its COVID-era vaccination app. Acting as though there is some politician, political commentator or politically biased news network out there that can cure it is laughable, as though we have forgotten most Americans do not trust, and really can’t stand, the political class. Facing New Outbreaks, China Places Over 22 Million on Lockdown The country is experiencing its worst coronavirus flare-up since last summer, testing the government’s success in subduing the disease. ![]() Both Presidents Trump and Biden urged Americans to get vaccinated, but there still seems to be lagging rates among conservatives, Blacks, Hispanics and young adults. Moreover, If the hyper-politicization of COVID causes vaccine hesitancy, then it knows no party affiliation. Four major Australian cities Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Darwin have added strict lockdowns to stop the spread of the virus, The New York Times reports. After a year of start-and-stop public-health measures, more often guided by intuition than by science, studies are confirming what economists long suspected: The COVID-19 lockdowns were an. Though cases are rising, the number of serious cases and deaths are nowhere near as bad as they were nationwide earlier this year, yet the confusing stories and messaging from our leaders is driving our tectonic plates further apart. The recent hyperbolized coverage of the delta variant is a case in point. It can end both the clickbait nature of COVID coverage, and also shift away from framing the viral response as political news rather than health news. 1 /1 Will New York go into lockdown Will New York go into lockdown People wait in long lines in Times Square to get tested for Covid-19 on Decemin New York City. ![]() The media has an important role to play in curtailing this. ![]()
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