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Elements of the early U.S. pandemic response can help us remember that the limits of what is possible are perhaps wider than we think.
The Biden administration decided to go full speed ahead into a wave of Omicron infection, even as other countries have introduced targeted restrictions.
The “tools” stood for individual choices based on personal risk tolerance rather than elements of regulatory frameworks to be pursued by the government.
Framing vaccination as a way to opt out of the pandemic has helped absolve the Biden administration of its responsibilities to protect the public’s health.
How did we get here? How is our Democratic president — who ran, in part, against Trump’s horrid pandemic response — letting the virus rip?
