A Timeline of Biden’s Pandemic Response, Part 3: We Have the Tools (Sept. – Dec. 2021)
The “tools” stood for individual choices based on personal risk tolerance rather than elements of regulatory frameworks to be pursued by the government.
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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.
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How did we get here? How is our Democratic president — who ran, in part, against Trump’s horrid pandemic response — letting the virus rip?
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Read more: Who Has a Duty to Protect Your Health? The Answer May Surprise You Who Has a Duty to Protect Your Health? The Answer May Surprise You
The sources from which most people get health information provide advice without any obligation at all to individuals who hear and act on it.
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Read more: Being an Adult in the Face of Omicron Being an Adult in the Face of Omicron
It’s up to each of us to demand accountability and transparency, and to stay informed rather than assume others will act in our best interests.
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Read more: Promote Trust, Avoid Fraud: Lessons in Public Health Messaging from the Booster Roll Out Promote Trust, Avoid Fraud: Lessons in Public Health Messaging from the Booster Roll Out
The discrepancy between past booster messaging and the current, broad recommendation has spawned public health communications problems.
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Read more: Causes of COVID Vaccine Hesitancy Causes of COVID Vaccine Hesitancy
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy is further exacerbated by waves of misinformation promulgated on social media.
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Read more: The Government Needs to Construct On, Not Off, Ramps to Combat the Latest Wave of COVID The Government Needs to Construct On, Not Off, Ramps to Combat the Latest Wave of COVID
The federal government is failing to use the powers it has beyond vaccine mandates to create much needed on-ramps for mitigation measures.
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Read more: Decolonizing the Pandemic Treaty Through Vaccine Equity Decolonizing the Pandemic Treaty Through Vaccine Equity
Putting vaccine equity at the center of a pandemic treaty will already be a huge step towards global health’s decolonization.
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Read more: The Target of Health Justice The Target of Health Justice
Distributing vaccines equitably at the level of geographical units such as districts or nation-states may obfuscate injustices.
