OPINION: Much as we might want it to be, the pandemic isn't over, stphnmaher writes. This sets up a policy struggle along partisan lines that could lead to more deaths as some politicians hesitate to impose restrictions because of the fear of blowback.
think a deadly new winter wave is on the way, just when our will to fight COVID-19 is fading.
This sets up a policy struggle along partisan lines that could lead to higher death tolls as some politicians promise to end public health restrictions and others hesitate to impose them because of the fear of blowback.this week reminds us that some people would rather risk death than embrace the measures that could save them. In the summer of 2021, after vaccines were introduced in Ohio and Florida, the death rate among Republicans and Democrats, which had been in lockstep, diverged.