Anti ‐​Vaxxers Turn to Big Government

Thomas A. FireyCOVID-19hospitalizations anddeaths are rising in the United States as the highly infectious Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has becomethe dominant strain in the country. These serious cases arealmost entirely limited to people who are not vaccinated against the virus; for the vaccinated,infection rates are much lower and nearly all infections are no more troublesome than a cold or — at worst – a bout of the flu, and often go unnoticed altogether.COVID-19 causedat least11 percent of all U.S. deaths in 2020, making it thethird leading cause of death, behind only heart disease and cancer. So far in 2021, COVID has killed more than 200,000 more Americans, meaning it will be a top killer this year too. Yet,about a third of American adults haven ’t gotten vaccinated against the virus. This is beyond baffling; if there were ahighly effective,very-low-risk,zero-out-of-pocket-cost medication against becoming seriously ill or dying of cancer (and that also lessens your family ’s risk of getting cancer), you’d take it, right?For many of the unvaccinated, refusal to get inoculated is linked topolitical, religious, and racial identity. Some also say they don ' t want the shot because it is “experimental,” a justification that has been defended by politicians and TV talking heads. A recent survey of unvaccinated Americans found that30 percent said they would be more willing to get immunized if the vaccines were fully approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Adm...
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