Mark D
Now running for Emperor.
Given the stats that slipped out of England, she likely won't be pregnant for much longer.
GOV/MIL Biden Omicron / Covid Speech Tuesday 12/21/21 Tuesday 12/21/21 @ 2:30PM EST feed link post #116
- Thread starter phloydius
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Griz3752
Retired, practising Curmudgeon
Griz3752
Retired, practising Curmudgeon
"non-punishments"?
I don't think I've heard/read that before?
Let me take a guess: 'non-punitive income reduction for the purpose of forced compliance".
Am I close?
marsh
On TB every waking moment
Rumor is that it will be lockdowns.
thelibertydaily.com
Dear Leader Biden to Impose New Lockdowns Over Omicron Scariant
By J.D. Rucker • Dec. 18, 2021
Multiple reports are coming in that Joe Biden will address the nation on Tuesday to unveil another round of draconian lockdowns nationwide. The rapid spread of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 is the latest fearmongering tool being used to exert perpetual control over the masses.
But the narrative will be a tough one to sell because the agenda to jab every man, woman, and child in the country is contradicted by Omicron’s apparent immunity against the injections. They’ll need to mix in gaslighting, fake science, and outright lies in order to deliver both sides of the message with a straight face. According to The Post Millennial:
“I know COVID-19 has been very divisive in this country, has become a political issue, which is a sad, sad commentary. It shouldn’t be, but it has been,” Biden said Thursday. “Now, as we move into the winter and face the challenge of this new variant, this is a moment we can put the divisiveness behind us, I hope.”
We fully expect the new lockdowns to be as obtuse as previous versions, perhaps even more so. The only real difference is that they have to explain to the “fully vaccinated” why they’re being forced to upend their lives again after being promised normalcy from the jabs. The blame for everything from Omicron to lockdowns to the economic collapse to poor polling numbers will be placed squarely on the unvaxxed.
Climate change alarmists will be jealous that their boogeyman is being usurped by us wretched unclean folks.
Dear Leader Biden to Impose New Lockdowns Over Omicron Scariant - The Liberty Daily
If you love the news, check out The Liberty Daily's homepage. Multiple reports are coming in that Joe Biden will address the nation on Tuesday to unveil another round of draconian lockdowns nationwide. The rapid spread of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 is the latest fearmongering tool being...
thelibertydaily.com
Dear Leader Biden to Impose New Lockdowns Over Omicron Scariant
By J.D. Rucker • Dec. 18, 2021
Multiple reports are coming in that Joe Biden will address the nation on Tuesday to unveil another round of draconian lockdowns nationwide. The rapid spread of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 is the latest fearmongering tool being used to exert perpetual control over the masses.
But the narrative will be a tough one to sell because the agenda to jab every man, woman, and child in the country is contradicted by Omicron’s apparent immunity against the injections. They’ll need to mix in gaslighting, fake science, and outright lies in order to deliver both sides of the message with a straight face. According to The Post Millennial:
This is expected to be a continuation of two sales pitches the regime has been using: The old “pandemic of the unvaccinated” narrative that some still think is working and the new “winter of death for the unvaxxed” narrative that they started testing this week.
“I know COVID-19 has been very divisive in this country, has become a political issue, which is a sad, sad commentary. It shouldn’t be, but it has been,” Biden said Thursday. “Now, as we move into the winter and face the challenge of this new variant, this is a moment we can put the divisiveness behind us, I hope.”
We fully expect the new lockdowns to be as obtuse as previous versions, perhaps even more so. The only real difference is that they have to explain to the “fully vaccinated” why they’re being forced to upend their lives again after being promised normalcy from the jabs. The blame for everything from Omicron to lockdowns to the economic collapse to poor polling numbers will be placed squarely on the unvaxxed.
Climate change alarmists will be jealous that their boogeyman is being usurped by us wretched unclean folks.
Bridey Rose
Veteran Member
What's dotty ol' Grampa Joe gonna do to us naughty non-vacxxxinees now? Spank us? Take away our blankie? Sicc Corn Pop on us?
Hognutz
Has No Life - Lives on TB
psychgirl
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Good point!
coalcracker
Veteran Member
Gotta speed up the demonization of the unvaxxed Juden.
thompson
Certa Bonum Certamen
If you’re unvax’d Biden cut off any gov money to you. Soc sec, Disability, Retirement whatever nothing, you are on your own. If you depend on that to pay bills, you’re screwed.
But do t worry, everybody will short thereafter be in the same boat as our currency crash as will every other country as we fall into a world-wide depression.
Merry Christmas to my Subjects
Joe Biden
thompson
Certa Bonum Certamen
Another take, posted for discussion.. If they do this, it's because there's a new boogieman waiting in the wings to take its place. JMO
redstate.com
The White House Prepares to Surrender on COVID
By Bonchie | Dec 19, 2021 7:45 PM ET
Per a new report, the White House is preparing to surrender on COVID. What exactly the word “surrender” means in this context is up for some debate, but I’ve got some thoughts on the matter.
To get us there, though, the Biden administration is laying the groundwork to make the case for living with the coronavirus. That’s in stark contrast to the lofty promises Joe Biden made during the 2020 election, namely, that he’d “shut down the virus.”
View: https://twitter.com/DavidSacks/status/1472658398059511808?s=20
So is the administration actually surrendering to the virus itself? I wouldn’t say that because there was never any reality where we eradicated a virus that is clearly endemic and seasonal. “Winning” against COVID always looked like developing therapeutics that allowed humanity to coexist with it. And given the waning efficacy of the vaccines and the fact that they don’t stop infection, they are basically a type of therapeutic at this point.
But what the Biden administration is surrendering on is the pie in the sky notion that if everyone gets vaccinated, that COVID will cease to exist. We’ve known for a long time that the vaccinated both spread the coronavirus and contract it. In light of that reality, the situation has now become so untenable that the White House simply can’t continue to pretend that their lies about the vaccines and transmission are true any longer. I’ve lost count of how many times Biden claimed in the past that if you got vaccinated, you wouldn’t get COVID. That talking point is dead, and for the record, it was never factual.
Then there’s the political part of this. Biden spent all of 2020 insisting he had the plan to beat COVID. He was going to shut down the virus, stop the spread, and lead us into a new era of prosperity. Putting aside arguments about election security, Biden took office almost solely because he made those promises to a naive public. He’s now broken them, and the president is left having to concede to his critics that they were right.
Those of us that have been saying for almost two years that we needed to stop with the lockdowns and fantasies about eradicating COVID and let people live their lives were right. Those that said we needed to prioritize treatments and not just vaccines because the virus is going to become a seasonal event were right. Joe Biden and all the rest of the COVID hysterics who were too busy accusing people of killing grandma instead of thinking rationally were wrong. All of those who attacked Donald Trump by pretending there was some simple solution to COVID that Biden would enact were wrong.
In short, this entire administration is a sham. They promised heaven and delivered hell. And while you can expect them to once again try to blame others, no one should let them forget how badly they failed here.
The White House Prepares to Surrender on COVID
redstate.com
The White House Prepares to Surrender on COVID
By Bonchie | Dec 19, 2021 7:45 PM ET
Per a new report, the White House is preparing to surrender on COVID. What exactly the word “surrender” means in this context is up for some debate, but I’ve got some thoughts on the matter.
To get us there, though, the Biden administration is laying the groundwork to make the case for living with the coronavirus. That’s in stark contrast to the lofty promises Joe Biden made during the 2020 election, namely, that he’d “shut down the virus.”
View: https://twitter.com/DavidSacks/status/1472658398059511808?s=20
So is the administration actually surrendering to the virus itself? I wouldn’t say that because there was never any reality where we eradicated a virus that is clearly endemic and seasonal. “Winning” against COVID always looked like developing therapeutics that allowed humanity to coexist with it. And given the waning efficacy of the vaccines and the fact that they don’t stop infection, they are basically a type of therapeutic at this point.
But what the Biden administration is surrendering on is the pie in the sky notion that if everyone gets vaccinated, that COVID will cease to exist. We’ve known for a long time that the vaccinated both spread the coronavirus and contract it. In light of that reality, the situation has now become so untenable that the White House simply can’t continue to pretend that their lies about the vaccines and transmission are true any longer. I’ve lost count of how many times Biden claimed in the past that if you got vaccinated, you wouldn’t get COVID. That talking point is dead, and for the record, it was never factual.
Then there’s the political part of this. Biden spent all of 2020 insisting he had the plan to beat COVID. He was going to shut down the virus, stop the spread, and lead us into a new era of prosperity. Putting aside arguments about election security, Biden took office almost solely because he made those promises to a naive public. He’s now broken them, and the president is left having to concede to his critics that they were right.
Those of us that have been saying for almost two years that we needed to stop with the lockdowns and fantasies about eradicating COVID and let people live their lives were right. Those that said we needed to prioritize treatments and not just vaccines because the virus is going to become a seasonal event were right. Joe Biden and all the rest of the COVID hysterics who were too busy accusing people of killing grandma instead of thinking rationally were wrong. All of those who attacked Donald Trump by pretending there was some simple solution to COVID that Biden would enact were wrong.
In short, this entire administration is a sham. They promised heaven and delivered hell. And while you can expect them to once again try to blame others, no one should let them forget how badly they failed here.
thompson
Certa Bonum Certamen
Here's the article the above post w/ tweet was referencing... posting for context..
www.cnn.com
Biden admin eyes a potentially stark shift in messaging around ending the pandemic
By Kevin Liptak and Jeremy Diamond, CNN
Updated 6:48 PM ET, Sat December 18, 2021
(CNN)President Joe Biden's top health officials came to an afternoon briefing at the White House Thursday with a warning -- and a request.
Sitting at the head of his long conference table surrounded by top members of his Covid response team, Biden listened intently as the officials laid out the contours of a looming coronavirus surge that could accelerate rapidly, swamp hospitals and send the country into another bleak winter.
Yet Biden's team also came to the evergreen-bedecked Roosevelt Room with potentially more positive news: Many of those cases will remain mild or even asymptomatic in vaccinated people -- particularly those who have gotten booster shots.
It was a message the officials urged Biden to deliver to the public in the clearest terms possible, according to people familiar with the session. Only by laying out the stark difference in outcomes between vaccinated and unvaccinated infections could the gravity of the moment come through.
So Biden and his team -- which included Dr. Anthony Fauci, two top vaccine experts from the National Institutes of Health, White House Covid response coordinator Jeff Zients and his deputy Natalie Quillian -- set to work writing out by hand the grave warning he would deliver later when cameras were ushered into the room.
Biden opened his appearance by declaring he wanted to deliver a "direct message" to the American people.
"For the unvaccinated, we are looking at a winter of severe illness and death for the unvaccinated -- for themselves, their families and the hospitals they'll soon overwhelm. But there's good news: If you're vaccinated and you have your booster shot, you're protected from severe illness and death," the President said.
He'd determined ahead of time that his message would be muddled if he answered any questions afterward, so he sat uncharacteristically silent as reporters peppered him on their way out.
The emergence of the Omicron variant has thrust the nation -- and the White House -- back into an uncertain pandemic reality, posing both public health and political challenges for a leader whose ultimate success depends almost entirely on his ability to contain the virus.
Already, cases and hospitalizations are surging in some parts of the country, leading to a 31% increase in cases and a 20% increase in hospitalizations from two weeks ago.
Yet Biden and his team have all but ruled out new lockdowns, and behind the scenes, administration officials have been debating how to shift public attention from the total number of cases -- which appear likely to surge, even if many are mild -- toward the number of severe infections that are overloading health systems and causing interruptions to normal life.
A shift toward focusing on severity instead of case numbers
Some of Biden's advisers are encouraging the administration to begin discussing publicly how to live alongside a virus that shows no signs of disappearing, a potentially stark shift in messaging for a White House that once touted "freedom from the virus."
Steering public attention away from the total number of infections and toward serious cases only -- as some Biden advisers have encouraged -- could prove a challenge after nearly two years of intense focus on the pandemic's every up and down. It is a part of a growing conundrum that Biden faces as the Covid-19 pandemic refuses to abate.
"We're getting to the point now where ... it's about severity," said Xavier Becerra, the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, in a meeting with reporters this week. "It's not about cases. It's about severity."
Becerra said the issue recently arose during a meeting at the White House with Biden's Covid response team. Other officials also said the issue of how to refocus the public away from total cases toward the severity of illness has been an ongoing subject of discussion within the administration.
"There's a degree of difficulty that now comes in trying to decide what means it's severe and what you have to do to stay out of that threshold of severity," Becerra said. "But I think that's where we're heading, is to try to be able to tell the public that."
Administration officials acknowledge the Omicron surge will likely rip through the country, a psychological setback for a population that's become highly attuned to the pandemic. In some places where vaccination rates lag, the consequences will be debilitating, administration officials fear. But in areas where most people have received their initial shots and boosters, the effects could be minimal.
"You have a Delta surge now that, even if we didn't have Omicron, would be a real challenge for the unvaccinated people. ... That's the ingredients of a perfect storm," a senior administration official said. "That's the reason why the message has to be, 'Get vaccinated -- and if you are vaccinated, get boosted.' "
That is the imperative Biden conveyed in the remarks he crafted with his team in the Roosevelt Room on Thursday. For the President, how to proceed with a new surge is a question not only of public health but also of politics. Biden and his team have long asserted that ending the pandemic and returning the economy to normal is the cure for his political woes. A spike in cases over the summer due to the Delta variant, paired with renewed restrictions and mask requirements, coincided with a softening of his approval ratings.
Things are different this time, Biden's aides insist, noting that more Americans are now vaccinated and citing critical lessons taken from the experience battling Delta.
"We have the tools to fight this virus, including Omicron, and we're in a very different and stronger place than we were a year ago and there is no need to lock down," Zients said this week.
Still, the emergence of Omicron has caused the White House to begin contemplating all of its options ahead of a potential surge. Officials said their priorities include making sure hospitals have the resources to deal with a potential influx of patients, particularly in areas where vaccination rates remain low. The administration has deployed public health surge teams to states experiencing rising cases and hospitalizations. And officials plan to put renewed emphasis on the importance of masking in public places.
"They have to be prepared for any scenario, even if it turns out the disease is less severe," one official said.
Becerra said during the meeting with reporters that the administration may need to ask Congress for more funding to combat the pandemic, citing the unknowns of the new variant.
"Are we going to have more than $10 billion worth of needs and costs on Covid, especially in regards to testing?" Becerra said. "There's a strong chance we will, depending on where Omicron takes us."
'Tell that quarterback he's got to get the vaccine!'
Biden's stark warning this week came two days after officials from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention presented various models showing the trajectory of the virus during a call with state and local health officials. The modeling, along with data from Europe, indicated the number of Covid-19 cases caused by the Omicron variant has the potential to double every two days.
"When you think about that this virus has the potential to double every two days, then in a couple of weeks we're going to be facing a lot of cases of Omicron," said Lori Tremmel Freeman, chief executive officer of the National Association of County and City Health Officials, who was on part of Tuesday's call.
"That modeling implies that sometime in January, we will be at a different stage of recognizing Omicron, maybe as even a predominant virus. However, we still are learning about the severity, transmissibility," Freeman said. "The data is emerging from around the world."
There are hints from South Africa, where the variant was first identified, that cases could be less severe. And early research suggests vaccinations plus a booster shot continue to protect against severe disease, even if the number of overall cases spikes.
"When you look at the early data, it does appear that there is a diminution in the severity as expressed by hospitalization," Fauci told CNN this week. "The real question is, is that an inherent diminution of virulence of the virus or is it because there are so many people in the population who have already been infected?"
Still, concrete information about the severity of disease caused by Omicron remains something of a mystery. And less severe cases will still require widespread vaccination, which remains elusive in the United States, despite Biden's efforts.
White House officials recently announced new steps to promote vaccination and booster shots, including family clinics that make it convenient for all eligible age groups to receive doses. Yet other aspects of the President's plan to expand vaccinations have stalled. Two major vaccine mandate requirements -- one dealing with federal contractors and another aimed at companies with 100 or more employees -- have been halted by courts.
They haven't only faced legal scrutiny. The mandates have also proved politically difficult for some Democrats, including two senators who voted with Republicans last week to overturn the rule on private businesses. Some Democratic governors have also expressed unease at the mandate, including Michigan's Gretchen Whitmer, who is otherwise a close ally of the White House.
Biden himself has spared few opportunities to encourage Americans to get vaccinated. Traveling this week in Kentucky -- one of the most conservative pockets he's visited so far as President, and one where only 53.5% of residents are fully vaccinated -- he encountered a woman named Angela wearing a Green Bay Packers hat.
"God love you!" Biden exclaimed, before issuing a light rebuke of Aaron Rogers, the Green Bay player who's refused to get a shot: "Tell that quarterback he's got to get the vaccine."
Problematic pandemic politics
Biden's aides attribute a softening in his approval ratings that began over the summer with the persistent pandemic, which gained steam as the Delta variant spread across the country. A CNN poll conducted by SSRS released this week found the President's overall approval rating holding about even from a previous survey at 49% approve to 51% disapprove. Those ratings are similar to recent polls from AP-NORC and Reuters/Ipsos.
The only issue tested where Biden's rating exceeds his overall reviews is his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, which 54% approve of. But that is far lower than in April, when 66% said they approved of his handling of Covid.
A renewed surge of Covid also threatens to overwhelm a presidential agenda that suffered another setback this week, when Democrats signaled they would punt Biden's sweeping spending plan to next year after failing to reach an agreement with Sen. Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who is now the President's chief negotiating counterpart on the plan.
At the White House, the pandemic has dampened another holiday season, despite efforts to maintain normalcy surrounding the festivities. The first lady's office decided to dramatically scale back the usual roster of holiday parties, opting instead for smaller open house-style events.
Guests attending the 30-minute walk-throughs are required to take Covid-19 tests within 48 hours prior to their visits if they cannot attest to being fully vaccinated. Typically, the President and first lady can host several dozen events during the holiday season, sometimes making appearances at more than one per day. At some, they can stand for hours taking photos and shaking hands.
This year, Biden chose instead to thank supporters at a holiday reception at a nearby hotel. Speaking at a cocktail reception there Tuesday evening, he didn't avoid his disappointment at another Christmas made less merry by the raging pandemic.
"I had hoped by now each one of you, who helped us get to where we are, would have had full access to the White House," he said. "We had all kinds of plans. ... We hoped people had moved on to getting all their vaccines."
Despite the imminent surge, he held out hope that things would soon return to normal: "Next year -- and this year, before it's over -- in the White House. In the White House," he said.
Biden admin eyes a potentially stark shift in messaging around ending the pandemic
President Joe Biden's top health officials came to an afternoon briefing at the White House Thursday with a warning -- and a request.
www.cnn.com
Biden admin eyes a potentially stark shift in messaging around ending the pandemic
By Kevin Liptak and Jeremy Diamond, CNN
Updated 6:48 PM ET, Sat December 18, 2021
(CNN)President Joe Biden's top health officials came to an afternoon briefing at the White House Thursday with a warning -- and a request.
Sitting at the head of his long conference table surrounded by top members of his Covid response team, Biden listened intently as the officials laid out the contours of a looming coronavirus surge that could accelerate rapidly, swamp hospitals and send the country into another bleak winter.
Yet Biden's team also came to the evergreen-bedecked Roosevelt Room with potentially more positive news: Many of those cases will remain mild or even asymptomatic in vaccinated people -- particularly those who have gotten booster shots.
It was a message the officials urged Biden to deliver to the public in the clearest terms possible, according to people familiar with the session. Only by laying out the stark difference in outcomes between vaccinated and unvaccinated infections could the gravity of the moment come through.
So Biden and his team -- which included Dr. Anthony Fauci, two top vaccine experts from the National Institutes of Health, White House Covid response coordinator Jeff Zients and his deputy Natalie Quillian -- set to work writing out by hand the grave warning he would deliver later when cameras were ushered into the room.
Biden opened his appearance by declaring he wanted to deliver a "direct message" to the American people.
"For the unvaccinated, we are looking at a winter of severe illness and death for the unvaccinated -- for themselves, their families and the hospitals they'll soon overwhelm. But there's good news: If you're vaccinated and you have your booster shot, you're protected from severe illness and death," the President said.
He'd determined ahead of time that his message would be muddled if he answered any questions afterward, so he sat uncharacteristically silent as reporters peppered him on their way out.
The emergence of the Omicron variant has thrust the nation -- and the White House -- back into an uncertain pandemic reality, posing both public health and political challenges for a leader whose ultimate success depends almost entirely on his ability to contain the virus.
Already, cases and hospitalizations are surging in some parts of the country, leading to a 31% increase in cases and a 20% increase in hospitalizations from two weeks ago.
Yet Biden and his team have all but ruled out new lockdowns, and behind the scenes, administration officials have been debating how to shift public attention from the total number of cases -- which appear likely to surge, even if many are mild -- toward the number of severe infections that are overloading health systems and causing interruptions to normal life.
A shift toward focusing on severity instead of case numbers
Some of Biden's advisers are encouraging the administration to begin discussing publicly how to live alongside a virus that shows no signs of disappearing, a potentially stark shift in messaging for a White House that once touted "freedom from the virus."
Steering public attention away from the total number of infections and toward serious cases only -- as some Biden advisers have encouraged -- could prove a challenge after nearly two years of intense focus on the pandemic's every up and down. It is a part of a growing conundrum that Biden faces as the Covid-19 pandemic refuses to abate.
"We're getting to the point now where ... it's about severity," said Xavier Becerra, the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, in a meeting with reporters this week. "It's not about cases. It's about severity."
Becerra said the issue recently arose during a meeting at the White House with Biden's Covid response team. Other officials also said the issue of how to refocus the public away from total cases toward the severity of illness has been an ongoing subject of discussion within the administration.
"There's a degree of difficulty that now comes in trying to decide what means it's severe and what you have to do to stay out of that threshold of severity," Becerra said. "But I think that's where we're heading, is to try to be able to tell the public that."
Administration officials acknowledge the Omicron surge will likely rip through the country, a psychological setback for a population that's become highly attuned to the pandemic. In some places where vaccination rates lag, the consequences will be debilitating, administration officials fear. But in areas where most people have received their initial shots and boosters, the effects could be minimal.
"You have a Delta surge now that, even if we didn't have Omicron, would be a real challenge for the unvaccinated people. ... That's the ingredients of a perfect storm," a senior administration official said. "That's the reason why the message has to be, 'Get vaccinated -- and if you are vaccinated, get boosted.' "
That is the imperative Biden conveyed in the remarks he crafted with his team in the Roosevelt Room on Thursday. For the President, how to proceed with a new surge is a question not only of public health but also of politics. Biden and his team have long asserted that ending the pandemic and returning the economy to normal is the cure for his political woes. A spike in cases over the summer due to the Delta variant, paired with renewed restrictions and mask requirements, coincided with a softening of his approval ratings.
Things are different this time, Biden's aides insist, noting that more Americans are now vaccinated and citing critical lessons taken from the experience battling Delta.
"We have the tools to fight this virus, including Omicron, and we're in a very different and stronger place than we were a year ago and there is no need to lock down," Zients said this week.
Still, the emergence of Omicron has caused the White House to begin contemplating all of its options ahead of a potential surge. Officials said their priorities include making sure hospitals have the resources to deal with a potential influx of patients, particularly in areas where vaccination rates remain low. The administration has deployed public health surge teams to states experiencing rising cases and hospitalizations. And officials plan to put renewed emphasis on the importance of masking in public places.
"They have to be prepared for any scenario, even if it turns out the disease is less severe," one official said.
Becerra said during the meeting with reporters that the administration may need to ask Congress for more funding to combat the pandemic, citing the unknowns of the new variant.
"Are we going to have more than $10 billion worth of needs and costs on Covid, especially in regards to testing?" Becerra said. "There's a strong chance we will, depending on where Omicron takes us."
'Tell that quarterback he's got to get the vaccine!'
Biden's stark warning this week came two days after officials from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention presented various models showing the trajectory of the virus during a call with state and local health officials. The modeling, along with data from Europe, indicated the number of Covid-19 cases caused by the Omicron variant has the potential to double every two days.
"When you think about that this virus has the potential to double every two days, then in a couple of weeks we're going to be facing a lot of cases of Omicron," said Lori Tremmel Freeman, chief executive officer of the National Association of County and City Health Officials, who was on part of Tuesday's call.
"That modeling implies that sometime in January, we will be at a different stage of recognizing Omicron, maybe as even a predominant virus. However, we still are learning about the severity, transmissibility," Freeman said. "The data is emerging from around the world."
There are hints from South Africa, where the variant was first identified, that cases could be less severe. And early research suggests vaccinations plus a booster shot continue to protect against severe disease, even if the number of overall cases spikes.
"When you look at the early data, it does appear that there is a diminution in the severity as expressed by hospitalization," Fauci told CNN this week. "The real question is, is that an inherent diminution of virulence of the virus or is it because there are so many people in the population who have already been infected?"
Still, concrete information about the severity of disease caused by Omicron remains something of a mystery. And less severe cases will still require widespread vaccination, which remains elusive in the United States, despite Biden's efforts.
White House officials recently announced new steps to promote vaccination and booster shots, including family clinics that make it convenient for all eligible age groups to receive doses. Yet other aspects of the President's plan to expand vaccinations have stalled. Two major vaccine mandate requirements -- one dealing with federal contractors and another aimed at companies with 100 or more employees -- have been halted by courts.
They haven't only faced legal scrutiny. The mandates have also proved politically difficult for some Democrats, including two senators who voted with Republicans last week to overturn the rule on private businesses. Some Democratic governors have also expressed unease at the mandate, including Michigan's Gretchen Whitmer, who is otherwise a close ally of the White House.
Biden himself has spared few opportunities to encourage Americans to get vaccinated. Traveling this week in Kentucky -- one of the most conservative pockets he's visited so far as President, and one where only 53.5% of residents are fully vaccinated -- he encountered a woman named Angela wearing a Green Bay Packers hat.
"God love you!" Biden exclaimed, before issuing a light rebuke of Aaron Rogers, the Green Bay player who's refused to get a shot: "Tell that quarterback he's got to get the vaccine."
Problematic pandemic politics
Biden's aides attribute a softening in his approval ratings that began over the summer with the persistent pandemic, which gained steam as the Delta variant spread across the country. A CNN poll conducted by SSRS released this week found the President's overall approval rating holding about even from a previous survey at 49% approve to 51% disapprove. Those ratings are similar to recent polls from AP-NORC and Reuters/Ipsos.
The only issue tested where Biden's rating exceeds his overall reviews is his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, which 54% approve of. But that is far lower than in April, when 66% said they approved of his handling of Covid.
A renewed surge of Covid also threatens to overwhelm a presidential agenda that suffered another setback this week, when Democrats signaled they would punt Biden's sweeping spending plan to next year after failing to reach an agreement with Sen. Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who is now the President's chief negotiating counterpart on the plan.
At the White House, the pandemic has dampened another holiday season, despite efforts to maintain normalcy surrounding the festivities. The first lady's office decided to dramatically scale back the usual roster of holiday parties, opting instead for smaller open house-style events.
Guests attending the 30-minute walk-throughs are required to take Covid-19 tests within 48 hours prior to their visits if they cannot attest to being fully vaccinated. Typically, the President and first lady can host several dozen events during the holiday season, sometimes making appearances at more than one per day. At some, they can stand for hours taking photos and shaking hands.
This year, Biden chose instead to thank supporters at a holiday reception at a nearby hotel. Speaking at a cocktail reception there Tuesday evening, he didn't avoid his disappointment at another Christmas made less merry by the raging pandemic.
"I had hoped by now each one of you, who helped us get to where we are, would have had full access to the White House," he said. "We had all kinds of plans. ... We hoped people had moved on to getting all their vaccines."
Despite the imminent surge, he held out hope that things would soon return to normal: "Next year -- and this year, before it's over -- in the White House. In the White House," he said.
TheSearcher
Are you sure about that?
We'll see.Another take, posted for discussion.. If they do this, it's because there's a new boogieman waiting in the wings to take its place. JMO
The White House Prepares to Surrender on COVID
The White House Prepares to Surrender on COVID
By Bonchie | Dec 19, 2021 7:45 PM ET
Per a new report, the White House is preparing to surrender on COVID. What exactly the word “surrender” means in this context is up for some debate, but I’ve got some thoughts on the matter.
To get us there, though, the Biden administration is laying the groundwork to make the case for living with the coronavirus. That’s in stark contrast to the lofty promises Joe Biden made during the 2020 election, namely, that he’d “shut down the virus.”
View: https://twitter.com/DavidSacks/status/1472658398059511808?s=20
So is the administration actually surrendering to the virus itself? I wouldn’t say that because there was never any reality where we eradicated a virus that is clearly endemic and seasonal. “Winning” against COVID always looked like developing therapeutics that allowed humanity to coexist with it. And given the waning efficacy of the vaccines and the fact that they don’t stop infection, they are basically a type of therapeutic at this point.
But what the Biden administration is surrendering on is the pie in the sky notion that if everyone gets vaccinated, that COVID will cease to exist. We’ve known for a long time that the vaccinated both spread the coronavirus and contract it. In light of that reality, the situation has now become so untenable that the White House simply can’t continue to pretend that their lies about the vaccines and transmission are true any longer. I’ve lost count of how many times Biden claimed in the past that if you got vaccinated, you wouldn’t get COVID. That talking point is dead, and for the record, it was never factual.
Then there’s the political part of this. Biden spent all of 2020 insisting he had the plan to beat COVID. He was going to shut down the virus, stop the spread, and lead us into a new era of prosperity. Putting aside arguments about election security, Biden took office almost solely because he made those promises to a naive public. He’s now broken them, and the president is left having to concede to his critics that they were right.
Those of us that have been saying for almost two years that we needed to stop with the lockdowns and fantasies about eradicating COVID and let people live their lives were right. Those that said we needed to prioritize treatments and not just vaccines because the virus is going to become a seasonal event were right. Joe Biden and all the rest of the COVID hysterics who were too busy accusing people of killing grandma instead of thinking rationally were wrong. All of those who attacked Donald Trump by pretending there was some simple solution to COVID that Biden would enact were wrong.
In short, this entire administration is a sham. They promised heaven and delivered hell. And while you can expect them to once again try to blame others, no one should let them forget how badly they failed here.
The Hammer
Has No Life - Lives on TB
At this point, he might just come out in a bath towel...
Capt. Eddie
Veteran Member
The "vaccine" is working so poorly that they can no longer cover up the fact that it does nothing to prevent covid so they have to shift to making it appear to help with symptoms. The "vaccine" in the goal the virus is only the means to that end.Another take, posted for discussion.. If they do this, it's because there's a new boogieman waiting in the wings to take its place. JMO
The White House Prepares to Surrender on COVID
The White House Prepares to Surrender on COVID
By Bonchie | Dec 19, 2021 7:45 PM ET
Per a new report, the White House is preparing to surrender on COVID. What exactly the word “surrender” means in this context is up for some debate, but I’ve got some thoughts on the matter.
To get us there, though, the Biden administration is laying the groundwork to make the case for living with the coronavirus. That’s in stark contrast to the lofty promises Joe Biden made during the 2020 election, namely, that he’d “shut down the virus.”
View: https://twitter.com/DavidSacks/status/1472658398059511808?s=20
So is the administration actually surrendering to the virus itself? I wouldn’t say that because there was never any reality where we eradicated a virus that is clearly endemic and seasonal. “Winning” against COVID always looked like developing therapeutics that allowed humanity to coexist with it. And given the waning efficacy of the vaccines and the fact that they don’t stop infection, they are basically a type of therapeutic at this point.
But what the Biden administration is surrendering on is the pie in the sky notion that if everyone gets vaccinated, that COVID will cease to exist. We’ve known for a long time that the vaccinated both spread the coronavirus and contract it. In light of that reality, the situation has now become so untenable that the White House simply can’t continue to pretend that their lies about the vaccines and transmission are true any longer. I’ve lost count of how many times Biden claimed in the past that if you got vaccinated, you wouldn’t get COVID. That talking point is dead, and for the record, it was never factual.
Then there’s the political part of this. Biden spent all of 2020 insisting he had the plan to beat COVID. He was going to shut down the virus, stop the spread, and lead us into a new era of prosperity. Putting aside arguments about election security, Biden took office almost solely because he made those promises to a naive public. He’s now broken them, and the president is left having to concede to his critics that they were right.
Those of us that have been saying for almost two years that we needed to stop with the lockdowns and fantasies about eradicating COVID and let people live their lives were right. Those that said we needed to prioritize treatments and not just vaccines because the virus is going to become a seasonal event were right. Joe Biden and all the rest of the COVID hysterics who were too busy accusing people of killing grandma instead of thinking rationally were wrong. All of those who attacked Donald Trump by pretending there was some simple solution to COVID that Biden would enact were wrong.
In short, this entire administration is a sham. They promised heaven and delivered hell. And while you can expect them to once again try to blame others, no one should let them forget how badly they failed here.
ETA... Hence all the hype with Fauxcahontas and Sparticus (and many more soon I would venture a bet) getting it. Look we got triple "vaxed" and we got the super mega death variant and we're fine.
Yeah...
Holding it behind him to cover his ass, while walking towards the press!
Summerthyme
bw
Fringe Ranger
Hey, cut that out! I don't need that in my head!
That is how my grandfather walked from the shower every night. His shower was in the front of the house. He didnt use the one near their bedroom. Through the den and down the hall. Didnt matter who my grandmother was entertaining in the den. At shower time everyone got a bit of a view.
lojoma
Veteran Member
Ive been thinking a while the shot is the new boxcar. Such evil genius.
Blacknarwhal
Let's Go Brandon!
"Shut down Christmas" didn't work in 2020. It's not likely to work in 2021. Biden does not have sufficient divisions to try and keep every family in the US from gathering on Christmas.
What puzzles me is why the mid-week announcement. If he wanted it buried it'd go out on Friday afternoon. He can't announce anything serious in the middle of a work week; even if anyone took it seriously it would ruin the Dems' everything going into November midterms.
(edit: it occurred to me that Tuesday is the first day of winter. "Dark winter of death" ahead, maybe?)
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bw
Fringe Ranger
I've been saying for months that the Jab Juggernaut is stalled. I also said when they acknowledge that, they need something to distract the masses so the mob doesn't turn to pitchforks and torches. I've been expecting a major false flag, but maybe it's going to be a narrative change. Anyway, they NEED to get ahead of the outrage, so it has to hit the media big. Not that this speech HAS to be the end I've been expecting, but it might be.
Blacknarwhal
Let's Go Brandon!
Cacheman
Ultra MAGA!
If this gets out the narrative is destroyed....
www.thegatewaypundit.com
Not Making Headlines: Omicron Variant So Weak that South Africa will Stop Tracing and Quarantining of Contacts
Jim Hoft
2 minutes
South Africa ministers announced the country is moving to stop contact tracing and quarantining of Omicron contacts. Healthcare experts discovered the Omicron is so weak that they do not need to trace the Omicron variant among the people.
This is good news for those who believe that the Omicron will help with herd immunity.
It’s bad news for Fauci and his political operatives pushing vaccinations.
Alex Berenson reported from News 24:
Not Making Headlines: Omicron Variant So Weak that South Africa will Stop Tracing and Quarantining of Contacts | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hoft
South Africa ministers announced the country is moving to stop contact tracing and quarantining of Omicron contacts.
www.thegatewaypundit.com
Not Making Headlines: Omicron Variant So Weak that South Africa will Stop Tracing and Quarantining of Contacts
Jim Hoft
2 minutes
South Africa ministers announced the country is moving to stop contact tracing and quarantining of Omicron contacts. Healthcare experts discovered the Omicron is so weak that they do not need to trace the Omicron variant among the people.
This is good news for those who believe that the Omicron will help with herd immunity.
It’s bad news for Fauci and his political operatives pushing vaccinations.
Alex Berenson reported from News 24:
Blacknarwhal
Let's Go Brandon!
If this gets out the narrative is destroyed....
Not Making Headlines: Omicron Variant So Weak that South Africa will Stop Tracing and Quarantining of Contacts | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hoft
South Africa ministers announced the country is moving to stop contact tracing and quarantining of Omicron contacts.
Not Making Headlines: Omicron Variant So Weak that South Africa will Stop Tracing and Quarantining of Contacts
Jim Hoft
2 minutes
South Africa ministers announced the country is moving to stop contact tracing and quarantining of Omicron contacts. Healthcare experts discovered the Omicron is so weak that they do not need to trace the Omicron variant among the people.
This is good news for those who believe that the Omicron will help with herd immunity.
It’s bad news for Fauci and his political operatives pushing vaccinations.
Alex Berenson reported from News 24:
Maybe this will be Biden's "Mission Accomplished" speech. Omicron is proving so weak that we're not even tracking it any more. I told you I'd beat Covid!
vector7
Dot Collector
And this is our President…
May God help us all.
But I thought the majority of positive cases of Omicron was vaccinated or boosted.
View: https://twitter.com/aGreenCup25/status/1472765134321987587?s=20
May God help us all.
But I thought the majority of positive cases of Omicron was vaccinated or boosted.
View: https://twitter.com/aGreenCup25/status/1472765134321987587?s=20
The Hammer
Has No Life - Lives on TB
I'm thinking the viewership won't be very high.
It's Christmas week. Nobody wants to hear from a slow-witted, angry, whispering old man pretending to be president, when they all know he's not running anything.
It's Christmas week. Nobody wants to hear from a slow-witted, angry, whispering old man pretending to be president, when they all know he's not running anything.
wvstuck
Only worry about what you can control!
What the winter is going to look like for unvaccinated Americans:
Freedom, lack of fear, living life. We will be worried about dying at times, car accidents are dangerous, eating unhealthy and not exercising leads to heart conditions, diabetes and cancer.
We are hanging out with friends and family, we are not letting a government or fake media manipulate our thinking, after all they work for us, they should always be honest with the boss, but we know they lie all too frequently.
All winter long we will be planning to put Joe Biden and his cronies out of power in the next election cycle. We don't trust the government or the media, we have quit giving Hollywood our money, places that go woke don't see us spending money anymore.
Heck the one thing we won't be doing this winter is putting money in red collection pots or issuing apologies for being freedom loving Americans that still have faith in the constitution.
PS: See you in the spring, unless one of your boosters kill you. Oh, and make sure you are right with God! There is no winter in hell!
Freedom, lack of fear, living life. We will be worried about dying at times, car accidents are dangerous, eating unhealthy and not exercising leads to heart conditions, diabetes and cancer.
We are hanging out with friends and family, we are not letting a government or fake media manipulate our thinking, after all they work for us, they should always be honest with the boss, but we know they lie all too frequently.
All winter long we will be planning to put Joe Biden and his cronies out of power in the next election cycle. We don't trust the government or the media, we have quit giving Hollywood our money, places that go woke don't see us spending money anymore.
Heck the one thing we won't be doing this winter is putting money in red collection pots or issuing apologies for being freedom loving Americans that still have faith in the constitution.
PS: See you in the spring, unless one of your boosters kill you. Oh, and make sure you are right with God! There is no winter in hell!
pinkelsteinsmom
Veteran Member
Because the yonkipper bunch control fed gov/WHO/b lackrok/ v an gard et al + big farma.
somewherepress
Has No Life - Lives on TB
I was thinking the exact same thing...
**COUGH**
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My fellow Americans....
Yes! Love this post as it expresses my feelings exactly!