America goes back to work….
Kids go back to school….
The President says the pandemic is over….
State’s taking Covid money for brick and mortar building….
So much more that Republican’s don’t want anymore covid or monkeypox money….
Masks are still out there, but much less….
And Covid booster’s are NOT what many people are getting…
Oh and?
This dog knows of a LOT people getting Covid in the last month….
It’s getting colder, hospitalizations in Europe are rising and Americans aren’t showing up to get their Covid-19 boosters.
By the end of last week, the Biden administration expected between 13 and 15 million people — or about 5 percent of the eligible population — would have opted to get the updated Moderna or Pfizer jab ahead of what health officials warn could be another deadly Covid winter.
Now, the administration is racing against the dropping temperatures to convince more people to get the new Covid-19 booster shot in a make-or-break push ahead of the winter, Krista and Adam Cancryn report.
What’s the problem, people? Booster uptake wasn’t great before the Omicron-fighting version came along. Now doctors and advocates say Americans are burned out, tuned out and don’t understand why this one is different.
That’s also true — and particularly concerning — among older Americans, who still bear the brunt of the worst of the pandemic.
“We’ve heard so many questions and confusion,” said Bill Walsh, vice president of communications at AARP. “They don’t realize that this is really a different category of vaccine, and they don’t quite understand fully the reason it’s so effective at treating this latest iteration of Covid-19.”
Great expectations? The Biden administration is publicly optimistic about the booster uptake and the campaign ahead. Officials are getting boosted on TV. They’re working with community messengers and pushing out new ads to reach people in long-term care facilities and rural Americans, including at a pop-up vaccine event at the Talladega Superspeedway over the weekend.
Privately, however, health officials don’t expect a massive response. That’s partly due to the country’s deep pandemic fatigue and to the lack of an immediate threat of a dangerous new variant that might otherwise motivate people to prioritize the booster. And, they say, they don’t have enough money to do the job the way they want to…