Vaccine politics will soon replace election politics
... The issue that is likely to dominate political discussion for some while, even before Jan. 20, is how to handle and distribute new coronavirus treatments. These debates will be all the more pressing because it now appears that winter will bring a big uptick in cases, hospitalizations and, unfortunately, deaths ...
... on vaccine issues, American public opinion does not map neatly along a simple left-right axis. There are plenty of vaccine skeptics (and advocates) on both sides of the political spectrum, so neither Trump nor Biden can expect their usual allies on this issue ...
... The elderly are more vulnerable, but the young are more likely to spread COVID-19 ... Again, it is easy to see potential conflicts over this question, cutting across traditional party lines ...
One sensible approach is to give them preemptively to those working on the front lines, such as nurses and doctors ...
... Unfortunately, the U.S. is not preparing itself for a system in which most people get tested every day. The result is that the split in health outcomes between the conscientious and the non-conscientious will grow wider yet. And again, the winners and losers will not fall into the standard political coalitions ...
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