So Biden fell short of 70% vaccine coverage by 3%

[malaise]

That used to be the margin of error in our stats classes.
Yes he aimed for 70% having at least one dose. 67% is stunning in and of itself.

Thanks M$Greedia for telling me every fucking hour for the last three days.
He came very close you fucking ingrates. Go and talk to the ReTHUGs who refuse to get their vaccines and then go fuck yourselves.
That is all.

[Bev54]

1. I think it is time to put those who refuse to be vaccinated,

in a colony somewhere. If they continue to get sick and passing on the covid, it could mutate to the point where our vaccines no longer work. Assholes.

[roamer65]

17. Good use for FEMA camps.

[2naSalit]

25. +1

[malaise]

55. Yeeeeeeeeeeeeees!

[luckone]

44. Not only that If we live, How much will insurance rates go up for everyone from these idiots

Hospital workers put in these stressful situations for a long period will have its toll
I don’t think they can be contained
Typhoid Mary was kept from spreading but found many ways to work around that

[Bev54]

45. Luckily I am Canadian and don't worry about that

also we expect over 85% vaccinated but I am worried about our border being opened to those who refuse to vaccinate.

[luckone]

46. Yes you are lucky to not live in US and have to worry about insurance costs But I do sympathize

with your border situation Scary what could happen because of idiots here

[homegirl]

71. I may be called coldhearted

but when they show at the ER they should be told to go home, take two aspirin and drink lots of water.

[Diraven]

80. "This is a flu. This is like a flu"

Guess who said it

[niyad]

2. I do admire your restraint and circumspection.

[malaise]

4. ROFL

[reACTIONary]

33. Often I wish she would just...

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... let lose and tell us what she really thinks!

[LakeArenal]

41. (She)

[reACTIONary]

51. OK, thanks! Those...

... pesky pronouns.

[panader0]

3. "67% is stunning in and of itself."

Of course he should have an ambitious goal. That's the way to do it in my opinion.
Thanks for the priority you placed on this goal President Biden.

[Murphyb849]

5. Could not have said it better 👏👏👏

[SunSeeker]

6. K & R

[UncleTomsEvilBrother]

7. Absolutely no offense...

...to the wonderful thread starter, but I have been shaking my head the past few days with the "Biden fell short" headlines. In actuality, America fell short. Because of the current polarized environment, it's easy to make things political; however, COVID is a communicable disease.

Needless to say, I want the staunchest racist to get vaccinated because that's one less person that can infect us all. Again, America has fallen short - not "just" Biden.

[malaise]

11. He achieved 95.7% of his aim and they are complaining

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I detest these people

Thanks Prof

[Moostache]

12. Depending on the grade scale that was B-plus / A-minus achievement...

I attended schools that went 100-93% for "A" and also some that went 100-90% for "A"...

Either way you cut it, we went from straight F's (on any scale) to the honor roll in the past 6 months.
I'll take that any day of the week and twice on Sunday!

[ProfessorGAC]

69. It's Better Than That!

My buddy Malaise has her math wrong.
67 out of 70 is 95.7%!!!! Not, 90.5%.
That's an A on any grading scale!!

[malaise]

77. LOL - will correct

Ma just rolled in her grave

[ProfessorGAC]

70. See Post #69.

You're math understates the success!

[crickets]

14. Well said. nt

[Pinback]

60. Yes -- a couple of things the "Screw the unvaccinated" miss

are that unvaccinated people a) pass along the virus to other unvaccinated people, thus exponentially increasing the spread and b) become factories for variants, which can be more deadly and may at some point overcome vaccine protection.

[panader0]

8. When are insurance companies going to stop covering covid patients who refused

to be vaccinated? Absolutely anyone in the country who wants a vaccination can have one.
If you live way out in the country, people will come to you, or give you a ride to a clinic.
So if you are unvaccinated it is by choice. Should insurance pay for that?

[orleans]

40. that thought has crossed my mind as well

but i take it one step further--those without insurance and i'm sure there are plenty of trump supporters who are on public aid. so who pays for their political stance then when they land themselves in the hospital because they refused to get the vaccine?

[gulliver]

9. Biden/Good Citizens Team 67, COVID/Trumpist Republican Team 3...I'll take that score.

The good team won.

[dsc]

10. The map of the states that are at or over 70 is rather telling

It is literally every single state Hillary won and only one that she lost (PA).

[blue neen]

13. Yes.

I am sick of hearing them.

[Walleye]

15. One newscaster said he promised 70%. They don't care how in accurate they are anymore

[dawg day]

16. "Man's reach should exceed his grasp....

Else what's heaven for?"

Robert Browning

Plan on an ambitious goal, so that even if you don't meet the deadline, you're almost there.

[malaise]

22. My paternal grandma loved him

[madamesilverspurs]

18. Biden's 67%

is still 100% more than TFG did.



.

[malaise]

20. That is given

[Stinky The Clown]

19. What a wonderful lilt to your voice as you share thoughts about the wright wing.

[malaise]

21. LOL

[Blue Owl]

23. The M$M should be blaming themselves

For giving all the free airtime to the goddamned fucking MAGA anti-vaxxers and making them look legit. Fuck those two-faced fucksticks….

[malaise]

24. True

and covering the Slobfather's shitshows day after day

[Blue Owl]

27. ABCNNBCBS's Slobfather Special

Served with a side of shit sauce… Send it back to the kitchen, I want a refund!

[malaise]

29. You made me laugh

[Blue Owl]

32. I still can't help but laughing...

Every time I see the word “Slobfather” — and I have you to thank for that! (even if that other DU’er coined the phrase, you are keeping it alive and kicking!)

[uponit7771]

47. +1

[IronLionZion]

26. As Michelle told us when they go low, we go high

our side is way more vaccinated than theirs. They are really owning the libs by continuing to spread the pandemic. There may be fewer of them soon

[malaise]

28. The only good news

There may be fewer of them soon

[TNNurse]

30. Joe did not fall short, fools did that by not getting vaccinated.

[malaise]

31. The coverage has been sickening

like why is he celebrating - I detest them.

[ShazzieB]

34. I agree that 67% is pretty darned good.

But even if the total was less than that, I would object to all the stories that start with the words "Biden fell short," simply because BIDEN didn't fall short! It's all the antivaxxers and so called "vaccine hesitant" covidiots who have "fallen short."

Biden succeeded in making the vaccine much more available and easier to access. He did his job, and that's
all he could do. Most of the people who haven't been vaccinated by now are in three categories:

1. Adults who are unvaccinated by their own stupid choice
2. Kids who are in age groups for whom the vaccine has not yet been approved for use
3. People of any age who can't be vaccinated for genuine medical reasons

None of the above is within Biden's control, and it ticks me off that anyone is saying he has "fallen short."

[malaise]

61. It really is annoying

[NoMoreRepugs]

35. So getting 96% of a target - in an incredibly short

period of time isn’t an INCREDIBLE achievement but something to be looked at as what? Is all lost because that GOAL wasn’t exactly met? Seriously, there is soooo much wrong with this country I wonder how we make it day to day.

[malaise]

36. +1,000

You are right

[yonder]

37. That's because Mexico didn't pay for it....in two weeks...in two weeks...in two weeks...

[Sogo]

38. I understand that the 67% is for those who have had at least one dose.

The two-dose percentage is in the 45% range.

Is this correct?

Not trying to contradict your post, but this was the reporting on the local news in my area last night....

[orangecrush]

39. 30% of my countrymen

Are a testament to Darwin.

[TheFarseer]

42. I wonder if half the unvaxxed

Refused the vaccine in part to make Joe look bad. What if you got it before Inauguration Day? Who does that make look good? If you get sick and die does that make Joe look bad? It can hurt your head to think about this stuff. Or you can not worry about owning the libs for 15 minutes and help us end the pandemic.

[malaise]

48. Quite possible and not just Joe

to make Democrats look bad - that failed

[Under The Radar]

43. We should grade him on the curve

[meadowlander]

49. If there was enough vaccine available for 70% coverage, he met his target.

It's the 33% of Americans who couldn't be bothered to get a vaccine that fell short.

[Maxheader]

50. Joe! Dude..

You did real good. 600000

dead u.s. citizens . Most on stumpys

watch. I hate to think

what the numbers would be if tard

boy was still prez....

https://khn.org/news/nation-records-400000-covid-deaths-on-last-day-of-donald-trump-presidency/

[malaise]

58. That's the truth

[spanone]

52. Fucking K & Fucking R

[malaise]

53. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

:hi;

[spanone]

54. 👍🏼

[TheBlackAdder]

56. Didn't he keep increasing the percentage as the earlier goals were met ahead of time?

[malaise]

57. Yes but they will never be satisfied

Next time he must say between 60 and 70% and shut them the eff up!

[BGBD]

59. slightly missing their target

but through no fault of their own. The vaccine is logistically available to everyone. over the age of 12. You can literally walk into one of a million places and get it today without a wait.



You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

62. So 66% closer then TFG

Joe is doing a great job don't listen to the MSM$$ greedia.

[SWBTATTReg]

63. So, 67% vaccinated, a pretty damn good rate in anybody's book (well, except for the gop's book)...

So, 100% less 67% means republicans = 33% of the US? I know, I know, very unscientific, but seems to kind of match republican %s of voters in the US (rest being democratic, independent, and other parties)...

[malaise]

64. Good match

[Vinca]

65. They shouldn't blame Biden for not making the 70%. Blame goes to the idiots who are willing

to take a chance of a vacation with a respirator or even a double lung transplant like the one guy.

[malaise]

66. That it reached 67% is the story in my opinion

Fugg 'em!

[peppertree]

67. And whose fault is THAT?

[CrispyQ]

68. He would have easily made the goal if he wasn't up against monumental stupidity.

The vaccs are out there for anyone who wants one & is of age. I wish the media would stress that.

[Probatim]

72. Thanks for posting what I've been screaming for 2 weeks now.

A better headline would be - Biden at 67%, if we can get the remaining bumblefucks to think beyond their noses, we'd be at 95%.

[lillypaddle]

73. Well said, malaise! nt

[COL Mustard]

74. Look On The Bright Side.

The unvaccinated will continue to infect each other, and some will die off from the new strains. They'll inadvertently raise the percentage simply by not being counted.

That is all.

[mvd]

75. It's nuts

President Biden should be getting credit for setting an ambitious goal and making the progress he has. Meanwhile, TFG botched the whole rollout and not even a peep. I don’t trust any of the networks - even MSNBC - due to the corporate influence.

[Joinfortmill]

76. Biden Administration is rocking it even if they missed the goal.

[Cha]

78. A$$hole US "meida".. Enemy fo the State.

[LittleGirl]

79. I know! I was mumbling at the tv today!

67% is amazing considering 6 months ago, 45 had no freaking plan to distribute vaccines. They were ready to go in January and Bam, new POTUS and by July, millions and millions have been given their FREE jab. Surely the former guy wanted to get rich on those shots! I’m sure he got rich on ventilators and PPE without anybody catching that. All the fraud in the PPP loans to companies that didn’t need it. How much money did the 45 org get for covid relief? Somebody look into that, okay?

[thucythucy]

81. And that three percent is almost entirely the fault of Fox News and the GOP noise machine.

The more accurate (and responsible) way to cover this story would be to say, "Republican efforts to undermine President Biden result in increased danger to the American public."