Biden’s Christmas crisis: 2021 ends with 400K more COVID-19 deaths
Experts say testing, therapeutics, broader vaccination critical to a better 2022
By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times - Saturday, December 25, 2021
President Biden won the White House on a pledge to crush the coronavirus through a commitment to science, testing for anyone who wants it, and a major vaccine sprint in his first 100 days in office.
Things haven’t quite gone as planned.
More than a year into the vaccine drive, and nearly 12 months since Mr. Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris memorialized 400,000 COVID-19 deaths on the eve of the inauguration, the U.S. is mourning another 400,000 lives lost to the disease and now battling another winter surge in the virus.
Pandemic-weary Americans face a third calendar year in which offices are shuttered, Broadway shows are postponed and schools struggle to wrangle outbreaks.
A push to mandate vaccines is sparking legal backlash, and Americans closed out the year wondering why a Christmastime push to make testing more available didn’t come months sooner, as lines snaked around blocks in New York City and Washington as if it were mid-2020.
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