excalibur
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No one should be surprised though, this administration is a shit show from beginning to end.
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According to the New York Times, Florida ranks 18th among the states in terms of the proportion of its adult population inoculated with at least one does of the vaccine, and it has a higher full vaccination rate than states such as Illinois and Michigan. Texas meanwhile, ranks 25th in the first category, and ahead of Nevada and North Carolina in the second.
Neither President Biden nor Psaki have been critical of Illinois, Michigan, Nevada, and North Carolina or their Democratic governors for “lowered vaccination rates.”
On the other hand, DeSantis and Texas governor Greg Abbott have sparred with the president on a number of issues, but especially on the subject of COVID and how best to balance the public health challenge it represents with other priorities.
It’s also notable that while the vaccines have proven resilient in preventing hospitalization and death amidst the Delta variant outbreak, breakthrough cases have been far more common since it supplanted the original viral strain as the most common in the U.S.
At a press conference on Thursday, DeSantis noted that at a Broward County site where antibody doses are being distributed, 52 percent of the patients and a whopping 69 percent of patients over the age of 60 had been vaccinated.
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White House Peddles False Claim about Low Vaccination Rates in Florida, Texas | National Review
The White House claims red states are consuming a disproportionate number of antibody treatment doses because of low vaccination rates.
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