The WAP article, “Craving freedom from virus, U.S. heads into July 4 with sharply divided risk” is lousy journalism, ignoring Republican’s genocidal behavior. The Post-ABC poll doesn’t ignore the genocidal behavior of the GOP.

In the “Craving freedom from virus, U.S. heads into July 4 with sharply divided risk” article:

“Most ominously, the highly transmissible delta variant is on the rise and represents a quarter of confirmed cases, posing a greater risk to pockets of unvaccinated communities than earlier strains of the virus. The White House launched a new initiative to respond to regional flare-ups ignited by the delta variant, including in Mesa County, Colo., and a growing cluster along Missouri’s borders with Oklahoma and Arkansas…

‘The overarching sense in America is that summer is here, the pandemic is over and the party can begin. But in undervaccinated areas, where ironically a lot of this rhetoric lives and breeds, that’s the farthest thing from the truth,’ said Aditi Nerurkar, a global health specialist at Harvard Medical School.

‘I worry that the July 4 weekend could become a superspreader event in low vaccinated areas without the necessary precautions,”’Nerurkar added, noting that eating and socializing without masks in those places could create a “petri dish for a brewing delta surge.”

 “Craving freedom from virus, U.S. heads into July 4 with sharply divided risk”  is lousy journalism. The overwhelming reason for non-vaccinated people is the Republican Party and their main propaganda outlet Fox News. What the Republicans are doing is genocide. WAP brutally ignores the obvious to satisfy clients & GOP officials

The two words "politically conservative" in one sentence of the Washington Post article, “Craving freedom from virus, U.S. heads into July 4 with sharply divided risk” is a vague reference to the Republican Party genocide part of the US response to COVID-19 the now “Simmering epidemic”:

“Even highly vaccinated communities are vigilant against the rise of the delta variant because of neighborhoods and demographic groups, often young, of color or politically conservative, with below average immunization rates.”

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Craving freedom from virus, U.S. heads into July 4 with sharply divided risk

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It appears that facts are harder to ignore in polling. 

"The differences between Republicans and Democrats on the issue of vaccinations are stark, just as they were about reopening the economy during the worst of the pandemic. The survey finds that 86 percent of Democrats have received at least one shot of a vaccine, compared with 45 percent of Republicans. Another 7 percent of Democrats say they are likely to do so, compared with 4 percent of Republicans.

But while 6 percent of Democrats say they aren’t likely to get vaccinated, 47 percent of Republicans fall into that camp, with 38 percent of Republicans overall saying they will definitely not get shots against the virus.

Most independents (54 percent) say they have received at least one shot and another 11 percent say they are likely to do so. Among independents, 22 percent say they will definitely not get vaccinated.

Regionally, there are significant variations in the rate of vaccinations, with lower rates in states dominated by Republicans. Seventy-five percent of adults in the mostly Democratic Northeast say they have received at least one shot. That compares with 62 percent in the West, 56 percent in the South and 53 percent in the Midwest. The Midwest shows the highest level of regional resistance to vaccination, with 27 percent saying they will definitely not get a vaccine.

In keeping with those divisions, Biden’s job performance is viewed in starkly different terms among those who have been vaccinated and those who have not. About 2 in 3 of adults who have gotten at least one shot approve of how he is doing his job, compared with fewer than 1 in 3 of the unvaccinated. Eight in 10 vaccinated Americans rate him positively for his handling of the pandemic, compared with fewer than 4 in 10 of those not vaccinated.”

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Post-ABC poll: Biden earns high marks for handling the pandemic, but many Republicans resist vaccination

 

In 1968 Walter Cronkite spoke truthful words about the Vietnam War. 

There are a few voices on internet sites voicing the truth. But most people see and hear corporate news, the news that multinational corporations want us to see and hear. Our news is dominated by corporate propaganda. 

 

We need a Walter Cronkite in today's corporate news. 

 

 In 1968 some journalists knew the Vietnam War was unwindable. Walter Cronkite was the journalist who presented that concept to the world. Everyone but the military industrial complex was tired of the war. 

Nixon ran on ending the Vietnam War but had no intention of ending the war. We found out that decades later. 

Nixon Prolonged Vietnam War for Political Gain—And Johnson Knew About It, Newly Unclassified Tapes Suggest

Nixon ran on a platform that opposed the Vietnam war, but to win the election, he needed the war to continue

Colin Schultz

March 18, 2013

How long before we learn the whole story of the response to COVID-19?