Biden doubles down on Covid restrictions

 Washington Examiner:

With a new COVID-19 plan focused on increased testing and booster shots, tighter rules for international travel, and an extended mask mandate for public transportation, the Biden administration acknowledged that a full return to normal won't happen until well into 2022.

President Joe Biden seems to be betting that too much action is better than too little in the eyes of voters, but that approach could backfire, according to GOP strategist John Feehery.

"The Biden team has been misreading the polls on this fairly consistently. That’s why they have pursued a vaccine mandate and a mask mandate — because they believe that most Americans want strong leadership that leads to zero COVID," Feehery said. "I think most Americans fear the government response to COVID more than they fear COVID itself. Most Americans understand that we are going to have to live with COVID and want to move on with their lives."

That aggressive approach could also be a factor in Biden's consistently sagging approval ratings.

"Biden and his team keep making exactly the wrong choices, and that’s why his poll numbers are so low," Feehery added.

The federal mask mandate for airports, rail stations, and public transit has been extended from Jan. 18 to March 18, meaning it will stay in place past the second anniversary of the virus entering the United States. But Biden has avoided calls for more mask mandates at the state and local level, pointing instead to existing recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Of the nine points in Biden's winter COVID-19 strategy, five deal with vaccinations, two address treatment for those who contract the disease, and two call for increased testing. None call for lockdowns or quarantines, which have largely been abandoned in the U.S. during recent months.

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Biden over-promised on the stopping of the spread of the virus and now finds himself dealing with blowback from the restrictions he has imposed. He is also just imposing those restrictions on citizens and legal travelers and not the illegals who are flooding across the border because of his own illegal border policies.

See, also:

WHO: ‘No Evidence’ Boosting Entire Population Offers Greater Protection to Healthy Individuals

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