Where is Trump when you need him? Did I really say that?
Unfortunately, yes. There is only one person who could convince most of the rest of the country to get vaccinated – Trump. If he came out with a strong PSA, stressing his role in getting the vaccines developed and approved ASAP to stop the virus from crippling our country, and urging his supporters to do their patriotic duty and get vaccinated, that probably would make a major difference.
Between his personalizing the issue and making it an act of patriotism, his supporters would probably march lock-step to the vaccination clinics.
This is really our only hope. There is no chance that the federal government, or most state governments, will follow the example of New York City and San Francisco and impose vaccination passport mandates. That and a renewed mask mandate would have sufficed to get the virus under control again. But that's not going to happen.
So someone must appeal to Trump. This is no time for politics or self-righteousness. Right now, we need Trump.
President Biden can't make that appeal because Trump doesn't recognize him. And it can't be one of his allies. It must be someone from the other side who comes to him asking for his help. And who better to make the appeal probably than Dr. Fauci? Someone Trump respects despite past disagreements.
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