What if we started requiring it for flying?
The conversation around vaccines is getting a bit more focused on the unvaccinated. So one of our columns today says mandates are needed. Enough already.
We need targeted vaccine mandates
America is at a COVID-19 crossroads. For the first time since the highly effective vaccines became widely available in the spring, the new case rate is back on the rise due to the spread of the more contagious delta variant and the stalled effort to vaccinate people in many parts of the country.
According to medical experts, reaching herd immunity will require that 70% to 90% of the U.S. population be fully vaccinated. But despite having enough vaccines available to inoculate every eligible American age 12 and up, just under 50% of the U.S. population is fully vaccinated.
Today's editorial cartoon
- July editorial cartoon gallery: Cartoons on Biden, COVID-19, politics and more
Give abortion debate back to the people
If the court follows the straightforward path laid out by the Constitution and 200 years of its own legal reasoning, it will find Mississippi’s 15-week law constitutional. And it will return decision-making about abortion policy to the people. In doing so, we can have a future where the interests of mothers and babies are no longer pitted against one another, a future that recognizes generations of progress for women in society. A favorable ruling will allow the people to empower women and promote life.
We have more
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- We need COVID-19 mandates to reach herd immunity
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This newsletter was compiled by Louie Villalobos