ANALYSIS – Is Trump regretting his VP pick? Will Trump tell Vance he is “fired”? When former President Donald Trump selected J.D. Vance as his vice presidential candidate soon after surviving an assassination attempt, some called the choice bold and a doubling down on Trumpism.
I said he could help Trump make his case in 2024 and be the GOP standard bearer in 2028. Still, I also said I would have preferred Trump had picked a woman, and that I had some reservations about Vance as VP, including his youth and inexperience.
Although Denmark represents Bernie Sanders' model for democratic socialism, the United States could learn something from the tiny Nordic country.
In one way, at least.
Large swaths of the U.S. remain beholden to COVID-19 restrictions. In liberal enclaves from coast to coast, American citizens have to comply with various decrees.
The San Francisco Bay Area just reinstated a mask mandate, despite the inability of one leading Democrat to follow it. In Los Angeles, millions of residents have to show proof of vaccination to enjoy indoor gatherings. Meanwhile, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (D) requires residents to mask up in most outdoor settings.
In contrast, Denmark lifted all of its pandemic restrictions last month. In fairness, the country's vaccination rates are considerably higher than the United States. According to the latest statistics, 86% of eligible citizens over the age of 12 have gotten their shots.
Big Lessons From a Small Country
In some part, our government's failure to articulate the severity and uncertainties with the pandemic early on probably exacerbated vaccine hesitancy (remember “15 days to slow the spread”). Instead of overpromising and underdelivering, Denmark's government treated its citizens like adults.
When studies confirmed that the AstraZeneca vaccine causes blood clots in rare cases, the country's health authorities decided that vaccine represented a greater threat to healthy Danes than the virus and suspended it immediately.
Such action increased trust in healthcare authorities. It also increased the willingness of hesitant citizens to get vaccinated.
Regardless, Danish authorities understand that the coronavirus is here to stay. No one expects to eliminate the highly contagious pathogen no matter the number of vaccines administered. But that doesn't mean we have to let it rule our lives.
“Go Denmark!” cheers George Mason University economist Don Boudreaux in my latest video. “We in the United States should do the same.”
“We reduced COVID, through vaccination, to a fairly mild ailment for the vast majority of people,” says Boudreaux. “You don't have to worry if the bartender at your favorite bar is vaccinated or not. You are protected against suffering severe consequences. Get vaccinated, and then go about your life normally!”
…
“We live with countless hazards, each of which we could but sensibly choose not to eradicate. Automobile fatalities could be eradicated by outlawing motor vehicles. Drowning could be eradicated by outlawing swimming and bathing. Electrocution could be eradicated by outlawing electricity. We live with these risks not because we're indifferent to suffering but because we understand that the costs of zero drowning or zero electrocution would be far too great. The same is true of zero Covid.”
With what we know now and the vaccines currently available, it's long past time to stop letting COVID-19 dictate what we do and don't do.
It's time to follow Denmark's lead.
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ANALYSIS – Is Trump regretting his VP pick? Will Trump tell Vance he is “fired”? When former President Donald Trump selected J.D. Vance as his vice presidential candidate soon after surviving an assassination attempt, some called the choice bold and a doubling down on Trumpism.
I said he could help Trump make his case in 2024 and be the GOP standard bearer in 2028. Still, I also said I would have preferred Trump had picked a woman, and that I had some reservations about Vance as VP, including his youth and inexperience.
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Although Denmark represents Bernie Sanders' model for democratic socialism, the United States could learn something from the tiny Nordic country.
In one way, at least.
Large swaths of the U.S. remain beholden to COVID-19 restrictions. In liberal enclaves from coast to coast, American citizens have to comply with various decrees.
The San Francisco Bay Area just reinstated a mask mandate, despite the inability of one leading Democrat to follow it. In Los Angeles, millions of residents have to show proof of vaccination to enjoy indoor gatherings. Meanwhile, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (D) requires residents to mask up in most outdoor settings.
In contrast, Denmark lifted all of its pandemic restrictions last month. In fairness, the country's vaccination rates are considerably higher than the United States. According to the latest statistics, 86% of eligible citizens over the age of 12 have gotten their shots.
Big Lessons From a Small Country
In some part, our government's failure to articulate the severity and uncertainties with the pandemic early on probably exacerbated vaccine hesitancy (remember “15 days to slow the spread”). Instead of overpromising and underdelivering, Denmark's government treated its citizens like adults.
When studies confirmed that the AstraZeneca vaccine causes blood clots in rare cases, the country's health authorities decided that vaccine represented a greater threat to healthy Danes than the virus and suspended it immediately.
Such action increased trust in healthcare authorities. It also increased the willingness of hesitant citizens to get vaccinated.
Regardless, Danish authorities understand that the coronavirus is here to stay. No one expects to eliminate the highly contagious pathogen no matter the number of vaccines administered. But that doesn't mean we have to let it rule our lives.
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Reason.com's John Stossel has more:
With what we know now and the vaccines currently available, it's long past time to stop letting COVID-19 dictate what we do and don't do.
It's time to follow Denmark's lead.
WATCH:
The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the positions of American Liberty News.
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