President Biden expected to outline his plans to combat the coronavirus this winter with measures that would largely put the U.S. out of step with other countries that are clamping down on the omicron variant.
“Most of the measures discussed are extensions of existing policies, which will likely do very little to truly curb the effects of surging variants and those that threaten to escape current immunity,” said Dr. Kavita Patel, a physician who worked in the Obama administration.
France, which experienced a strong vaccination backlash, instituted a so-called green pass, a paper document or an app that proves that the holder has been fully vaccinated or has recovered from Covid. France's vaccination rate went from 20 percent to 82 percent in three months, Atzmon said. In the U.S., Republicans have objected to a national vaccination passport, saying it would violate civil liberties. Instead, the U.S. has relied on a patchwork of systems to prove vaccination status; many businesses rely on paper vaccination cards or cellphone photos of people's cards.from eight African countries, taking a step similar to the Trump administration's in the early stages of the pandemic.
“They had to do something, even if not science-based and with little if any real public health impact, to neutralize Republicans ready to criticize any response they take,” she said.
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