This Bud\u2019s for you, and anyone else ready to roll up their sleeve to put the pandemic behind them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The White House\u2019s new partnership with Anheuser-Busch offering free beers if the country reaches its goal of getting 70% of adults at least one Covid-19 vaccine shot by July 4 \u2014 almost Prohibition in reverse \u2014 is more than a gimmick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s a headline that heralds a widening, more micro-targeted approach to getting skeptical Americans vaccinated against Covid-19 and a shift from an approach that saw mass vaccination sites earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s also a sign of growing concern about slowing inoculation rates, fears that millions of unprotected Americans could be vulnerable to new viral spikes in the fall and a desire to preserve the miracle wrought by vaccines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After several days in which\u00a0Dr Anthony Fauci\u2019s just-released emails\u00a0painted a picture of foreboding at the beginning of the crisis last year, President Joe Biden conjured up the prospect of a Covid-free future at the White House.\u201dGet a shot and have a beer. Free beer for everyone 21 years or over to celebrate the independence from the virus,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There\u2019s more than free booze on offer from the teetotaler Biden and his web of\u00a0private-sector partnerships announced on Wednesday\u00a0to convince skeptics to get vaccinated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Go for a trim in a Black-owned barbershop \u2014 traditional community hubs \u2014 and a Covid-19 vaccine comes at no extra cost. Parents who get the shots can get free child care while they\u2019re inoculated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cities will compete to grow vaccination rates. Employers can cash in tax credits if they let workers feeling side effects from the vaccine take time off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some 136 million Americans are fully vaccinated. But the percentage of US adults who have had at least one dose is at 62.8%, meaning that Biden\u2019s target of 70% before Independence Day could represent a challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President promised Americans a golden summer on Wednesday as the country reopens at a rapid pace and the economic recovery accelerates. But he leavened his cheerleading with a stark warning of a possible grim winter \u2014 unless more citizens overcome their unwillingness to get vaccines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAmerica is headed into the summer dramatically different from last year\u2019s summer: A summer of freedom, a summer of joy, a summer of get-togethers and celebrations. An all-American summer that this country deserves,\u201d he said. But the President added: \u201cWhat happens after the summer? \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For all the progress we\u2019re making as a country, if you are unvaccinated, you are still at risk of getting seriously ill or dying or spreading disease to others, especially when Americans spend more time indoors again closely gathered in the fall, and as we face the potential threat of a new, more dangerous variants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Source:\u00a0Adomonline<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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