COVID-19 cases in the US leapt 47.5% last week from the previous week. Shots in arms, not shutdowns, are the answer. Among the big risks to Americans right now are unvaccinated healthcare workers and unvaccinated, undocumented migrants fanning out across the U.S. But President Joe Biden is putting politics ahead of tackling these two politically toxic problems.
Team Biden is banning foreign travelers from many countries, including the UK, even if they’re fully vaccinated. But he’s okay with letting hundreds of thousands of unvaccinated foreigners wade across the Rio Grande to enter the U.S. via the southern border.
According to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) data, more than 80% of these migrants are unvaccinated. Some are coming from countries, such as Brazil and Peru, that have high infection rates and worrisome variants. The vaccination rates in Honduras and Guatemala, the countries of origin for most border crossers, are less than 1% .