Can Trump's support for the vaccine make a difference to his unvaccinated supporters?
Last night, the former President spoke at a rally in Alabama, encouraged them to get vaccinated--like he did--and was booed for it.
Has the "left" moved further to the left, or has the "right" moved further to the right?
I'm mostly considering US politics, but I think international perspectives could offer valuable insight to this question, too.
Do you think there is a tipping point where government mandating vaccination is acceptable to the majority of people or must be done regardless of what popular opinion is?
With news coming from Mississippi (and other states) about their healthcare system being on the verge of collapse and some ERs in Houston closing due to a surge in COVID cases, do you think their is a tipping point, or a point of no return, where you would accept that the government must enforce a mandatory vaccination?
Do you think we'll ever have a Presidential Election as one-sided as 1984's Reagan vs. Mondale?
In 1984, Ronald Reagan beat Walter Mondale by winning 49 out of 50 states. Far as i know, it's the most dominant performance in the EC.
Is President Biden correct in maintaining that formal evacuation and occupation must end August 31, 2021. That delays and extensions of the deadline will cause further American causality and that risk in not acceptable?
Ironically, as situation in Afghanistan reaches a critical point in evacuation and deadline nears; the people on the ground who are actually helping the U.S. are the Taliban; together they are trying to keep at bay the ISIS-K and Al Qaeda or whatever remains of it. It is even possible, the U.S.
Why do Australia and New Zealand have low vaccination rates? Is this a failure of government?
Australia and New Zealand have low vaccination rates, compared to other developed nations. You can see data on world vaccination rates here:
What's going to happen to redistricting in Wisconsin given control of the state government is split?
There are already several lawsuits around the issue: https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/wireStory/conservatives-file-redistricting-lawsuit-wisconsin-79604788.
What does it mean to have Medicare?
It could mean making Medicare available to everyone regardless of age (i.e. a public option), or it could mean destroying the private health insurance industry. It could mean Medicare as it is now (premiums, copays, etc.), or it could mean a 100% tax-funded system without premiums or copays.
Can a poor kid become a doctor?
No , it would just become even more a profession only for rich kids as it traditionally was before the loan servicing industry saw an opportunity to profit. Right now poor and middle class kids can become doctors if they are willing to become an indentured servant at a criminal 7% interest rate that will take them 15 years to pay back while their rich colleagues instead enjoy 15 years of maxing out retirement accounts that grow tax free through recent tax loopholes.