{"id":1077914,"date":"2021-12-02T19:28:46","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T00:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1077914"},"modified":"2021-12-02T19:28:48","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T00:28:48","slug":"biden-administration-blames-omicron-variant-for-supply-chain-woes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-blames-omicron-variant-for-supply-chain-woes\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Administration Blames Omicron Variant for Supply Chain Woes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-administration-blames-omicron-variant-for-supply-chain-woes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1077914&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/shortage-of-truck-drivers-workers-is-contributing-supply-bottlnecks-sending-us-prices-hi-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The Biden administration on Wednesday blamed the Omicron coronavirus variant for continued economic supply chain woes.<\/p>\n<p>As many laborers decided to accept larger government checks in 2021 instead of participating in the economy, resulting in a nationwide labor shortage, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/12\/01\/business\/omicron-inflation-supply-chain-raimondo\/index.html\">told<\/a>&nbsp;CNN Wednesday the Omicron variant could also negatively impact workers\u2019 desire to return to work.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI do worry, because we know people are afraid to go to work,\u201d Raimondo said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome portion of that is people are afraid to go to work,\u201d she added. \u201cIn manufacturing facilities, people work in person, close together. And there have been outbreaks. We\u2019ve had problems in places where people work close.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery time we think we\u2019re past it, there\u2019s a new mask mandate,\u201d she said broadly about the virus. \u201cEvery time we think we\u2019re on our way, a new variant comes out. That creates a level of uncertainty.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The market\u2019s uncertainty is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/01\/ffauci-admits-definition-of-fully-vaccinated-could-change-to-include-booster-shots\/\">compounded<\/a> by Dr. Anthony Fauci, who continued Wednesday to shift the goalposts of who the federal government will consider being \u201cfully vaccinated.\u201d Fauci left the door open for a booster shot to be factored into that definition.<\/p>\n<p>Fauci has also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/01\/anthony-fauci-testing-border-crossers-for-coronavirus-different-issue-than-testing-international-travelers\/\">downplayed<\/a> the potential of the Omicron variant crossing into the United States at the southern border from illegal aliens. Yet Fauci is weighing&nbsp;a seven-day quarantine for travelers entering the United States legally.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"13.9\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">REPORTER: &#8220;At what point does the booster become part of the mandate?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>FAUCI: &#8220;I can&#8217;t answer that right now. For the time being, the definition of fully vaccinated is two [shots].&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>REPORTER: &#8220;Do you see that changing?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>FAUCI: &#8220;It could change&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BnP89DCNPR\">pic.twitter.com\/BnP89DCNPR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1466123833606389764?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Fauci\u2019s conflicting messaging <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/357731\/inflation-causing-hardship-households.aspx\">comes<\/a> as a Thursday Gallup poll indicated 45 percent of American families believe that inflation, resulting from the supply chain crisis, is&nbsp;\u201ccausing their family some degree of financial hardship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has done little to combat the related crises, however,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2021\/12\/01\/pass-buck-biden-calls-investigation-retailers-supply-chains\/\">opting<\/a> instead to investigate companies, and not itself, to scrutinize the economy. Investigations into private companies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/09\/obama-2-0-like-his-old-boss-biden-blames-gouging-for-high-gas-prices-forms-task-force-ag\/\">is<\/a> an Obama-era strategy taken to displace blame on failed administrative policies to the private sector.<\/p>\n<p>Biden has also waged war on American energy independence. Breitbart News reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"9\">\n<p>The tactics include issuing a report Friday to increase the price of oil leasing fees on federal lands in the United States by 50 percent, along with&nbsp;canceling the Keystone XL Pipeline in January. Biden is also weighing whether to terminate the&nbsp;Michigan Line 5 pipeline. Biden has also rejoined the Paris Climate Accords and is directing an environmental regulatory review of repairs performed by the Trump administration that protected American energy independence.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The day after Thanksgiving, Biden raided the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to reduce gas prices. Biden decided to do so even though Vice President Kamala Harris slammed Donald Trump in 2020 for refilling them.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Wendell Huseb\u00f8 on Twitter&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WendellHusebo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\"><em>@WendellHuseb\u00f8<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration on Wednesday blamed the Omicron coronavirus variant for continued economic supply chain woes. 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