{"id":1454052,"date":"2022-04-26T10:59:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T14:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1454052"},"modified":"2022-04-26T10:59:40","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T14:59:40","slug":"spectacular-and-deadly-failure-msnbc-host-blames-biden-for-low-covid-booster-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spectacular-and-deadly-failure-msnbc-host-blames-biden-for-low-covid-booster-rates\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Spectacular And Deadly Failure\u2019: MSNBC Host Blames Biden For Low COVID Booster Rates"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fspectacular-and-deadly-failure-msnbc-host-blames-biden-for-low-covid-booster-rates%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=1454052&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:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1068915134.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan made it clear Monday that he blamed President Joe Biden and other prominent Democrats for not implementing a broad campaign to get Americans to get their COVID-19 vaccine boosters.<\/p>\n<p>Hasan said in a tweet that the Biden administration should have prioritized a \u201cwall to wall\u201d messaging campaign aimed at getting as many people <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/pfizer-ceo-says-fourth-booster-shot-necessary\/\">boosted<\/a> as possible, and that their failure to do so was \u201cspectacular and deadly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The conversation began with a tweet from The Washington Post\u2019s Taylor Lorenz, who shared data indicating that nearly half to the Americans who died of COVID-19 in January and February of this year had been vaccinated and had suffered <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/science-experts-twice-vaccinated-people-who-contract-covid-get-super-immunity\/\">breakthrough cases<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c40% of US Covid deaths in Jan and Feb were vaccinated individuals who died from breakthrough cases. Vaccines are great, but they are not a magic bullet and leave millions vulnerable,\u201d Lorenz shared.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">40% of US Covid deaths in Jan and Feb were vaccinated individuals who died from breakthrough cases. Vaccines are great, but they are not a magic bullet and leave millions vulnerable. Very good reporting in this episode <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2JMsIWfwtc\">https:\/\/t.co\/2JMsIWfwtc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vzCXLJemRl\">https:\/\/t.co\/vzCXLJemRl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TaylorLorenz\/status\/1518787117144440833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>MSNBC columnist Michael Cohen added, \u201cAnd as the KFF report makes clear many of these deaths would have been prevented with booster shots. That\u2019s the message that Americans need to be hearing \u2026 not that vaccines don\u2019t protect them. They do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That was when Hasan jumped into the conversation, taking an apparent shot at the moves being made \u2014 even within the Biden administration \u2014 to treat the pandemic as though the danger has passed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgree re the importance of boosters but I\u2019m pretty sure that the best way to get more people boosted is NOT to pretend the pandemic is over, that Covid is mild like the flu, and everything and everyone should just \u2018get back to normal\u2019 asap,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Agree re the importance of boosters but I\u2019m pretty sure that the best way to get more people boosted is NOT to pretend the pandemic is over, that Covid is mild like the flu, and everything and everyone should just \u2018get back to normal\u2019 asap. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zLZb9INHjD\">https:\/\/t.co\/zLZb9INHjD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mehdirhasan\/status\/1518810523185389570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe best way to get people boosted is to tell people to get boosted,\u201d Cohen agreed.<\/p>\n<p>Hasan then turned his frustration on Biden and other Democrats directly, accusing them of ignoring the need for a broader campaign to push boosters on the American public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t disagree. The lack of a major nationwide wall to wall booster campaign and messaging strategy from Biden and the Dems has been a spectacular and deadly failure, sadly. Our booster rates are shamefully low compared to other Western countries,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I don\u2019t disagree. The lack of a major nationwide wall to wall booster campaign and messaging strategy from Biden and the Dems has been a spectacular and deadly failure, sadly. Our booster rates are shamefully low compared to other Western countries. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UK8YNrlsJ0\">https:\/\/t.co\/UK8YNrlsJ0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mehdirhasan\/status\/1518813328856002562?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hasan is not alone in lamenting the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/live-callers-and-door-knocks-new-york-official-suggests-door-to-door-campaign-to-get-people-boosted\/\">low booster rates<\/a> in the United States. Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine suggested that, since New York City officials had the personal contact information for those who had at least begun the vaccination process, they could easily mount a door-to-door campaign to push boosters.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We have name, address, email etc for all 3.4M NYers who got their first vax but not their booster. <\/p>\n<p>Steps NYC should be taking NOW to reach them:<br \/>* Send them a pre-made appt at vax site in their neighb<br \/>* Contact them through live callers &#038; door knocks<br \/>* Reinstate $100 incentive<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark D. Levine (@MarkLevineNYC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkLevineNYC\/status\/1518221364234227712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>We have name, address, email etc for all 3.4M NYers who got their first vax but not their booster. Steps NYC should be taking NOW to reach them: * Send them a pre-made appt at vax site in their neighb * Contact them through live callers &#038; door knocks * Reinstate $100 incentive,\u201d Levine suggested.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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