CNN’s Vaccination Plan Is Frightening To Imagine

At this point in time, the number of Americans who were hoping to receive a COVID-19 vaccine is nearly equal to the number of Americans who’ve actually received an inoculation, which, for many, would be considered a measure of great success.

But not in this highly polarized day and age, in which every single aspect of our lives is now divided down politically charged lines. In this case, the vaccination push has become a left-wing thing, with many on the right side of the aisle sticking up for those who’ve chosen not to receive a jab.

In fact, the issue has become so terribly fraught with political ramifications that guests on CNN are now suggesting that those who’ve made the decision to refrain from being vaccinated should be made to suffer. 

CNN medical contributor Dr. Leana Wen suggested Saturday that life needs to be “hard” for Americans who have not received a COVID-19 vaccine and individuals who refuse to get shots should perhaps face weekly testings.

“It needs to be hard for people to remain unvaccinated,” Wen, the former Planned Parenthood president, said. “Right now, it’s kind of the opposite.”

Unvaccinated people, she fretted, can at the moment go about their lives as normal without any consequence.

“But at some point these mandates, by workplaces, by schools, I think it will be important to say, ‘Hey, you can opt out, but if you want to opt-out, you have to sign these forms, you have to get twice-weekly testing,’” Wen said. “Basically, we need to make getting vaccinated the easy choice.”

The ridiculous assertion is likely to anger a great many Americans, who’ve made the personal and inalienable choice to skip the swiftly-produced vaccines at this time.