From the right: Big Cities’ Vax Problem

“A lot of America’s remaining unvaccinated live in big cities, but most of the news coverage wouldn’t lead you to that conclusion,” notes National Review’s Jim Geraghty. “The people who aren’t getting vaccinated are Trump voters,” the media say, and yes, “data indicate that more Republican-leaning states and areas have lower vaccination rates. But significant percentages of the residents of the deepest-blue cities in America are still unvaccinated, and simple math demonstrates” they can’t all be Republican: For example, 41 percent of New York City residents aren’t vaccinated, but the 45th president only won 22 percent of Gotham’s vote. The vax effort “stalled just as a much-more-contagious variant picked up momentum,” and “people who were heavily invested in” the Biden administration’s “narrative of victory are looking for scapegoats.”