Biden Administration COVID Policy: No Trust, No Exit

It was just July 31 when CDC director Rochelle Walensky said, “To clarify: There will be no nationwide mandate [of vaccines]. . . . There will be no federal mandate.” She was just repeating the administration’s line, which Joe Biden had been saying since before his inauguration. In December, then president-elect Biden said, “No, I don’t think it should be mandatory. I wouldn’t demand it to be mandatory.”

Last week, plans changed.

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Michael Brendan Dougherty

Michael Brendan Dougherty is a senior writer at National Review Online.

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It was just July 31 when CDC director Rochelle Walensky said, “To clarify: There will be no nationwide mandate [of vaccines]. . . . There will be no federal mandate.” She was just repeating the administration’s line, which Joe Biden had been saying since before his inauguration. In December, then president-elect Biden said, “No, I don’t think it should be mandatory. I wouldn’t demand it to be mandatory.”

Last week, plans changed.