![]() ![]() President Joe Biden said back in June that he didn't foresee a lockdown under Delta since so many Americans are vaccinated. ![]() The hybrid economy of the vaxxed and unvaxxed also means it's unlikely America will go under lockdown again. #WILL WE HAVE ANOTHER LOCKDOWN FULL#Even with the Delta surge, we won't go into full lockdown again While a portion of the vaccinated very worried about Delta may personally quarantine again, it's likely most of America will keep keeping on: the vaccinated who are trying to maintain the summer's taste of normalcy, albeit with more caution, and those among the unvaccinated who are opposed to restrictions and always acted like everything was normal in the first place will continue to stimulate the economy. However, the problem is that only half of Americans are fully vaccinated (vaccines haven't yet been approved for kids), and they thus need to bear the burden of protecting the unvaccinated half. ![]() We may still be living in a pandemic, but it's looking like the economy won't repeat 2020. This lack of cohesiveness isn't ideal, but improved from the unvaccinated economy that shut down last year. What's emerged is a two-track economy marked by a patchwork of highly vaccinated areas and poorly vaccinated regions. The health risks for the vaccinated aren't near what they were in 2020, meaning they can still live their lives with a degree of normalcy. More and more employers are requiring it of their workers as well and, as Insider's Juliana Kaplan reported, it's even increasingly required in job postings. For example, New York City and San Francisco will require proof of a vaccine for indoor activities like dining and using the gym. Given the recent surge in the Delta variant, cities are imposing their own rules, and if you're not vaccinated, you'll have limited participation. Once Americans understood how the virus spreads, many professions improvised methods to limit physical contact and keep the economy running while preventing another lockdown. #WILL WE HAVE ANOTHER LOCKDOWN HOW TO#That's because the economy has also mutated alongside the virus, learning how to adapt to a pandemic world. ![]()
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