so those would be two simple solutions. let s get back to energy independence, let s turn american innovation loose again. jason: yeah. things were actually going well. the border was locked down, the economy was zooming, and we didn t have these inflationary, you know, numbers coming at us. but i want to segway here and talk a little bit about the mandates that you mentioned, because you ve authored a bill to try to get rid of the mandates that are being imposed on our military. tell us about that. but i ve got to tell you, as i go and talk to people across america some vaccinated, some not i think they re fed up with these mandates. they just don t think that the federal government should be telling them to get an injection, and if they do or they don t and they can or cannot go into a restaurant, they think that s a bridge too far. yeah. we know that mandates have not worked and just look at the past several weeks. we had over 500,000 people with positive tests two days ago an
so those would be two simple solutions. let s get back to energy independence, let s turn american innovation loose again. jason: yeah. things were actually going well. the border was locked down, the economy was zooming, and we didn t have these inflationary, you know, numbers coming at us. but i want to segway here and talk a little bit about the mandates that you mentioned, because you ve authored a bill to try to get rid of the mandates that are being imposed on our military. tell us about that. but i ve got to tell you, as i go and talk to people across america some vaccinated, some not i think they re fed up with these mandates. they just don t think that the federal government should be telling them to get an injection, and if they do or they don t and they can or cannot go into a restaurant, they think that s a bridge too far. yeah. we know that mandates have not worked and just look at the past several weeks. we had over 500,000 people with positive tests two days ago an
if you don t have the booster, we know vaccines run out after five to six months. natural immunity would help. even those with natural immunity might want to consider getting the booster as well. i think being honest with america is the plan. we know mandates don t work. from a practical standpoint, mandates are going to cause an economic shutdown. it s going to exacerbate inflation. it s going to cause brownouts, supply chain disruptions. think about this, half of the national guard is not vaccinated yet. what would be happened right now in kentucky if we shut down the national guard? i support the vaccines by not the mandates. you said something interesting, if senior citizens haven t gotten the booster, shame on you. is that your attitude for any unvaccinated person in the hospital right now? 80% of hospitalizations at a minimum, right now in the northern tier where we re close to max are the unvaccinated with covid. shame on them?