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A shot in the arm for vaccination It is hoped that full government approval of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine will overcome the hesitation or resistance of many of the unvaccinated to voluntarily get the shots. That’s unlikely, though. The leery or the conspiracy-minded are not going to accept the word of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration any more than they accepted the word of medical experts, who for months have pleaded with them to get vaccinated.

U.S. must not cut evacuation short The Biden administration clearly miscalculated how much resistance the American-installed government in Afghanistan would put up to the Taliban retaking control of the country. It cannot miscalculate, though, on getting Americans out of that chaotic and dangerous place as well as those Afghans who assisted our efforts during the 20-year war. To stop the evacuations prematurely could subject those left behind to persecution and death.