Can Joe Biden Protect Himself from Inflation?

Eric Medlin
4 min readOct 13, 2021

Vaccine mandates may do the trick.

Joe Biden discussing his vaccine mandate plan last month. Source: The Japan Times

Joe Biden’s presidency is facing its strongest headwinds so far. His approval ratings cratered in August and September and are just now starting to tick upwards. The Afghanistan failure has drifted away from headlines, but the COVID-19 pandemic remains a burden to the hopes of Democrats in next year’s midterm elections. According to a recent poll, Joe…

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Eric Medlin

I’m a writer interested in the intersections of history, ideas, and politics. I publish every week. www.twitter.com/medlinwrites