we have a timetested way to stop it and we wont do it says one us resident frustrated by the prospect of a new surge many americans are blaming the unvaccinated a tougher stance may backfire some experts warncreditchristopher capozziello for the new york timespublished july 27 2021updated aug 7 2021as coronavirus cases resurge across the country many inoculated americans are losing patience with vaccine holdouts who they say are neglecting a civic duty or clinging to conspiracy theories and misinformation even as new patients arrive in emergency rooms and the nation renews mask advisoriesthe country seemed to be exiting the pandemic barely a month ago a sense of celebration was palpable now many of the vaccinated fear for their unvaccinated children and worry that they are at risk themselves for breakthrough infections rising case rates are upending plans for school and workplace reopenings and threatening another wave of infections that may overwhelm hospitals in many communitiesits like the sun has come up in the morning and everyone is arguing about it said jim taylor 66 a retired civil servant in baton rouge la a state in which fewer than half of adults are fully vaccinatedthe virus is here and its killing people and we have a timetested way to stop it and we wont do it its an outragethe rising sentiment is contributing to support for more coercive measures scientists business leaders and government officials are calling for vaccine mandates if not by the federal government then by local jurisdictions schools employers and businessesive become angrier as time has gone on said doug robertson 39 a teacher who lives outside portland ore and has three children too young to be vaccinated including a toddler with a serious health conditionnow there is a vaccine and a light at the end of the tunnel and some people are choosing not to walk toward it he said you are making it darker for my family and others like mine by making that choiceon monday mayor bill de blasio of new york city ordered that all municipal workers be vaccinated against covid19 by the time schools reopen in midseptember or face weekly testing officials in california followed suit hours later with a similar mandate covering all state employees and health care workersthe department of veterans affairs on monday required that 115000 onsite health care workers be vaccinated in the next two months the first federal agency to order a mandate nearly 60 major medical organizations including the american medical association and the american nurses association on monday called for mandatory vaccination of all health care workersits time to start blaming the unvaccinated folks not the regular folks a frustrated gov kay ivey republican of alabama told reporters last week its the unvaccinated folks that are letting us downthere is little doubt that the united states has reached an inflection point according to a database maintained by the new york times 57 percent of americans ages 12 and older are fully vaccinated eligible americans