Joe Biden’s presidency has been a catastrophe. What else can go wrong?

How about a resurgence of COVID-19, for which the White House appears totally unprepared? And, the public deciding that Biden has bungled the government’s response to the pandemic — the one arena in which Biden’s approval ratings are above water.  

Remember the "fourth shot"? You know — the extra shot that supposedly extends the protections you got against COVID-19 from the initial vaccines and the first booster? If you ask your doctor, as I did, you may very well be told not to bother with that extra booster. 

Why? Because the shots available today were developed to fight the early rounds of COVID-19. Now that we’re several variants removed from the original virus that showed up over two years ago, that vaccine is fast losing effectiveness.  

Omicron BA.5 is the new threat, one that some consider "the most dangerous yet" as it is not only highly contagious but also adept at evading antibodies gained from earlier infections or vaccines. A recent study shows that repeated COVID infections may take an ever-greater toll. The fact that people can catch omicron BA.5 and quickly become reinfected is ominous.  

Equally ominous is that the "fourth shot" appears to provide little protection from omicron BA.5, which is fast becoming dominant. 

That’s probably why uptake for the second booster has been modest; people know it doesn’t prevent infection. You don’t have to be an epidemiologist to reach that conclusion. People everywhere are getting sick again — including just recently Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who has been vaccinated and "double boosted."  

What should the government be doing? Just as President Donald Trump created Operation Warp Speed, using all the resources of the federal government to create a vaccine against COVID-19, Biden should be pressing our health agencies to quickly manufacture a new, updated shot.  

That is not happening.