Health and Sanity category archive
Vaccine Nation, Lies Come Back To Haunt Dept. 0
As I have several times mentioned, my old history professor, Dr. Shade, would often say, “History is irony.”
Aside:
I wonder whether he ever expected one of his students to be quoting him half a century later?
The Vaccine Nation Goes to School 0
Writing as a guest columnist at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, University of Georgia professor Peter Lindsay is less than sanguine about the Georgia University Board of Regents policies in these viral times. He points out that, in the name of “freedom,” the Board has acted in questionable ways, eschewing mask mandates and vaccination requirements; indeed, they have prohibited teachers from so much as inquiring about students’ vaccination status.
A snippet; follow the link for the rest:
Maskless Marauders 0
Note the part where the owner of the restaurant admits that “it’s political.”
And he’s not the only one . . . .
We are a society that no longer understands the concept of the “common good.”
Vaccine Nation 0
At the Portland Press-Herald, Bill Nimitz tells the tale of a couple who went from wanting vaccination to spurning it to numbers on a list. Here’s a bit of the article:
Finch is not ready to name the facility. “I’m still getting my ducks in a row,” he explained.
But he wants the world to know that if his parents could fall victim to wild, unfounded claims that the vaccines are a hoax, anyone can. And if he can stop it from happening again, that’s precisely what he’s going to do.
Vaccine Nation, Dropping the Ball Dept. 0
Field seems concerned that our media and, for that matter, our polity don’t have their eyes on the right ball.
Poor Planning 0
Here’s a bit of the artist’s commentary:
Vaccine Nation, Triage Dept. 0
Idaho’s hospitals are filling up with COVID patients, so much so that the state is implementing a plan that involves rationing care. Here’s a bit of the story (emphasis added); details at the link.
Meanwhile, Mistermix looks for the common denominator among the states with the worst COVID numbers.
Vaccine Nation 0
Writing at The Colorado Sun, Mike Littwin argues the anti-vaxs, anti-mask crowd has a strange and dangerous notion of “liberty.” A snippet (emphasis added):
Follow the link for his reasoning.
(Broken link fixed.)
Hazards 0
Robin Alcarian is also fed up with the governors of what blogger Ted McLaughlin has dubbed “The Petri Dish States.” A nugget:
In response to legal threats by Republican governors like Kristi Noem of South Dakota, Biden was blithe: “If those governors won’t help us beat the pandemic,” he said last week, “I will use my power as president to get them out of the way.”
The refusal of otherwise healthy people to vaccinate is, in fact, a trampling of common sense, decency and the very idea that any of us owes a measure of respect to those around us.
Vaccine Nation 0
David dissects the duplicity, which does, indeed, defy description. (Warning: Short commercial at the end.)
Vaccine Nation, Republicans No Longer Believe in the Common Good Dept. 0
The Arizona Republic’s Laurie Roberts has a question for persons who insist that vaccine requirements somehow violate their “rights”:
Follow the link for the rest.