Health and Sanity category archive
Vaccine Nation 0
New York University’s Social Justice Lab tries to understand the right’s hostility to the COVID-19 vaccine and, more generally, its hostility to science.
They point out that there’s nothing new about it:
Elsewhere, Will Bunch explores the divide; you may find his conclusions germane:
I commend both articles to your attention.
Guilty! Guilty! Guilty! 0
Maskless Marauders have their day in court.
Vaccine Nation 0
Bob Molinaro, sportswriter extraordinaire:
In contrast: Speaking for the dumbest sex, Buffalo Bills anti-vaxxer, anti-masker Cole Beasley tweeted, “I may die of COVID, but I’d rather die actually living.” What a drama queen. One who sings in the key of me. The comic irony of NFL players avoiding vaccine needles is that in their line of work, they get shot up more often than race horses.
Just the Vaxx, Ma’am 0
It’s not just in the U. S. that some folks deny scientific reality.
Vaccine Nation 0
At The Denver Post, the University of Colorado’s Seth Masket runs the numbers:
Follow the link for his thoughts on what that means.
In related news, the “Show Me” state gets shown.
Vaccine Nation 0
The Manatee County, Florida, government shut down because of an outbreak of COVID-19. A snippet (emphasis added):
One staffer in the department who worked closely with the other five and didn’t contract the coronavirus was vaccinated. All five who contracted the virus were known not to be vaccinated . . . .
The stupid.
It burns.
Via The Bob Cesca Show.
Vaccine Nation 0
Sam’s guest, an immunologist, discusses how vaccines work.
Origins (of COVID) Issue 0
David talks with pandemic response expert Dr. Ashish Jha about how the COVID pandemic may have started and about the likelihood of the “lab leak” theory. (Spoiler alert: not very likely.)
All the News that Fits 0
We are a society of stupid.
Devolution 0
At The Hartford Courant, a Connecticut resident who wintered in Florida worries that we all are turning into Florida Man. A snippet: