Health and Sanity category archive
Vaccine Nation, False Flag Dept. 0
At Above the Law, Joe Patrice points out that fired Washington State football coach Nick Rolovich, who was fired for cause (meaning no severance package) for not getting vaccinated as required by Washington state law, is making stuff up. A snippet:
His attorney, Brian Fahling, announced the upcoming suit in a press release:
“It is a tragic and damning commentary on our culture, and more specifically, on Chun, that Coach Rolovich has been derided, demonized, and ultimately fired from his job, merely for being devout in his Catholic faith,” the release said.No, he . . . wasn’t. He may be suing on his sincerely held belief that he should get $3.6 million from the state of Washington, but it’s certainly not because of his Catholic faith. You know how I know this isn’t about “being devout in his Catholic faith”? . . .
The Pope noted that social and political love is built up through “small, individual gestures capable of transforming and improving societies.”
“Getting vaccinated is a simple yet profound way to care for one another, especially the most vulnerable,” he said.
Follow the link for the full article.
Vaccine Nation 0
Afterthought:
I had a chance discussion yesterday with one of my neighbors while we were picking up our mail.
Both of us remember images on the telly vision of children in iron lungs because of polio. Both of us had childhood diseases–chicken pox, measles (I didn’t have mumps when I was a kid, but my parents did while I was a kid and it was scary for this kid–they were both sick in bed together being miserable)–for which there are now vaccines. Both of us remember the sense of relief when the Salk and Sabin vaccines became available. Both of us remember when vaccine records (AKA “vaccine passports”) were routine things. (I don’t know if my neighbor has kids, but I certainly remember keeping my kids’ “vaccine passports” up-to-date so they could attend school.)
My friend mentioned to my neighbor that I had had a reaction to my COVID booster (I’ll take the reaction over COVID seven days a week and twice on Sundays). He told me that a long-time friend of his had refused to get vaccinated (“He woudln’t get the shot”) and had recently passed away from COVID and that said friend’s wife, who had also refused to get vaccinated, had fallen ill, but had recovered.
I know nothing about my neighbor’s political leanings, and I did not ask.
But we agreed that a sizable portion of our polity has eschewed the concept of the common good.
Public Healthiness 0
At NJ.com, Clifford Kulwin reports on his visit to a polity where the pandemic did not become politicized. A snippet:
Shortly after my arrival, a friend emailed,“ do you feel safe there?” I answered honestly. “Safer than I do at home.”
Vaccine Nation 0
WHYY (my old NPR station when I lived in the Philly area) takes a look at how taking sensible health precautions has morphed into a theater of stupid. Here’s an excerpt; follow the link for the rest (emphasis added).
But Republicans have grown increasingly hostile to the notion of mandatory vaccines — despite vaccine mandates existing in the background in parts of the United States since the 19th century — and have parlayed the fight against COVID-19 into a political battle, with vaccine mandates as the latest frontier in the great American defense of freedom and liberty. . . . .
“Somehow it has morphed into not getting the vaccine as a way to defend their freedom and resist this ‘tyranny,’ ” said Ken Resnicow, a professor in the school of public health at the University of Michigan. “There’s not many countries that have this dynamic.”
The Privatization Scam, Maskless Marauders Dept. 0
A maskless marauder drops the (figurative) mask. (Warning: short ad at the end.)
Maskless Marauders 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Eugen Dimant discusses some disheartening research. His summary:
- Attitudes regarding mask-wearing behavior are highly polarized.
- We tested Republicans and Democrats separately on whether we could increase the rates at which people wear masks.
- We found that behavior change is difficult in such a polarizing environment and nudges alone might not be enough.
Follow link for details and the study, its methodology, and its findings.
Vaccine Nation 0
We got our Pfizer COVID boosters today at our local drug store of choice.
We trust science. And scientists. And people who have whaddyacallem “qualifications.”
We don’t trust randos on Facebook.
Maskless Marauders 0
At the Hartford Courant, Kevin Rennie points out that words matter.
Vaccine Nation 0
David dissects a covidiotic voice mail.
The Monster Next Door 0
I have resisted the temptation of join NextDoor. I had a sneaking feeling that it could lead to no good, because years of experience and observation have taught me that “social” media isn’t.
As evidence, I offer one person’s story.
