Charles, thank you for this reminder. When I read last fall that fewer than 25% of people over 65 had gotten that year’s Covid vaccine, I was appalled. Had they already forgotten? They can’t all be Trump supporters who drank the antivax Koolaid. I’d be the first to say I never met a vaccine I didn’t like, but I nearly died as an infant f…
Charles, thank you for this reminder. When I read last fall that fewer than 25% of people over 65 had gotten that year’s Covid vaccine, I was appalled. Had they already forgotten? They can’t all be Trump supporters who drank the antivax Koolaid. I’d be the first to say I never met a vaccine I didn’t like, but I nearly died as an infant from measles and I went to school with kids paralyzed by polio. We are now seeing a small uptick in cases of polio and whooping cough in places that don’t usually have it and I’m sure more is to come.
Charles, thank you for this reminder. When I read last fall that fewer than 25% of people over 65 had gotten that year’s Covid vaccine, I was appalled. Had they already forgotten? They can’t all be Trump supporters who drank the antivax Koolaid. I’d be the first to say I never met a vaccine I didn’t like, but I nearly died as an infant from measles and I went to school with kids paralyzed by polio. We are now seeing a small uptick in cases of polio and whooping cough in places that don’t usually have it and I’m sure more is to come.
Thank you! I have so many vaxxes in my body I may be a walking mRNA test tube, lol.
And yes, you're right about the uptick on disease, partly because of anti-vax campaigns, for sure.