From today’s Wordsmith: Covid deniers tell me it’s all made up. A reader in France often emails me random YouTube videos and other conspiracy links suggesting that Covid is a hoax.
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Science and COVID-19 Policies
A reader notes: I think you are wrong when you suggest that no one with adequate credentials in science disputes the current Covid policies. Well, I have no access to the discussions that happen at the top of the “food chain” …
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Anti-Vaxxers Are Getting Even More Dug In
The ugly part of dealing with the anti-vaxxers is that there are so many different flavors of them. One such sort are the religionists, who believe: “Faith, not fear.” The most extreme view in this category is that those who …
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Many of Us Can Relate to Today’s Doonesbury
Today’s strip is below. I have a feeling most readers who live in red regions of the country have had some sort of experience like this. Around here, a trip to the grocery store, or God help you, the liquor …
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The Main Force Driving Anti-Vaxxers
I admit that not caring about others is an issue with anti-vaxxers, but it’s minor, IMO. The main issue is misinformation. They honestly believe one or more of the following: COVID is a hoax; it doesn’t exist COVID exists but …
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We’re At War
So much conflict going on in the United States today. Kellogg’s and Amazon vs. their employees, January 6th commission vs. insurrection planners, and, of course, anti-vaxxers vs. public health. As reported in the meme here, the U.S. Air Force isn’t …
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“Real America Is Done with COVID-19”
Almost half the country lives in a fairyland in which reason and intelligence have ceased to matter. The irony here, of course, is that Jordan is referring to the anti-vaxxers as “real America,” where the precise opposite is the case. …
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Are Anti-Vaxxers Our “Enemy?”
This is funny, but part of me doesn’t look at anti-vaxxers as enemies, but rather the rightful object of our pity. Living with all that hate and ignorance must be terrible. Moreover, we have the practical applications. Returning hate with …
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Anti-Vaxxers and Our Society
Here’s an anonymous free-form poem about the pandemic and the anti-vaxxers. Poignant, to say the very least. “We wanted to help people We were smart and driven We loved science and physiology, humans and disease So we made a commitment …
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Where Is the Republican Party?
It’s both perplexing and terrifying that the Republican Party has shifted so far to the ultra-right in just the last five years. Think of how unlikely January 6th would have been in Nixon’s day. No Kyle Rittenhouse, Steve Bannon, Roger …
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