i don’t know what else you’d expect, with Biden hitching his wagon to vaccination progress and promoting it every day…Democrats didn’t run out to take hydroxychloroquine when Trump promoted it as a cure for the virus; why would anyone expect Trump voters to give Biden the satisfaction of a victory on vaccines?
some of the messaging coming out of the White House on the unvaccinated is akin to Hillary’s calling Trump supporters “a basket of deplorables”; remember what happened after that? they just went out and wore that deplorable moniker as a badge of honor…
The Covid-19 vaccination effort has become so polarized in Missouri that some people are responding to the state’s Delta-driven surge by trying to get shots in secret, a doctor there said.
In a video circulated by her employer, Dr. Priscilla A. Frase, a hospitalist and the chief medical information officer at Ozarks Healthcare in West Plains, Mo., said this month that several people had pleaded for anonymity when they came in to be vaccinated, and that some appeared to have made an effort to disguise themselves.
“I work closely with our pharmacists who are leading our vaccine efforts through our organization,” she said, “and one of them told me the other day that they had several people come in to get vaccinated who have tried to sort of disguise their appearance and even went so far as to say, ‘Please, please please, don’t let anyone know that I got this vaccine.’”
Israel is testing a pill version of Covid 19 vaccine. I wonder whether, if a pill version had been somehow available from the beginning, would half of today’s vaccine “scardy-cats” even have thought of such a vaccine as chancy?
A needle with a see through liquid can conjure up infinite possibilities of Frankenstein laboratories with bubbling vats — while a pill may trigger no immediate thoughts beyond a glass of water.
I wonder if a last ditch appeal to today’s “scardy-cats”, invoking the “a pill may never have frightened you off” scenario, might not pull more than a few in sight of commons sense, at long last.
I can’t help thinking the needle just sets our minds up for excitement — for something that might pass unnoticed were it just a tiny pill. Maybe Madison Avenue could offer some explanation. Focus groups? Got to sneak up on vaccine fearers?
Ron (RC) Weakley (A.K.A., Darryl For A While At EV) says:
Except for the vaccinations and masks, then the Richmond, VA metro area public vaccinations would have been model super spreaders with a large number of people indoors lined up zigzag between ropes slowly moving to vaccination stations. There was social distancing in front and back of oneself, but when one passed another in the line next to them in the zigzag the space was closer to three feet than six. That was back in March through May, presumably before Delta variant here.
Ron (RC) Weakley (A.K.A., Darryl For A While At EV) says:
Then recall the garbled messaging about masks back in 2020. First they do not protect the wearer, then they do. Well they do not appreciably protect the wearer, but just to get more people wearing masks to control spreading then we had to say that the wearer also benefited from the wearing. That was necessary given the number of assholes populating the US.
Now in 2021 falsehoods abound in an attempt to derail Biden. Here in central VA Trump supporters rail against both vaccines and masks, even if they wear masks themselves and have already been vaccinated. Not all of the anti-Vax Trumpsters are stupid. Just as many are liars and crooks, just like Trump. Of course, when addressing them directly one should take a different tact. My long time favorite line for scoundrels face to face has been “If I want any shit out of you, then I will squeeze it out.” At 72, then it is more bluff than fact, but the bluff still seems to have merit. It helps that I am a big redneck with a great truck, two boats and a canoe, a classic arsenal of guns (no semi-automatics which I explain are just for pussies), and one of the three nicest homes in Sandston; the owners of the other two being my friends.
The United States needs to expand its vaccination campaign going into the fall if the country is going to stem the nationwide surge of coronavirus cases driven by the delta variant, one of the federal government’s top health officials said Friday.
“I think that the prospects for the fall could be very challenging,” Rachel L. Levine, assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services, said in a discussion hosted by The Washington Post. “However, if we are able to continue to ramp up our vaccination program, that’s the most important way to protect people in the fall.”
Levine’s remarks came as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday published a sobering scientific analysis showing that vaccinated people can spread the highly transmissible delta variant and may be contributing to the ongoing spike in infections. The data helped convince officials this week to call on people to resume wearing masks indoors, regardless of their vaccination status.
Levine emphasized the dangers of the delta variant, saying it was at least twice as contagious as previous forms of the virus, and noted that it was the main factor behind the CDC’s decision to change its guidance on masking. She also warned that the virus would continue to mutate as more people got sick.
“Now is the time for people to get vaccinated,” she said. “That’s the best way to protect against the development of these variants.”
The pace of vaccinations has ticked up recently after bottoming out around a half million shots per day in mid-July. About 710,000 doses were administered nationwide Thursday, bringing the rolling average of daily doses to about 615,000, according to The Post’s tracking.
Addressing a major concern for parents as the school year approaches, Levine said data from clinical trials studying use of the vaccines in children under age 12 may be available by the end of the year.
“We’ll be looking at the science. It’s hard to put a date on when the scientific studies will be complete,” she said. She added that officials don’t expect “to see a different safety profile for what we saw in teens.” …
… The tensions between the federal government and state officials come as health experts are sounding the alarm over the spread of the more contagious delta variant. The CDC warned in an internal document that this particularly virulent variant can cause more severe illness than others.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed an executive order Thursday prohibiting cities and other government entities in the state from enacting vaccine requirements or mask mandates, even as new daily infections there reached 13,000 — the first time since February that Texas has reported a single-day caseload above 10,000.
The path forward relies on “personal responsibility rather than government mandates,” Abbott said. He insisted that Texans “have the individual right and responsibility to decide for themselves and their children whether they will wear masks, open their businesses, and engage in leisure activities.”
Abbott’s stance was echoed in Arizona, where Gov. Doug Ducey (R) earlier this week lambasted any enforcement of masks or vaccines. “Arizona does not allow mask mandates, vaccine mandates, vaccine passports or discrimination in schools based on who is or isn’t vaccinated,” Ducey said in a statement.
But some areas are moving the other way. In Washington, D.C., masks will again be required indoors beginning Saturday, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) ordered, in a reversal of recent policy.
In Nevada, Gov. Steve Sisolak (D) has brought back the state’s mask mandate, as has Los Angeles County. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) is expected to speak about any updates to requirements on Monday, according to NBC. In Virginia, Gov. Ralph Northam (D) urged all Virginians to consider wearing a mask in public indoor settings but added: “This is not a requirement, but a recommendation.”
It’s not just Democrats who are stepping up restrictions: Tulsa’s Republican mayor, G.T. Bynum, said Thursday that city employees who don’t get vaccinated may not be eligible for hazard pay, News On 6 reported. …
The delta variant of the coronavirus appears to cause more severe illness than earlier variants and spreads as easily as chickenpox, according to an internal federal health document that argues officials must “acknowledge the war has changed.”
The document is an internal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention slide presentation, shared within the CDC and obtained by The Washington Post. It captures the struggle of the nation’s top public health agency to persuade the public to embrace vaccination and prevention measures, including mask-wearing, as cases surge across the United States and new research suggests vaccinated people can spread the virus. …
“You first” is usually my attitude, but when I saw little damage from the needle I finally got my mRNA shots. Many years ago I was the only student in my class in medical school who refused the TB vaccination, Bacillus Calmette–Guérin. No! they didn’t throw me out of the class for insubordination. No! I didn’t vote, but I usually vote for grid-lock.
Children are especially afraid of needles because they’re unused to the sensation of their skin being pricked by something sharp. By the time most people reach adulthood, they can tolerate needles much more easily.
But for some, a fear of needles stays with them into adulthood. Sometimes this fear can be extremely intense. …
Ron (RC) Weakley (A.K.A., Darryl For A While At EV) says:
That explanation of trypanophobia does not fit rural life very well. I grew up with skin pricks from blackberry vines, ordinary briars, yellow jacket wasps, bees, and even a few hornets. Doctor’s needles were no big deal to me.
I have a phobia about needles. I haven’t decked anyone trying to give me a shot in over 50 years, but anyone who has tried to start an IV on me can tell you it takes two or three people, even now. Getting lab work or a vaccination takes a lot of mental preparation, but I can do it, because I have to do it. Am I worse than the 1 year old who cries and screams? Not quite, I just close my eyes, grit my teeth and make soft moans. I still got the vaccine.
I understand. I could tolerate it. Three and 1/2 weeks of getting blood drawn once and sometimes twice a day by AHs (mostly) who did not give a damn and just wanted to finish their assigned victims to get off work made me angry about blood draws. They destroyed my left arm. I laid down the law when it came to my right arm.
I found a few who were competent and I would look for them each morning while walking around. I limited blood draws to once per day and in the morning.
I have a blood disorder.
Ron (RC) Weakley (A.K.A., Darryl For A While At EV) says:
… Identifying the causes of vaccine hesitancy can help policymakers decide where to target their efforts. According to surveys and modelling by The Economist, the single greatest predictor of whether an American has been vaccinated is whether they voted for Joe Biden or Donald Trump last November. …
Even as the more contagious Delta variant drives a surge in infections, the Covid-19 vaccination effort has become so polarized in Missouri that some people are trying to get shots in secret to avoid conflicts with friends and relatives, a doctor there said.
In a video circulated by her employer, Dr. Priscilla A. Frase, a hospitalist and the chief medical information officer at Ozarks Healthcare in West Plains, Mo., said this month that several people had pleaded for anonymity when they came in to be vaccinated, and that some appeared to have made an effort to disguise themselves.
“I work closely with our pharmacists who are leading our vaccine efforts through our organization,” she said, “and one of them told me the other day that they had several people come in to get vaccinated who have tried to sort of disguise their appearance and even went so far as to say, ‘Please, please please, don’t let anyone know that I got this vaccine.’”
It was not clear how many people had tried to alter their appearance to avoid recognition, or how they had done so. Dr. Frase, who wore a mask in the video, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. …
I’ll settle for correlation. but it should be obvious that what is driving tax-avoidance is political opinion. For me at least, it is the anti-vax politicians that convince me anti-vax is stupid, and the advocates of anti-vax are criminals
on the other hand, the people who are calling the anti-vaxers stupid and criminal are not helping…first reaction to being called stupid is to get your back up. we may have seen evidence of that right here in river city.
the other thing not helping is the “masks don’t help you ” advice from the CDC folk. i am a little sad to learn that all those doctors wearing masks in hospitals are doing it for the patients while taking all the risks on themselves. but i do not claim to be an expert.
from what i have seen, we cannot rely on altruism to guide human behavior beyond a certain point of inconvenience or cost to oneself.
as of today my advice is stop making it a political issue, stop calling the other side stupid, and emphasize the herd immunity effect…if you can get that straight in your minds (i can’t, but i haven’t heard many or any who can.)
I’d also guess the “protect the other guy”with masks would also qualify under “herd immunity”: wear a mask to protect the other guy, and he will wear a mask to protect you.
then get the governor of Texas to actually mean “voluntary” while strongly encouraging voluntary, instead of just floating on the political benefit to himself by saying voluntary and meaning don’t bother.
Ron (RC) Weakley (A.K.A., Darryl For A While At EV) says:
Understood. Not all masks are created equal. Real N95 masks (as opposed to cheap knock-offs) have not been generally available to non-medical personnel since the beginning of the pandemic. Masks of cloth, but no respirator filter offer little protection to the wearer. Calling other people stupid either to their face or in open forum is certainly stupid though. OTOH, AB is a liberal central echo chamber such that our stupidity is not likely to carry far.
As far as public policy, then generally it will follow rather than lead the body count. The second wave of the Spanish Flu was no different. IOW, this time is definitely not different. Evolution to a more intelligent life form will still take centuries at the very least, but there is no way to know whether homo sapiens will have that much time. The save the planet people have it all wrong. Earth will outlive mankind, probably by millions if not billions of years.
Ron (RC) Weakley (A.K.A., Darryl For A While At EV) says:
BTW, some medical personnel wear plexiglass face shields over their masked faces. Others perform careful patient screening either checking temperature or vaccination records. Later this month my wife (driver) and I must bring our vaccination cards to my outpatient colonoscopy. I had asked about sedation-free and both my PCP and gastroenterologist reacted like I was crazy. When I later researched it myself, then I found that Mayo Clinic recommends sedation free exams. So, forget trust and go straight to verify.
I alwaysthought the reason to save the planet was to save the bears. Sometimes my heart goes out to little children too.
But maybe a variation on your thought would be worth trying. Let the anti-vax states continue their experiment in pfreedom (in this but not all cases), but keep people from leaving their states and entering pro-vax and pro-mask states. Evolution should then be able to sort out the winners from the losers without a lot of collateral damage.
We could start by granting Texas independence, withdrawing all Federal funding, and building a wall around Texas.
maybe we could deport all Cuban refugees and their descendants….who can’t pass a political literacy test (written in Massachusetts)…certainly not let them vote in Federal elections.
Ron (RC) Weakley (A.K.A., Darryl For A While At EV) says:
Sounds like a plan, not a good plan, but then what is? We are lucky that US healthcare was able to step up and reduce Covid-91 mortality early on, but the reduced rate of death made many people here complacent about the risks. However, whatever we may think or say, then I am still very sure that little will change. Realism, rationality, and reasoning are so passé.
rationality has never stood a chance. i think i even caught Socrates cheating…and Irving Stone (I think) thought he was the Athenian Bill Buckley.
But it sounds to me like you need another dose of Monty Python,,,how to tell a witch. supposedly a re-enactment of dark ages rationality. But the thing that strikes me is that the audience gets it…somehow we can all detect irrationality…. when its someone else’s.
Ron (RC) Weakley (A.K.A., Darryl For A While At EV) says:
At one time “Realism, rationality, and reasoning” were at least fashionable although few people wore them well. Some on the Left still at least put forth the pretense of rationality, but the Right eschews those virtues in favor of tribal causes.
Ron (RC) Weakley (A.K.A., Darryl For A While At EV) says:
Of course rationality is the lowest bar of the three. Both realism and reasoning imply a broader frame of reference, but even a narcissist or sociopath can be rational.
As of its most recent July 27 update on COVID vaccines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States carries this statement:
“Infections happen in only a small proportion of people who are fully vaccinated, even with the Delta variant.”
That statement stands in stark contrast to what the Director of Public Health Services in Israel told television viewers of the CBS program, Face the Nation, on Sunday, reporting that 50 percent of new infections in Israel are from fully vaccinated people.
The Pfizer–BioNTech mRNA COVID-19 vaccine was the exclusive vaccine used to inoculate the broad population of Israel. It was also one of the two most highly-administered vaccines in the United States, with Moderna’s mRNA vaccine being the other. As of July 12, only 12.8 million people in the U.S. had been vaccinated with the Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine versus 146 million people in the U.S. that were fully vaccinated with either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines, both of which require two doses.
how about in the US? we don’t know..
CDC Scaled Back Hunt for Breakthrough Cases Just as the Delta Variant Grew – The U.S. agency leading the fight against Covid-19 gave up a crucial surveillance tool tracking the effectiveness of vaccines just as a troublesome new variant of the virus was emerging. While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stopped comprehensively tracking what are known as vaccine breakthrough cases in May, the consequences of that choice are only now beginning to show.
rational sociopaths are teh scariest of all. unfortunately “reason” does not guarantee truth. but you are right the R’s seem to want to abolish reason altogether. easy to do that by feeding people lies that don’tmake sense but that’s all they know.
Yup.
Is there a link for the original source of this chart?
(Similar analysis in the NYT back in April.)
Least Vaccinated US Counties Have Something in Common: Trump Voters
i don’t know what else you’d expect, with Biden hitching his wagon to vaccination progress and promoting it every day…Democrats didn’t run out to take hydroxychloroquine when Trump promoted it as a cure for the virus; why would anyone expect Trump voters to give Biden the satisfaction of a victory on vaccines?
some of the messaging coming out of the White House on the unvaccinated is akin to Hillary’s calling Trump supporters “a basket of deplorables”; remember what happened after that? they just went out and wore that deplorable moniker as a badge of honor…
it appears that we have become so polarized that those who want to get vaccinated in red states become social outcasts:
In Missouri, some people are trying to get vaccinated in secret, a doctor says.
The Covid-19 vaccination effort has become so polarized in Missouri that some people are responding to the state’s Delta-driven surge by trying to get shots in secret, a doctor there said.
In a video circulated by her employer, Dr. Priscilla A. Frase, a hospitalist and the chief medical information officer at Ozarks Healthcare in West Plains, Mo., said this month that several people had pleaded for anonymity when they came in to be vaccinated, and that some appeared to have made an effort to disguise themselves.
“I work closely with our pharmacists who are leading our vaccine efforts through our organization,” she said, “and one of them told me the other day that they had several people come in to get vaccinated who have tried to sort of disguise their appearance and even went so far as to say, ‘Please, please please, don’t let anyone know that I got this vaccine.’”
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Israel is testing a pill version of Covid 19 vaccine. I wonder whether, if a pill version had been somehow available from the beginning, would half of today’s vaccine “scardy-cats” even have thought of such a vaccine as chancy?
A needle with a see through liquid can conjure up infinite possibilities of Frankenstein laboratories with bubbling vats — while a pill may trigger no immediate thoughts beyond a glass of water.
I wonder if a last ditch appeal to today’s “scardy-cats”, invoking the “a pill may never have frightened you off” scenario, might not pull more than a few in sight of commons sense, at long last.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-covid-vaccine-in-pill-form-to-start-clinical-trial-in-tel-aviv/
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I can’t help thinking the needle just sets our minds up for excitement — for something that might pass unnoticed were it just a tiny pill. Maybe Madison Avenue could offer some explanation. Focus groups? Got to sneak up on vaccine fearers?
Except for the vaccinations and masks, then the Richmond, VA metro area public vaccinations would have been model super spreaders with a large number of people indoors lined up zigzag between ropes slowly moving to vaccination stations. There was social distancing in front and back of oneself, but when one passed another in the line next to them in the zigzag the space was closer to three feet than six. That was back in March through May, presumably before Delta variant here.
Then recall the garbled messaging about masks back in 2020. First they do not protect the wearer, then they do. Well they do not appreciably protect the wearer, but just to get more people wearing masks to control spreading then we had to say that the wearer also benefited from the wearing. That was necessary given the number of assholes populating the US.
Now in 2021 falsehoods abound in an attempt to derail Biden. Here in central VA Trump supporters rail against both vaccines and masks, even if they wear masks themselves and have already been vaccinated. Not all of the anti-Vax Trumpsters are stupid. Just as many are liars and crooks, just like Trump. Of course, when addressing them directly one should take a different tact. My long time favorite line for scoundrels face to face has been “If I want any shit out of you, then I will squeeze it out.” At 72, then it is more bluff than fact, but the bluff still seems to have merit. It helps that I am a big redneck with a great truck, two boats and a canoe, a classic arsenal of guns (no semi-automatics which I explain are just for pussies), and one of the three nicest homes in Sandston; the owners of the other two being my friends.
Maybe they should make the pill bright red.
If I had a choice between pill or injection, pill wins every time.
Fall could be ‘very challenging’ if vaccinations don’t ramp up, HHS official says
‘The war has changed’: Internal CDC document urges new messaging, warns delta infections likely more severe
It seems pretty clear that Trump supporters are
making politically-based decisions about receiving
coronavirus vaccinations. To wit, if you’re a MAGA
person, you don’t believe that Trump got the shots
back in January, you DO believe that covid is a hoax,
and you will NOT get that vaccination, period.
Trump received COVID-19 vaccines at White House in January
Trypanophobia is an extreme fear of medical procedures involving injections
Fred,
That explanation of trypanophobia does not fit rural life very well. I grew up with skin pricks from blackberry vines, ordinary briars, yellow jacket wasps, bees, and even a few hornets. Doctor’s needles were no big deal to me.
I have a phobia about needles. I haven’t decked anyone trying to give me a shot in over 50 years, but anyone who has tried to start an IV on me can tell you it takes two or three people, even now. Getting lab work or a vaccination takes a lot of mental preparation, but I can do it, because I have to do it. Am I worse than the 1 year old who cries and screams? Not quite, I just close my eyes, grit my teeth and make soft moans. I still got the vaccine.
Jane:
I understand. I could tolerate it. Three and 1/2 weeks of getting blood drawn once and sometimes twice a day by AHs (mostly) who did not give a damn and just wanted to finish their assigned victims to get off work made me angry about blood draws. They destroyed my left arm. I laid down the law when it came to my right arm.
I found a few who were competent and I would look for them each morning while walking around. I limited blood draws to once per day and in the morning.
I have a blood disorder.
I have a very bad phobia of phobias.
(Email just received from The Economist…)
Some in Missouri Seek Covid-19 Shots in Secret, Doctor Says
Correlation does not lead to causation, but it rhymes.
Correlation does not prove causation, but it rhymes.
Ron
I’ll settle for correlation. but it should be obvious that what is driving tax-avoidance is political opinion. For me at least, it is the anti-vax politicians that convince me anti-vax is stupid, and the advocates of anti-vax are criminals
on the other hand, the people who are calling the anti-vaxers stupid and criminal are not helping…first reaction to being called stupid is to get your back up. we may have seen evidence of that right here in river city.
the other thing not helping is the “masks don’t help you ” advice from the CDC folk. i am a little sad to learn that all those doctors wearing masks in hospitals are doing it for the patients while taking all the risks on themselves. but i do not claim to be an expert.
from what i have seen, we cannot rely on altruism to guide human behavior beyond a certain point of inconvenience or cost to oneself.
as of today my advice is stop making it a political issue, stop calling the other side stupid, and emphasize the herd immunity effect…if you can get that straight in your minds (i can’t, but i haven’t heard many or any who can.)
I’d also guess the “protect the other guy”with masks would also qualify under “herd immunity”: wear a mask to protect the other guy, and he will wear a mask to protect you.
then get the governor of Texas to actually mean “voluntary” while strongly encouraging voluntary, instead of just floating on the political benefit to himself by saying voluntary and meaning don’t bother.
Coberly,
Understood. Not all masks are created equal. Real N95 masks (as opposed to cheap knock-offs) have not been generally available to non-medical personnel since the beginning of the pandemic. Masks of cloth, but no respirator filter offer little protection to the wearer. Calling other people stupid either to their face or in open forum is certainly stupid though. OTOH, AB is a liberal central echo chamber such that our stupidity is not likely to carry far.
As far as public policy, then generally it will follow rather than lead the body count. The second wave of the Spanish Flu was no different. IOW, this time is definitely not different. Evolution to a more intelligent life form will still take centuries at the very least, but there is no way to know whether homo sapiens will have that much time. The save the planet people have it all wrong. Earth will outlive mankind, probably by millions if not billions of years.
BTW, some medical personnel wear plexiglass face shields over their masked faces. Others perform careful patient screening either checking temperature or vaccination records. Later this month my wife (driver) and I must bring our vaccination cards to my outpatient colonoscopy. I had asked about sedation-free and both my PCP and gastroenterologist reacted like I was crazy. When I later researched it myself, then I found that Mayo Clinic recommends sedation free exams. So, forget trust and go straight to verify.
Ron
I alwaysthought the reason to save the planet was to save the bears. Sometimes my heart goes out to little children too.
But maybe a variation on your thought would be worth trying. Let the anti-vax states continue their experiment in pfreedom (in this but not all cases), but keep people from leaving their states and entering pro-vax and pro-mask states. Evolution should then be able to sort out the winners from the losers without a lot of collateral damage.
We could start by granting Texas independence, withdrawing all Federal funding, and building a wall around Texas.
maybe we could deport all Cuban refugees and their descendants….who can’t pass a political literacy test (written in Massachusetts)…certainly not let them vote in Federal elections.
Coberly,
Sounds like a plan, not a good plan, but then what is? We are lucky that US healthcare was able to step up and reduce Covid-91 mortality early on, but the reduced rate of death made many people here complacent about the risks. However, whatever we may think or say, then I am still very sure that little will change. Realism, rationality, and reasoning are so passé.
rationality has never stood a chance. i think i even caught Socrates cheating…and Irving Stone (I think) thought he was the Athenian Bill Buckley.
But it sounds to me like you need another dose of Monty Python,,,how to tell a witch. supposedly a re-enactment of dark ages rationality. But the thing that strikes me is that the audience gets it…somehow we can all detect irrationality…. when its someone else’s.
Coberly,
At one time “Realism, rationality, and reasoning” were at least fashionable although few people wore them well. Some on the Left still at least put forth the pretense of rationality, but the Right eschews those virtues in favor of tribal causes.
Of course rationality is the lowest bar of the three. Both realism and reasoning imply a broader frame of reference, but even a narcissist or sociopath can be rational.
Israel’s Director of Public Health Stuns TV Viewers with Statement that 50 Percent of New COVID Cases Are Among Fully Vaccinated
As of its most recent July 27 update on COVID vaccines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States carries this statement:
“Infections happen in only a small proportion of people who are fully vaccinated, even with the Delta variant.”
That statement stands in stark contrast to what the Director of Public Health Services in Israel told television viewers of the CBS program, Face the Nation, on Sunday, reporting that 50 percent of new infections in Israel are from fully vaccinated people.
The Pfizer–BioNTech mRNA COVID-19 vaccine was the exclusive vaccine used to inoculate the broad population of Israel. It was also one of the two most highly-administered vaccines in the United States, with Moderna’s mRNA vaccine being the other. As of July 12, only 12.8 million people in the U.S. had been vaccinated with the Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine versus 146 million people in the U.S. that were fully vaccinated with either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines, both of which require two doses.
how about in the US? we don’t know..
CDC Scaled Back Hunt for Breakthrough Cases Just as the Delta Variant Grew – The U.S. agency leading the fight against Covid-19 gave up a crucial surveillance tool tracking the effectiveness of vaccines just as a troublesome new variant of the virus was emerging. While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stopped comprehensively tracking what are known as vaccine breakthrough cases in May, the consequences of that choice are only now beginning to show.
Ron
rational sociopaths are teh scariest of all. unfortunately “reason” does not guarantee truth. but you are right the R’s seem to want to abolish reason altogether. easy to do that by feeding people lies that don’tmake sense but that’s all they know.