Today I read an article in Business Insider that demonstrates, in a nutshell, what is wrong with this country.
A school in Florida is requiring students who get vaccinated against Covid-19 to quarantine at home for 30 days after each dose.
Question: Why would any school enact a deterrent against school attendance, particularly if it is unnecessary?
Officials at the school previously encouraged its teachers not to get vaccinated against Covid-19, saying that those who did should “maintain physical distance from students”. The school administration appears to endorse a debunked theory that vaccinated individuals pose a viral danger to others.
“Hogwash!” reply epidemiologists. Vaccinated individuals pose no danger to non-vaccinated folks because none of the authorized Covid-19 vaccines contain the virus that causes Covid-19.
This stupid school policy is what happens when politics overrides facts and common sense: people who are vaccinated are actually more resistant to the harmful effects of Covid-19 and less likely to transmit same to others.
Why do we make it so easy for stupid people to hold positions of authority?
Answer: Because there are a lot of stupid people in this country who don’t recognize similarly stupid people…or power-hungry demagogues who take advantage of stupid people.
Accordingly, a devastating pandemic continues to plague America even though safe and proven vaccines are available to minimize the threat.
Evidently, it is a badge of honor for many “patriots” to pretend that 700,000 Americans have not died from Covid-19, that scientists cannot be trusted, and that vaccines are the Devil’s work.
This is what we’ve come to.