What can be said that hasn’t been said before? The pandemic was mismanaged from Day 1. We ignored medical expert advice and so far nearly 500,000 people died. Compare that with Australia and New Zealand where medical advice directed their actions from the start. Without a vaccine both countries defeated the virus and normal life has been restored. Example: the Australian Tennis Championship was held this week without fans. $80 million of potential revenue was lost but the event was deemed a success. They prioritized virus spread control over money–as they have from the beginning. The US death rate is 350 times the death rate in those countries. It is no stretch that Donald Trump is solely responsible for the deaths of thousands of our family members and friends making him the most successful mass murderer in US history. How anyone can seriously imagine him as a presidential candidate in 2024 is beyond this writer.
But the real tragedy is that we now have several very effective vaccines that could, if efficiently distributed, solve the mess we’re living with. But–and this is the real tragedy–many people are reluctant or totally unwilling to be vaccinated. Even many of our “leaders” shun the idea instead of promoting it. It seems that our failure to deal effectively with the virus initially has lead many people to doubt that the vaccines are safe. We are becoming our own worst enemy in this fight because we choose not to act responsibly even when the solutions (vaccines) are available. PLEASE GET VACCINATED WHEN YOUR TURN COMES UP. WE CAN’T EXPECT NORMALCY TO RETURN UNTIL A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF PEOPLE IMMUNIZE THEMSELVES AGAINST GETTING AND SPREADING THE VIRUS. AND THE VARIANTS WILL OUTFLANK THE VACCINES IF WE WAIT LONG ENOUGH TO ACT.
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