I have been critical of the government, politicians, and media in these pages regarding Covid-19 and strongly believe that the situation has been severely botched by the powers that be, whether it be conflicting guidance, inaccurate assertions, or political grandstanding.
This dereliction of duty has understandably made many suspect of the government’s competence regarding their ability to properly manage public health concerns, and most actors in positions of authority have exhibited insufferable hubris, failing to recognize their mistakes or lack of full understanding and preferring instead to lecture and condemn those who dare to question their authority.
That all being said, I would like to unequivocally assert my recommendation to get vaccinated, and reiterate that I and my family got ours back in May-June.
One may have perhaps argued that the vaccine was on its way to becoming optional in June, when case numbers were plummeting due to the combined effect of vaccination, herd immunity, and natural immunity, but then the delta variant emerged. That has changed everything because it is both more contagious and dangerous than the original Covid virus.
Now, those who were marginally safe only a few months ago are highly vulnerable to infection if they don’t have the vaccine. A friend of mine nearly died recently because he thought he could beat this thing, and because he had spent nearly a year and half not being infected nor seeing any of his close friends or family get seriously ill. He did know of a few cases earlier in the pandemic, but recently we all seemed to be headed for smooth sailing. That is just no longer the case.
I was personally on the fence about the vaccine for both moral and medical reasons, but I thought it out and decided to trust the competent authorities, even though they had done much to lose my trust. This lack of trust seems to be driving the unvaccinated to continue to abstain from getting the jab, but please encourage your friends and family who aren’t vaccinated to re-think the situation.
Yes, the virus was probably funded by the NIH. Yes, the government has been engaged in a coverup of the origins of the virus for this reason. Yes, public health officials and politicians have been hypocritical and arrogant. Yes, the same people who said they wouldn’t get a vaccination developed under the Trump administration are the same people scolding you for not getting it now.
Yes, there are negative side effects, up to and including death, from the vaccination (though statistically, these are relatively low, thank God).
And yes, if you want to convince yourself of the evils of the vaccine, there is plenty of information and argumentation out there to support your position, while the pro-vaccination arguments are actually a bit weaker and mainly rely on the authority of the proponents (who would be better off spending half as much time explaining the scientific mechanisms and data that support the vaccination as they do lecturing us and finger-wagging).
But at the end of the day, the vaccine is the best way to protect yourself from the deadly effects of Covid infection and the hospitals right now are overflowing with people who are unvaccinated, many of whom are dying or are close to it.
Obviously, I am not a medical authority and submit these thoughts with all humility and respect. You don’t have to believe me. Ask your doctor or your nurse. Consult the Mayo clinic’s website if you no longer trust the CDC. Try to remember that pretty much all the virulent cases and hospital admissions are of the unvaccinated. Please don’t join their ranks.
Trump supports the vaccine.
Biden supports the vaccine.
God bless.
Trey Hoffman
Peachtree City, Ga.
Vaccine – and THE TRUTH – are the solution. When will D.C. hold Fauci responsible? His oversight funded and created this mess…….
Thumbs up on an excellent, common sense view of the vax/no vax dilemma.
What also should be emphasized early on for those with covid, or unfortunate enough to enter hospital, are using the proven effective, off-schedule drug treatments. It seems with the increase in comorbidity issues, even in younger people and those not in the age risk groups, these drugs should be deployed ASAP. Type in “off schedule drug treatments for covid” and there are a host of them now …not just hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine. But the bottom line is get the vaccine.
My personal experience encompassed getting Covid19, a mild case as for symptoms; loss of smell and the accompanying effects on taste. My course ran about 10-12 days. But after 6+ months I had regained only 75-80% of my sense of smell; there were some things that I could not smell and I thought my remaining acuity was gone for good. But I had read an article somewhere that people who had the virus and had lasting effects, might have those lasting effects eradicated by taking a Covid vaccine. It was described as akin to rebooting your computer. So I opted for the J&J “one shot wonder”. And lo and behold, shortly after the taking the vaccine, my sense of smell fully returned. So if you’re in the same boat I was in, consider taking the vaccine.
The Dems were their own worst enemy with comments re the vaccine in 2020…
https://www.newsweek.com/anti-vaccine-covid-trust-skepticism-democrat-politicization-1535559
I finally agree with you on something.
The headline should read “Common Sense” with the mea-culpa … “A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason.” ― Thomas Paine, Common Sense
Oh Trey! So happy to see this! Well done!
I will add: I am about the polar opposite of Trey in politics, religion, conspiracies, and almost everything he says in his weekly missives — and I don’t agree with him that the NIH engineered coronavirus or the US government is covering up its origins — but on his conclusion here: VACCINATION IS THE SOLUTION, NOT THE PROBLEM, I 100% agree!
May we all take care of each other by taking care of ourselves! Peace, love, and understanding.
Amen Jax! Although most of Trey’s caveats are unfounded, his conclusion is sound. I am tired of seeing friends and relatives die for want of availing themselves of readily available protection.
Mr. Hoffman, how surprising and how welcomed!