Stupidity is also a virus, I think--

This weekend, I was co-habiting with a nagging, sniffly cold. Yes, just a cold--I'm much better today already. Having had Covid, I've been even more vigilant (not that I've not been-- I still wear a mask just about everywhere). But when a family member gets it and it goes through the ranks, it's gonna happen. 

That all said, I've been reading in the news about yet another new variant of this nefarious virus. And IT SEEMS FEW PEOPLE GIVE A DAMN. We have bivalent vaccines available for just about everyone, and nationally, vax rates are so low as to be useless to the group as a whole. We can't just say we are tired of Covid; this sucker does not have a limited run because we, as a country (and world) just keep renewing our subscription. With jackasses like Musk encouraging trolls to spread misinformation, it just keeps feeding itself (would you believe people were putting it on Twitter that it was the result of a vaccine that caused Damar Hamlin's cardiac event?!!). 

Get the vax. Wash your hands. Keep your distance. Limit exposures. We know how to do this, but yet the GOP is going to "investigate" the origins of Covid. And call Dr. Fauci in for a grilling, with the possibility of somehow lodging criminal complaints against him. FOR GOODNESS SAKE-- this has got to stop. Prosecuting a dedicated man of science over what? His unwillingness to wish this virus away? 

Dan Rather, who, with his grandson, writes a fabulous newsletter/blog, says all of this so much better than I can. You can check out his discussion here.

In the meantime, be careful. The virus, as Mr. Rather points out, does not care what we think. It's on it's own "evolutionary trajectory" and humans are-- through willful ignorance and inaction-- the hosts.

Take care,

C