It's not the vaccine, stupid

Why do so many Americans resist being vaccinated against COVID? Or is that what they are actually resisting?

When I was a child, I was vaccinated against a number of deadly diseases. As an adult, I had my own child vaccinated. On the whole, vaccinations have saved countless lives and prevented epidemics that would otherwise have ravaged our nation and others.

Yet today, with a pandemic that has gripped the entire world with fears of a plague of (what they call) biblical proportions, there is more resistance to vaccination than ever before. In reaction, there are calls for "vaccine mandates," which would effectively force injections upon the population in vast numbers. Why do so many people adamantly refuse to "take the shot"?

There is a reason. Millions of Americans no longer trust their government. The political left dismisses this distrust with its usual accusations of conservative ignorance, extremism, and racism, but those words, overused for many years, no longer coerce most Americans.

I know people who took the vaccine because their personal physicians, whom they trust, recommended it. They were hesitant to accept that advice, but because of additional factors such as advanced age and complicated health issues, they finally gave in, fearing that for them, an infection might mean a death sentence.

However, when a bureaucrat demands that you be injected with a substance hidden behind walls of government censorship and secrecy, those with low risk factors are correct to be suspicious. When that distrusted government starts making threats, it only further increases the suspicion.

From the very beginning the COVID virus has been politicized. We have been continuously fed a stream of disinformation, lies, and contradictory statements. We were told a few weeks to flatten the curve which extended into unending lockdowns and suppression of civil liberties. Fauci told us no masks, then masks, then double masks then no masks for the vaccinated and now masks for everyone. We were told a there would be a huge need for ventilators. Trump responded and thousands of ventilators were produced only to now sit rusting in warehouses. We were told a vaccine could be years away at best. Trump’s warp speed process produced several effective vaccines that have now been given to millions worldwide. The case numbers based on a highly flawed testing method are again being used to spread panic despite a huge drop in deaths and hospitalization. The dubious delta variant is being whipped by the media into a new Black Death despite no evidence that is true. American citizens have been restricted in travel and quarantined in their homes but hoards of illegals spilling across our borders are being dispersed all over the country without any health screening or even proof of identity.

Is it any wonder people are now asking questions and not believing the government.

Who continues to believe? Well, the ones who believed anything from the MSM, DNC, their thugs the Antifa/BLM, etc. The koolaid drinkers. The <1/2 voters who vote only for what is free to them, and charged to others. The center of most any city, blue or red.

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