Some people are out to kill you

As of today, there are more than 29 million cases of the coronavirus in the U.S., more than 524,000 deaths, and Brown County, where I live, is rated at a very high risk level. 

On the basis of age, I qualified to receive a vaccination early on.  So I got the shots as soon as I could.  The rest of my family is waiting for their turn.  Anyone who has acquainted themselves with the facts about this disease will want a vaccination to spare themselves and their families from a disease that has lasting debilitating effects and is killing thousands of people everyday.  The medical scientists and the federal government are pushing to get enough people vaccinated to defeat the virus.  

But there is a group of people who stand in the way.

...polls have repeatedly found that nearly one-third of Republicans share [a] staunch resistance to the coronavirus vaccines, although for a variety of reasons. Some worry they were… developed too quickly. Others argue without evidence that many vaccines are unsafe or will make them sick. Still more echo Trump’s repeated contention that the coronavirus threat is overblown and simply don’t trust the government’s involvement.

   Burning masks in Idaho

Yesterday's news showed a bunch of people in Idaho burning masks as a display of their rejection of the fact of Covid-19 and the government's efforts to control it.  They involved their children in the demonstration.  If there is a war against the virus, these people are inviting the enemy in to have its way with us.  For now, it is best to get the shots, keep wearing a mask, and stay away from these people.  They are mental failures who are willing to put you at risk by intention or mental incapacity.  At some point, we will have to find ways of dealing with them, but for now we can only hope to identify them and avoid them.  Their circumstance goes way beyond partisan politics and threatens democracy and a functional society.  

                                 The best future the coronavirus deniers can hope for.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/03/07/republicans-covid-vaccine/