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Old 07-10-2021, 06:52 PM
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In my Ohio city, a high-profile, local talk radio propagandizer ran his mega-mouth, sewing seeds of doubt about the virus. Then Covid hit close to his life, including killing a good friend.

Now, he tells his listeners to get the shot. But during all those months of ranting on the radio — before real life changed his mind — I have to wonder how much damage he caused to those in his audience who tune in to be kept all whipped up into a frenzy of anger and paranoia. (I have always felt that those who make a living spewing poison have nothing but contempt for the American people — and the ones for whom they have the most contempt are their loyal followers.)

Missouri does not seem very capable of changing. The “Show Me State” is now showing us all that cult mentality has taken over common sense and medical advice. I wonder how their big tourist attraction Branson is holding up. I read recently that the average age for Covid hospitalizations in MO is 54.7. That is young — young and dumb?

Like Pogo said, “We have met the enemy and he is us.”

Boomer

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Political view babble and mean thinking you’re state more knowledge when in fact EVERY state in union has been affected by Virus. You have NO clue what’s going on in Missouri other than you political sites you frequently visit.


Please don't take it personally, Topspinmo. It's not like my home state of Ohio is taking any prizes.

Mayo Clinic has a site that tracks percentages of vaccinations by state and age group. Older people have the highest percentages of being vaccinated -- and although political bent possibly applies somewhat to those who are younger, I don't think it does for most older people.

I certainly understand that there are those who won't get the vaccine due to health issues that make risk possibly outweigh benefit if they take the shot. In fact, I know one such person. She is being very careful. She has to be.

But what I am so tired of is hearing the litany of excuses that have been programmed into the anti-vaxxers -- who have been convinced that they are oh so much smarter than the rest of us, so in the know.

Then we have the completely over-the-edge types who think we will be magnetized if we get the vaccine. In spite of the mock-ability factor of those paranoid theories, it is actually, truly awful to realize that there are those who really believe that kind of thing.

I have now reached the point where I think of the denial types as being freeloaders -- plain and simple -- riding on the responsibility taken by the rest of us -- freeloading.

Boomer

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