Almost to Statistics - 14 September 2021 - Plague Journal Day 551

Micah 6:8
John 8:39-47
Yes, your life matters.

Some of you are still sheltering in place, but fear not: I'm here to keep you sane and entertained.
One could hardly ask for much more than that, now could one?

I heard today that a majority of those surveyed were in favor of president Biden's order for large employers to require employees to be vaccinated. I'm frankly shocked. Granted, there's no reason to believe polls most of the time, as poorly as most of them seem to be done these days, still, that's a disturbing report. More than half of those surveyed agree that the President has the power to tell employers what medical procedures they must force their employees to undergo. Really?


In a sense, I'm in agreement - I think the vaccines are a good thing, and that everyone who hasn't already had COVID-19 and isn't contraindicated for other reasons ought to get vaccinated. However, I'm dead-set against the federal government deciding for everyone (except those in the Postal Workers' Union - how does that work?) what they should put into their bodies.
Not only has president Biden admitted previously that he doesn't have the authority to do this - but then he's going to go ahead and do it anyway - it's an insane contradiction to the democrat party stance that the government should keep its hands off our bodies. Surely you've heard them say that. It's impressive how many contradictory policies they can advocate at one time, isn't it? Lewis Carroll would be proud.


I have a feeling that if our current president and vice president hadn't told the American People that these vaccines are bad and dangerous and they wouldn't trust them before they said they're safe and effective and everyone should get them before they told us they're not really that effective and vaccinated folks need to wear masks to protect themselves from the evil unvaccinated hordes, well, maybe more people would have gone ahead and been vaccinated and we'd be way beyond all of this by now.
Frankly, with the numbers trending down again, perhaps it's time to declare victory and move on to the next thing to panic the populace. This one's getting old.

Keep Calm and Don't Stay Away.
I'll be back tomorrow.
The mental health issues related to our lockdown and the pandemic are especially hard for people with depression. NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, has a 24 hour helpline: 800-950-6264.