Confessions of a Non-Anti-Vaxxer

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Do you see it? In that photo, a selfie of sorts, it might be hard to see. Also consider that, after 53 years or so, it has faded significantly. The sure sign of someone who isn't an "anti-vaxxer." "It" is the smallpox mark. Most people over 55 (they stopped making it mandatory in 1972 in the US) have that little (about 1 centimeter) mark on their left arm. If you have that, you're most likely not an anti-vaxxer. I have to tell you something: I don't fault the people who are "anti-vaxxers," to an extent. Granted, I don't think they're exactly using all of their brain cells when they pull out their cell phone, which has a GPS tracking system in it, and post something about the government putting a tracking device in the covid vaccine. But if they want to walk around, unprotected against simple things like mumps or dangerous things like tetanus, who are you to stop them. As Sojourner and I discussed in a separate post (NJ Chic's discussion about a congressman claiming military people had contacted him and threatened to "quit the military" if they were "forced" to get a covid shot), I don't have a problem with getting shots. Heck, I've been getting needles stuck in my arm since I was 15 months old (that's when I started allergy shots). I totally understand and concur that "science" does not have all the answers. How many times has your local weather scientist been wrong? I'm sure that more people would have a little more faith if scientists would hold press conferences and admit their shortcomings with the same arrogance they use when they claim they found something, only to have it disproven two months later. They ARE wrong, y'know: Anthony Fauci was one of the lead investigators on AIDS. In May 1983 he claimed that AIDS could be spread by casual familial contact, while other scientists were going with the blood/bodily fluid exchange belief that turned out to be correct. So that's my confession as a non-anti-vaxxer. And here's "My Confession" by Bob Wills!