It doesn’t make sense

Nobody seems to have the answer to convince hesitant or anti-vax Americans to get a vaccine, and unfortunately, I don’t believe there is one. Some “anti” people dying of covid won’t even acknowledge it and get mad at their medical providers for saying so. A now deceased high school friend did this.

Most Republicans used to profess to believe in science and sacrifice. Now I’m not sure if some believe in either, unless it’s sacrifice in genuflection to Donald Trump. They wage social media war on doctors who advocate vaccines or masks, and now they’re screaming at school boards and anyone else who believes in science. Remember when people bragged their kids were tougher? Now putting a mask on a child is considered abuse. Tucker Carlson literally tells us to report people whose kids wear masks, and rails against mandates. Of course, Fox News has a vaccine mandate, and if you turn the cameras around from Tucker, you’d probably find masks. Tucker won’t tell us if he’s vaccinated, but everyone on “Fox and Friends” says they are. I’m betting Tucker was at the front of the line, but “anti” sells.

Many of the people who refuse suggest it’s a constitutional “right,” but since George Washington force-vaccinated his troops for smallpox in 1777, it’s unlikely he or anyone else intended such a right. Some people tell us about a religious “right,” but in a WWJD moment, it’s hard to imagine telling people they have the right to do whatever they want when it risks the rest of the population. Some believe the virus is a Chinese Communist Party bio-weapon. At the same time, they tell us they won’t wear a mask or take a vaccine. While our own experts tell us it was not (accidental release is still not clear), it’s hard to imagine people who actually believe it was intentional, and yet refuse to take action to stop it. Our response must be an epiphany for Xi Jinping and the CCP!

It’s as if our soldiers in World War I had seen the mustard gas coming and decided they wouldn’t wear a gas mask. I’m sorry, it just doesn’t make sense.

GREG ROUNTREE Scott