It is all so blooming pointless; it did not have to be this way... [View all]

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Just some of the headlines from the past few weeks from both sides of the pond:

Anti-vaxx police officer who had been taking horse worm medicine dies from Covid
Rightwing radio host and anti-vaxxer dies of Covid
A Texas GOP leader railed against vaccines and masks. Then he died of covid.
Anti-vaxxer dies of Covid nine days after saying virus is ‘nothing to be afraid of’
Anti-vaxx mother dies of Covid two weeks after husband
Family of anti-vaxxer nightclub boss who died from coronavirus urges people to get the jab
Tennessee radio host who criticised vaccine efforts dies of Covid-19
Man who mocked coronavirus vaccine in viral tweet died of COVID-19
Chef’s parents and brother die from Covid within week after jab refusal
Fit, healthy 42-year-old father who refused vaccine dies of Covid ‘wishing he had listened’
Man refused to get vaccinated even after his own father died of COVID – now he’s dead from COVID too

With Delta running rampant, and with 50% more likelihood of landing in hospital if you are unvaccinated and catch it, in comparison with the alpha variant, it did not have to be this way.
As the radio host James O’B here in the UK is fond of saying, contempt for the conmen, compassion for the conned. But as more and more disinformation is spread on social media it is getting much harder to distinguish when someone who has been conned moves into the conmen category. So many unnecessary deaths because of the dark money propping up the anti-vax disinformation barrage and the radicalisation of normally sane people. There is always a motive with such sustained propaganda campaigns, and it is never altruistic. Just sayin’