The vaccine mandate falls and I'm not mad about it

[Dorian Gray]

20. I think

you expressed yourself clearly and not rudely, and it gives me food for thought.

Having said that, I also worry about

a) variants. There are well respected doctors (Dr. Peter Hotez) who very publicly state that unless we get the rest of the world vaccinated, variants will keep coming at us, much like Omicron. And we fear worse ones.

b) I'm stubborn in that I have a lot of anger at people refusing to vaccinate AND the people who are giving misinformation about vaccines.

c) I really feel like the SC is a political institution now. And that concerns me.


But, I do think that you're kind of right in that the people who are anti-vaccine are dug in and won't turn now. Unless people from their local communities whom they trust somehow do the outreach and convince them. We need to put our efforts into persuasion and combatting mis-info. I wish we had done that from the beginning.

I'm angry enough to take pleasure in big mouths getting shut down. I'm angry enough to take pleasure in shitheels getting fired. I'm angry enough to take pleasure in Djokovic getting kicked out of Australia. But, in reality, I don't know if those things are going to be what moves people to change their minds.