This is a perfect time for vaccines to be in short supply as it does not seem suspicious since everything else except bananas is in short supply and rising exponentially in price. Putin again!?!? Or as Natasha, a catoon character from the old Rocky and Bullwinkle show always liked to say, “must be moose and squirrel.” I think I’m going with Boris and Natasha on this one. Only problem is that there is no vaccine shortage. Fact checkers also lie, but be my guest, and don’t stop with the portly guy on CNN. The small silver lining in the humongous cloud is that now I have a better and certainly more virtuous excuse to continue to refuse any and all Covid vaccines. Who am I to waste a perfectly gud (at least temporarily with maybe a side affect or two) vaccine on my rebellious flesh? Save it for one of the good, obedient sheeples.
I am so far from special that I could not see it with Superman vision, but my 70 year old completely unvaxxed carcass continues to remain Covid free. Can’t wait for the “new and improved” vaxxes that will continue to be concocted ad infinitum at tax payer expense to deal with all the weakened variants that amount to nothing more than a regular flu or cold. I wonder if new and improved will mean that their effectiveness lasts more than 3 months and will be totally side affect free(as if that were ever possible).
I was asthmatic as a youth to the point of more than a few hospitalizations. As a teen and continuing into adulthood I would get at least one monster cold/bronchitis event every winter. A few years ago, for health reasons other than fear of Covid, I started the high fat, low carb diet known as keto and stopped eating all sugar and grains. I lost pounds of fat and my liver and kidney functions improved. No more gout attacks and surprise surprise, no Covid or any other upper respiratory infections. Not a sniffle in site. Obviously my experience is anecdotal and not exactly a double blind study, although what happened to me did indeed happen to me. I’m not saying keto is for everyone, just that it worked for me. I will say that the two leading health, or lack thereof, conditions in being susceptible to acquiring the virus and or having it become a serious illness are being obese or having type 2 diabetes, both of which are reversible conditions. When Covid first came to be the strategy of getting healthy to prevent getting and spreading the virus was poo-pooed by Fauci because there was not enough time to get healthy. Two years later not a peep out of any of them in this regard because more money can be made by selling vaccines than by getting people healthier. Sad but true. The Bat Lady in China has not retired yet, so in my very humble opinion your best chances to stay safe are to get healthy and stay there. With Biden looking to hand over our health care to The Who (not Pete Townsend) things are going to get worse. If you actually still like your doctor, fagetabowdit, your next one might speak Mandarin. The Who’s song “We Don’t get Fooled Again” is a much better motto than the Who’s “Profits Before People”.
Must be Moose and Squirrel
Excellent piece. Your work is always an entertaining read. The younger readers have to do an internet search of "the Who," but it is good practice for them. Stay Keto and keep that wit sharp. It's a put on as Townsend once said.