Not wanting to rant
-This is not a rant, although appearance can be deceptive. Consider it more of an appeal for vocabulary correction, on the part of Pharma and Gov. Now, on to my non-rant.
I have lived for a long time. In large part due to community heath care. I have over the years received a lot of vaccinations. As a result, I have a couple of interesting scars, and health record devoid of the big disease names. No Polio, none of the “alphabet soup 0f childhood diseases. Public Health had rules, and when they said that you couldn’t attend school, parents got involved.
But, not all stories have happy endings. For the last few days, I have rediscovered the joys of coughing. Although having two vaccines and two boosters against C19, at precisely the moment that I set my surgical mask into a drawer. Actually we all did. The whole household. We were all “vaxxed to the max”.
Several thoughts come to mind. Our bad, etc. However, there is growing thought that Pharma and Gov didn’t want us to think things through. Those vax-passes at provincial border. The QR codes. The forced quarantines.
In sharp contrast, there’s the “flu shot”. Not a vaccine. A warning that we could still get sick. In more than twenty years, I never did. Spoiler: I worked in public, in education. The government used none of its heavy handed techniques, and we had great results.
I submit that this vaccine was nothing more than an expensive prophylactic. We will never know how much we paid for the peace of mind sought by Pharma, for their bottom line. And I continue to cough. Despite my QR code. We were give a big sugary treat, rather than rational suggestions.
When we return to masking, which we will do, I’ll try to avoid saying “I told you so”. I am in favour of public heath measure that actually accomplish their goals. As I continue to cough. And wish that I had missed this failed science experiment.
