Crane's Corner: 9-1-21 The Great Covid Con

Crane's Corner

There’s an old saying that is usually brought into the conversation, when a political argument begins to escalate:

“You are entitled to your own opinion, but you’re not entitled to your own facts”

The saying comes to mind in this year 2 of Covid as the virus, commanding a growing legion of variants is back with a vengeance,

How? Didn’t we get a vaccine?

Ah, yeah. Problem is not everyone who could benefit from it is getting the vaccine. That's not only a problem for them--it’s a problem for us--who may have been vaccinated, but not immune to the variant strain when we come across un vaccinated hosts to the bulked up Co Vid 19. Lots of people who swore off the shots are having second thoughts, because they’re suffering from nasty bouts with CO VID, so bad they need to be hospitalized.97 percent of those being admitted to the hospital never got the shot, In some cases, they leave the hospital in a hearse. Selfishly, they’re taking up resources that would otherwise go to patients suffering from cancer, heart problems or were the victims of accidents or crime.

Every day it seems we get another report of a well known person whose now in the ICU--or dead--because he or she did not get the shot, Most of them right wing talk show hosts, who ranted for months against the vaccine urging their listeners to join them in keeping their sleeves rolled down.

I am an absolute proponent of freedom--and if you really don’t want the vaccine--it’s your choice. But it’s a selfish one. An ignorant one.

Life in 2021 is a daily selection of betting propositions. You could die crossing the street. But you probably won’t. You could trip on a buckling sidewalk and suffer a fatal injury, But it’s unlikely. Flying in an aluminum tube at 500 miles per hour doesn’t always end well, but flying on a commercial jet is safer than driving your Honda to the supermarket. At least that's what the numbers tell us.

Now, that CO VID shot, Let’s shoot down some myths. The FDA hasn’t thoroughly researched it’s safety. After testing tens of thousands of volunteers, the FDA gave it experimental approval and now in the case of Pfizer’s version. Full approval. Side effects. Some people do get them. But if they occur, you’ll get them weeks or months after the vaccine. Not years. Young healthy people won’t get Co Vid. Then explained byr America’s world class athletes, the best in baseball football and basketball are coming down with Co Vid in spite of draconian precautions taken by their respective teams and leagues.

Disease we’ve eradicated through vaccination..smallpox and polio among them had side effects too.

My religion prohibits the vaccine. The Lord will protect me and cure me if infected, Let’s hope so. But was God looking the other way when antibiotics, chemotherapy, anesthesia, life support and other surgical advances came on the scene,

Co Vid’s a myth invented by the government to control us. Well things got out of control. The virus has killed more than 60 thousand Americans 4 and a half million world wide. Some views are mind blowing. The other day I was playing golf with a friend and several folks I didn’t know. I encountered a guy with great golf skills, whose real handicap is his opinion. When someone asked the guy if he got the shot, he said no and I never will. I’m a medical professional. Was he a doctor with years of experience in infectious disease?

Ah no. He sells shoes. Some of them, medically prescribed.

I’ll grant the shot isn’t a cure all. We will need boosters. But if misguided or stubborn among us dodge the needle, we will never dodge co vid for good. Take one for the team. Can’t hurt for more than a second and it probably will help.

And oh, yeah--it’s free.