Shock Wave

    The number of covid infections has doubled and in some areas tripled in recent days. Still, many refuse to get a proven vaccine, and many Republican members of Congress will not say whether they have been vaccinated.
   In this case, refusal to answer the question can be taken as an admission they have indeed been inoculated but are afraid to say so in fear of offending their ultra-conservative constituents and thereby lose votes.
   Which is more important, winning an election or staying alive? Apparently, politics defeats health.
   Only a day after endorsing covid vaccination, talk show host Sean Hannity reversed himself -- again -- and resumed his attack on the new covid vaccine.
   Why? Reaction from viewers was so virulent that he changed his position -- again -- as a way of keeping his audience.
   Therefore, to many in the ultra-right, politics is more important than good health. They insist that each person has the right to refuse inoculation or to wear a mask, despite the rising wave of sickness and death.
   Some, however, have indeed changed their minds, but only after they have lost a loved one to the virus or have survived it themselves. Sometimes only barely.