A vaccine default is a great solution, Wayne. In regard to another issue, namely the issue of veganism, becreaturekind.org is achieving positive dietary changes via defaultveg.org
You're right, that's a great solution. Those who really are against taking the vaccine would jump through hoops to not get it. And those not as serious would give in. Makes sense. But unfortunately, the people in power don't want a solution. They want exactly what's going on right now: people bickering at each other. Divide and conquer, that's how they keep power over us.
I hear ya. And I don't doubt there are people with this explicit motivation. A podcast coming out on Tuesday will take on exactly this topic.
But my view is that even the people in power feel trapped by the dynamics at play here. Take Biden. I don't see him as malicious, in his approach to vaccine politics. He's playing to his crowd, to the system. And any other approach will create political weakness.
I saw this when I campaigned for mayor myself. We made some decisions to not engage in petty personal politics that some on our team greatly disagreed with. But I figured that playing the right sort of politics was more important than winning.
The question is how we get to the point that doing the right and kind thing is also a winning strategy. More on that question in a future blog...
Nobody should be coerced or punished in any way regarding vaccines. Nobody should have any right to anyone else’s medical business. Double Vaccinated folks are still getting the virus, spreading the virus, and dying from the virus. People are being injured, and dying from the vaccines as well. There are many different reasons people have for deciding to get vaccinated or not vaccinated, and it shouldn’t be anyone else’s business what their reason is. Nobody should have to prove anything to anyone else as to why they don’t want to take something that is potentially harmful, let alone for something which has potential benefits that wear off in a matter of weeks.
A vaccine default is a great solution, Wayne. In regard to another issue, namely the issue of veganism, becreaturekind.org is achieving positive dietary changes via defaultveg.org
Thanks for the links. Will check them out, Julie.
You're right, that's a great solution. Those who really are against taking the vaccine would jump through hoops to not get it. And those not as serious would give in. Makes sense. But unfortunately, the people in power don't want a solution. They want exactly what's going on right now: people bickering at each other. Divide and conquer, that's how they keep power over us.
I hear ya. And I don't doubt there are people with this explicit motivation. A podcast coming out on Tuesday will take on exactly this topic.
But my view is that even the people in power feel trapped by the dynamics at play here. Take Biden. I don't see him as malicious, in his approach to vaccine politics. He's playing to his crowd, to the system. And any other approach will create political weakness.
I saw this when I campaigned for mayor myself. We made some decisions to not engage in petty personal politics that some on our team greatly disagreed with. But I figured that playing the right sort of politics was more important than winning.
The question is how we get to the point that doing the right and kind thing is also a winning strategy. More on that question in a future blog...
Nobody should be coerced or punished in any way regarding vaccines. Nobody should have any right to anyone else’s medical business. Double Vaccinated folks are still getting the virus, spreading the virus, and dying from the virus. People are being injured, and dying from the vaccines as well. There are many different reasons people have for deciding to get vaccinated or not vaccinated, and it shouldn’t be anyone else’s business what their reason is. Nobody should have to prove anything to anyone else as to why they don’t want to take something that is potentially harmful, let alone for something which has potential benefits that wear off in a matter of weeks.