From:
ageinhippie@anashram.com
Getting vaccinated publicly could have gone a long way toward dispelling Republican doubts about the Covid vaccine — so of course Trump didn’t do it
Former President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump both received the
Covid-19 vaccine. They just didn’t tell anyone about it.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-got-covid-vaccine-january-1135185/
Maggie Haberman of the New York Times reported the news on Monday, noting
that Trump and Melania got the vaccine all the way back in January, when
they were still living in the White House. The news is more than a little frustrating considering the impact a public show of faith in the safety of
the vaccine could have had on his supporters, who as it turns out are disproportionately hesitant to inoculate themselves.
Earlier on Monday, Axios published a poll finding that a whopping 56
percent of white Republicans are unsure if they’ll get vaccinated against Covid, despite all three available or soon-to-be available vaccines having
been determined safe and effective by the Food and Drug Administration.
The number far outpaces any other group sampled. Black Americans were the next-most hesitant at 31 percent.
Trump has an overlarge influence over Republican voters, 88-percent of
whom, as he left office, approved of the (objectively terrible) job he did
as president. Last week’s Conservative Political Action Conference only cemented the former president’s enduring control over conservative
America, with several speakers placing him at the center of the GOP’s
future. Trump did, during his headlining speech on Sunday, say that “everyone” should get vaccinated, but an offhand endorsement tucked into a 90-minute torrent of unrelated grievances pales in comparison to the
message he could have sent by receiving the vaccine on camera.
Of course, Trump couldn’t care less about sending a message. He routinely mocked the idea of wearing a mask to prevent the spread of Covid-19, only
doing so himself on rare occasions. His flippant attitude toward the virus undoubtedly inspired millions of Americans to disregard the safety of themselves and others, leading to untold cases, untold hospitalizations,
and untold deaths that could have been prevented.
Still, it’s unclear exactly why Trump didn’t care to announce that he had been vaccinated in January. Maybe he understood that many of his
supporters were anti-vaxxers and he didn’t want to betray them. Maybe he thought it would come across like he was giving into liberal propaganda.
Maybe, as is the simple explanation for most of what confounds us about
Trump, he’s just a huge asshole.
### - haha that last bit sounds about right? rolling-stone just calling it
like it is LOL ! :)))
the question being 'why' would he (or anyone) 'do' something like that
when 1000's of people's lives are clearly at stake??
simple: people who're sick and desperate, confused and concerned and
worried about themselves & their loved ones dying etc, are far-far easier
to manipulate! their attention beyond the immediate moment is thus
severely compromised! and is a standard tool of corrupt politicians
seeking to manipulate the mob mind in order to bend them to their will!
history being literally littered with clear examples of same!
another good reason to check history out because one can 'learn' things
from history!
and is another very good reason why they always wanna rewrite history
and/or burn the books so people *can't* then learn anything from it other
than what they want 'em to learn!
and because studying history gives one... perspective! ;)
perspective:
noun
1.
the art of representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional
surface so as to give the right impression of their height, width, depth,
and position in relation to each other.
"the theory and practice of perspective"
2.
a particular attitude towards or way of regarding something; a point of
view.
"most guidebook history is written from the editor's perspective"
and because, in truth, the world would end up being a very different place indeed altogether if everyone had an 'educated' pov!?
'some' would even suggest a much better/enlightened one :)
and thus we can even gain some 'perspective' on just how far wallyworld
has yet to go before it stops being such a bat-crazy shithole full of eccentric/violent nuts!
(it's thus a long-long way to Tipperary folks i can tell ya lol - several generations! and prolly a whole heap more generations besides! ;)))
oh well, meanwhile i guess it's back to the day job for moi heh ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTL4qIIxg8A
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