The Run Down – 8/23/21
Vaccines-
The Pfizer vaccine is official FDA approved. So, now all your friends, family and Facebook acquaintances who have been reluctant to get vaccinated can be assured that it safe. I expect this new information will change their minds, and millions will rush out to get the vaccine this week.
Just kidding. Most never had any intention of getting the vaccine because of their political/anti-government/anti-science beliefs. Most will find some new excuse to grab onto until they get infected or watch someone die.
Remember those anti-vaxx nurses I discussed in a previous post? They are still upset. Saturday, they posted pictures of themselves on FB, unmasked at a large protest, fighting for the rights of healthcare workers to go unvaccinated. They were carrying signs saying:
“You trusted us to take care of you during the pandemic, why don’t trust us to make decisions about our own healthcare now?”
Then reported to work Monday morning.
I am just flabbergasted.
You know what its like? It’s like going to a 3-star Michelin restaurant, and raving about the food…. then learning the chefs have been protesting the wash your hands after using the bathroom health code. They don’t believe in the science of soap. Some studies have shown that anti-bacterial soap can actually harm the immune system.
“You came to Hell’s Kitchen for an exceptional plate of sashimi. You ate every bite, told us you loved it. You called us master chefs for it. Well, we weren’t washing our hands back then, so why don’t you trust us now?”
Gordon Ramsey would slap two slices of bread on their ears and call them an idiot sandwich. Where is Dr. House when you need him? I think he covered this about a decade ago… https://youtu.be/urZLTobAfJc?t=7
Still, it is big news. The reason being, the military was waiting for full FDA approval before mandating it to our troops. Now that it is, expect all members of the armed forces to be required to get poked. Done.
It is also a big deal for businesses. Many wanted some cover before requiring employees to be vaccinated. Now that we have a fully approved vaccine, more businesses will require it. Vaccination rates have also continued to increase week over week. Of course, that has nothing to do with FDA approval, but the fear of dying a slow death, alone.
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Afghanistan – There is plenty of chaos. The disagreement about how the U.S. pulled out of Afghanistan doesn’t seem to fall right down party lines.
Camp 1: Republicans who really wanted out, and don’t give a shit about the Afghans. Democrats who really wanted out and are willing to give Biden/Military the benefit of the doubt.
Camp 2: Republican opportunists happy to attack Biden. A few honorable pro-military Republicans who worry about keeping commitments to our Afghan friends. Democrats who don’t give anyone the benefit of the doubt.
Camp 3: Dan Crenshaw -who is suffering from the delusion that if we had just left a couple thousand troops in Afghanistan, that it would have stabilized the entire country.
I think we all can agree (minus Crenshaw) that part of this was inevitable, and the Biden Administration shares some of the blame, along with previous administrations. How much blame depends on your political party, and the amount of faith you have in the man.
The good news is that the evacuation pace has picked up. We’ve pulled out 16,000 people in the last 24 hours. The count includes “Thousands of Americans”. It still seems like there is confusion about who is who. It probably is very difficult to get an accurate count with so many people moving around. The pentagon has also enlisted the help of the major airlines to assist with the evacuation.
Also at this time there seems to be decent cooperation going on between the U.S. and the Taliban. We want out, and they want us out. By sharing a common goal, there is relative peace. It really makes you wonder if this could not have been done 19 years ago?
However, that may change as we negotiate to get our Afghan friends out, and the Aug 31st deadline approaches.
The bad news? There are reports that ISIL has entered the region. While the Taliban has an interest in getting out, ISIL sees an opportunity to kill Americans and their Afghan friends trying to get into the airport. They are basically sitting ducks, and American armed forces are stuck between a rock and a hard place at the airport. So far, there’s been some people crushed to death in stampedes, people killed in shootings, and of course falling off airplanes. All things considered, that’s tame compared to some of the other violence we’ve seen over the last two decades. There has been constant attacks, about once a month in Kabul alone. Christmas Eve 2018, there was an attack in Kabul that killed 43 people. We aren’t there- yet. But the question remains- how do we get all of our Afghan friends out?
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