The latest news in Covid is that a variation called "Delta" is quite active and causes worse symptoms. It may delay the full reopening of Great Britain, for instance, and some are predicting another spike of Covid this fall.
I have already established that I am not a huge fan of such speculative reporting, though I can certainly appreciate an accurate warning.
But no matter how accurate predictions of doom or paradise may be, the key fact to hold onto is that those who are vaccinated at protected against all variations of the virus that have so far surfaced.
Still, millions of Americans are "just not sure" about the vaccines. I myself have seven siblings, and only five of the eight total have been vaccinated, which must come fairly close to the national percentages overall.
Each sibling has a different argument against the vaccinations, with two of them claiming they have had a mild case of the virus and so feel quite safe. The science argues against this as a long-term solution to the pandemic, and perhaps they will be persuaded by future events and trends. They are not anti-vaxxers, per se, unlike one sibling.
One thing that is clear to me is that logical argument is not effective in changing anyone's mind about the pandemic, vaccines, accurate counting of the last presidential election, or even our personal magnetic fields (if you have followed that latest wacko thesis).
As always, peer pressure and personal experience are much more compelling, and those cannot be rushed.
What CAN be rushed are four-week college courses that are normally 16 weeks in length. My CSU writing class wrapped up last night, with just a few days of grading final reports for me to deal with.
Perhaps I will report on how it all went, once I have sorted through the projects.
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