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My endless fascination with the COVID-19 Vaccination Advertising 💉

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My endless fascination with the COVID-19 Vaccination Advertising 💉

I’ve been identified by the internet advertising algorithms as being an anti-vaxxer. I post a lot of diagrams and maps about COVID, in part because the government puts out so much raw data about. I’m friends with and members of many homesteaders, farmers, off-grider types many who aren’t thrilled by government mandated vaccinations although many who aren’t that afraid of needles or science because they use it every day to keep their land producing. Even though the pandemic has largely burned itself out for now, big government money and private foundation money keeps the COVID-19 Vaccination campaign going.

I’m just so fascinated by how the ads try to convince me to get vaccinated. I’m not sure how effective they are at this point as people already know the pros and cons of the vaccine. Maybe it’s because I’m a communications professional by trade, I study messaging, polling and focus groups. But I also know how hard it can be to move partisans. And hell, I’m kind of stuck in my ways. I’m sure most of the ad spend is a waste, then again most advertising is a waste.

I got vaccinated over a year ago and then boosted in December. Come autumn I will probably get my second booster with my flu shot. Not because I love Joe Biden or my cesspool community but because I hate the racketeering medical community and don’t want to get sick and have to deal with snooty medical doctors and nurses who think they are better than their sick patients. I value my independence and I know most medical facilities are looking to make a buck by scamming patients and their insurance. Getting vaccinated so you don’t get sick is a plenty good reason for me.

I think it’s actually a pretty effective message to tell people, get vaccinated so you don’t get sick. Not because you want to protect your community. Vaccination may not be fun, it may make you feel awful the next day, but it’s good to protect yourself from high medical bills, misery in a hospital, and all the other things that come from getting COVID-19 without being protected by the vaccine.

NPR

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21 states sue the Biden administration to end the federal travel mask mandate : NPR

Governors from 21 states are suing to end the federal public transportation mask mandate, claiming the continued enforcement "harms the states" and interferes with some local laws.

The filing comes just days after airline CEOs called on President Biden to drop the mandate. CDC recommends 2nd COVID boosters for some older and immunocompromised people Shots - Health News FDA authorizes 2nd COVID boosters for some older and immunocompromised people

"President Biden's shortsighted, heavy-handed and unlawful travel policies are frustrating travelers and causing chaos on public transportation," Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, who is leading the states' effort, said in a statement. "It's long past time to alleviate some of the pressure on travelers and those working in the travel industry by immediately ending Biden's unlawful public transportation mandates."

Joining the mostly Republican-led effort are three states with Democratic governors — Kansas, Kentucky and Louisiana.

Why I still wear my muzzle 😷

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Why I still wear my muzzle 😷

While I don’t wear my muzzle all of the time, I do generally wear it when I’m in the office away from my desk, on the bus, and at grocery stores when doing an extended shop. I will probably also still wear it down at the library when I’m walking by other people.

Part of it is my comfortable, washable reusable masks have served me well, and kept me from getting colds and the COVID. But also I figure what the harm in wearing them, when they are comfortable? Probably in a few weeks if the COVID returns they’ll be mandated again. And at least for going downtown to work on the bus I have to wear them for the time being, so I see no harm.

Shots – Health News : NPR

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What’s the COVID risk in your area? CDC maps leave some people confused : Shots – Health News : NPR

Up until late February, the CDC based its rankings of a county's level of risk on the amount of virus spreading there and what portion of lab tests were found to be positive. The new framework instead focuses on the situation in hospitals — how many people are being admitted for COVID-19 and how much capacity is left.

Critics of CDC's new approach say the agency seems to have moved the goalposts to justify the political imperative to let people get back to their normal lives.

Got a Covid Booster? You Probably Won’t Need Another for a Long Time – The New York Times

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Got a Covid Booster? You Probably Won’t Need Another for a Long Time – The New York Times

As people across the world grapple with the prospect of living with the coronavirus for the foreseeable future, one question looms large: How soon before they need yet another shot?

Not for many months, and perhaps not for years, according to a flurry of new studies.

Three doses of a Covid vaccine — or even just two — are enough to protect most people from serious illness and death for a long time, the studies suggest.

“We’re starting to see now diminishing returns on the number of additional doses,” said John Wherry, director of the Institute for immunology at the University of Pennsylvania. Although people over 65 or at high risk of illness may benefit from a fourth vaccine dose, it may be unnecessary for most people, he added.

Federal health officials have said they are not planning to recommend fourth doses anytime soon.