New COVID Vaccines, Old COVID Denial & Selfishness

Well, here's an unsurprising headline from CNBC: "New Covid vaccines are coming to the U.S. this fall, but uptake may be low — Here’s why".

And the reasons why are the usual excuses:

"That’s largely because pandemic fatigue, the belief that Covid is 'over' and confusion over personal risk levels could deter some people from getting an additional shot, experts in public health and health policy told CNBC."

This not only proves that Americans have no brains, but it also proves that the CDC has done a lousy job of convincing the public that COVID is still here and it's still dangerous.   

There have been no public service announcements on TV urging Americans to work together to defeat COVID, no appeals to basic decency, no further slogans such as "My mask protects you, your mask protects me".  Instead there's been complete silence. 

The article continues, "It will be a 'very uphill battle' to get people to take those jabs, especially given the sluggish uptake of the most recent shots that rolled out, said Jen Kates, senior vice president of the health policy research organization KFF".

It should be considered a national disgrace that we are still in this position 3 years later.