Posts Made By: Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

What's the main reason Canada and the UK are beating the US on vaccinations? There's no mystery about it: Trumptoids!

https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/24/politics/canada-uk-us-vaccinations-analysis/index.html

Originally Posted by James Brown

Hi James: 

Interesting comments.  The unvaccinated I know are predominately young and stupid.  All of my own R friends and family are vaccinated - but my bubble skews to fairly well educated and older than 50.  Rod's simplistic (Trumptoids!) conclusion is in fact pretty simplistic.  It gives him comfort I suppose.

It is welcome to me if certain R politicians and R press start backpedaling hard on this issue.  Yes, Trump used it as a wedge.  Shame on him.  He would have used anything as a wedge that he thought might be successful.   If Rich returns, he'd mention that the D's are not above this sort of thing, and I reckon he's correct.  But downplaying vaccinations was/is pretty stupid.  The sooner that thinking flips the better.

I bought some trail shoes on line the other day - the supply was extremely limited.  I gather from a contact that the factories in Vietnam and Malaysia are shut down because they have limited vaccine available and they are getting hammered in an exponential "first wave".   This is one example of a supply chain disruption that is going to take some time to work out.  Other than minor things like these (minor for me, not so minor for the Vietnamese)  my life is pretty much back to normal.  

Jim 

Originally Posted by James Brown

OK, just did.  Partisan politics shows up, I'll not deny that.  But;

"To be clear, the partisan gap is not the only reason why the US is lagging. For example, the vaccination rate of those under age 30 is far higher in Canada and the UK than in the US. There are also fewer Black and Hispanic residents in Canada and the UK, who are less likely to get vaccinated in the US."

Like I said , your "It's just Trumptoids" mantra is over-simplified.

Jim

Originally Posted by James Brown

I'm willing to acknowledge that Trumptiod sentiment, including conspiracy theories *, are part of the anti-vax problem.  When you state that this sentiment is driving anti-vax behavior among the blacks, Hispanics and youths of all flavors, groups who are well documented to be less inclined to get vaccinated, you are being silly.  This is the oversimplification I am talking about.

Jim

* Speaking of conspiracy theories, my sister-in-law's husband's brother-in-law allegedly refused to get vaccinated 'because the vaccines were made from aborted male embyos...'  Apparently he got covid recently and had a rough go of it, but lived.  I've never met the guy and have no idea of his politics, but he is pretty stupid, if the story is true.  He's probably a Republican, since he lives in Colorado Springs along with Rich, but I'm just guessing.

Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer

Sure thing as long as you are buying.....