Such an important topic. Tom Wolfe once wrote an essay about the hippies in San Francisco in the 60s, who had tossed away all established western notions of hygiene, coming down with medieval era diseases, stuff the doctors didn’t even have real names for anymore - just “the rot” or “the mange” or something.
Well, we are well on our way to “rediscovering” all sorts of fun 19th century diseases yet again.
I worry too, that the unvaccination rates will rise so high after the Covid vaccine debacle that we will be more vulnerable to polio and other old problems.
Trust, once lost.. is lost usually forever. Trust in doctor, military, government agencies, politicians, teachers, schools, academics.... have all been "irretrievably" lost -likely forever. The terribly low black COVID vaccination rates is because of the horrific and evil Tuskegee experiment - Many of my black friends have told me that. I don't blame them one bit. Heck. I turned down not only COVID, but also the "better" shingles shot (got the first one).. Turned down the "better" pneumovax shot. and will likely never take a flu shot again.. I have lost trust in my own medical profession. I trust only what I control. Samuel Colt taught me that
Such an important topic. Tom Wolfe once wrote an essay about the hippies in San Francisco in the 60s, who had tossed away all established western notions of hygiene, coming down with medieval era diseases, stuff the doctors didn’t even have real names for anymore - just “the rot” or “the mange” or something.
Well, we are well on our way to “rediscovering” all sorts of fun 19th century diseases yet again.
I worry too, that the unvaccination rates will rise so high after the Covid vaccine debacle that we will be more vulnerable to polio and other old problems.
Trust, once lost.. is lost usually forever. Trust in doctor, military, government agencies, politicians, teachers, schools, academics.... have all been "irretrievably" lost -likely forever. The terribly low black COVID vaccination rates is because of the horrific and evil Tuskegee experiment - Many of my black friends have told me that. I don't blame them one bit. Heck. I turned down not only COVID, but also the "better" shingles shot (got the first one).. Turned down the "better" pneumovax shot. and will likely never take a flu shot again.. I have lost trust in my own medical profession. I trust only what I control. Samuel Colt taught me that