The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says that it has no record of people who are naturally immune transmitting the virus that causes COVID-19.
Seems like that should be front page news. Maybe I just missed it.
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said during an interview on Sunday that “there is a plan” to get unvaccinated essential workers “education and counseling” so they will feel comfortable getting vaccinated.
Hmm.
“We have seen that these mandates are getting more and more people vaccinated,” she said. “Here’s what we know, the most disruptive thing that you can do to workforce is to have a COVID outbreak in that workforce. That will most definitely not only send people home, but it will send people to the hospital and some may pass. What we know from the police workforce is that there have been more deaths from the coronavirus over the last year and a half than all other causes of death for that workforce combined. So, we believe it is very important to get these people vaccinated.”
Walensky added, “There is a plan should these people not want to be vaccinated towards education and counseling to get people the information they need so that they are feeling comfortable in getting vaccinated.”
Hmm. I would think the most disruptive thing you could do would be to get half the workforce to quit, but what do I know?
And those last words frighten me. Very much.
The Biden administration released a plan Wednesday to vaccinate 28 million children ages 5 to 11, with vaccine doses ready to distribute upon the necessary approval.
“We also know that from previous data that schools that have had masks in place were three-and-a-half times less likely to have school outbreaks requiring school closure,” Walensky continued. “So, right now, we are going to continue to recommend masks in all schools for all people in those schools and we will look forward to scaling out pediatric vaccination during this period of time.”
Fine. Keep the masks on. Keep your needles away from small children.
