Giving Up Our Shot: Dealing With the Unvaccinated
We think those who aren’t vaccinated are anti-vax Trump supporters. The truth is more complex.
Vaccinated America has had enough.
As infections and hospitalizations from the Delta variant of COVID-19 grow, a number of writers are expressing their anger against the unvaccinated. Vaccine passports now! No traveling on planes or busses! Government mandates! Make their lives a living hell until they get their shot!
I’m not sympathetic towards anti-vaxers and those like Alex Berenson who spread lies about COVID and the vaccines. But are we misunderstanding why people aren’t vaccinated?
The way that writers like former New York Times reporter Donald McNeil write about the unvaccinated, they are an odd bunch that needs the stick to force them to get the shot.
Now that most employers and retailers recognize the danger, we could be easily blocking the unvaccinated at the doorways to stores, restaurants, bars, theaters, airplanes, buses, subways, hotels, schools and other venues just as easily as Walmart and Target were eventually able to compel their customers to don masks. The vast majority of Americans have cellphones that could display something like New York’s Excelsior passport.
