{"id":2511,"date":"2021-07-28T23:45:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T06:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vairtere.com\/spill\/?p=2511"},"modified":"2021-07-28T23:45:14","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T06:45:14","slug":"virality-authority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vairtere.com\/spill\/2021\/07\/28\/virality-authority\/","title":{"rendered":"Virality, Authority"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was my day, for some reason, to suddenly be pelted from many sides at once by smart people, people I nominally trust, who also have concerns about the COVID vaccines. <\/p>\n

Every single one of them said: “Look I’m not an anti-vaxxer and here’s why, etc., I just am not too sure about this particular round of half-ass partially-approved governmental shit going into my body, and here’s why, etc.<\/p>\n

One was a double-vaccinated extreme-left podcast host who said (on Joe Rogan’s show)<\/a> that his reactions to the second shot, like a stiff neck, have never gone away. (At the end of this clip, Rogan also has a great take on the current state of the average American brain.)<\/p>\n

One was a former Philly nurse and current desert naturopath, whose take was essentially: I’m not telling you what to think or do. But this shit is not for me. It’s a drug of fear.<\/em> YouTube yanked her video for that. But you can watch it again here<\/a>. (In fact, though I know her personally, I’ve never watched a single one of her videos before this one–I was drawn in by the censorship angle.)<\/p>\n

The others I saw were second-tier in terms of my trust level and how much I like them in general. But even so, I detected no lack of sincerity or brains. <\/p>\n

So now I’m second-guessing for the second (major) time this year.<\/p>\n

The first was with voting for Biden, and I can report that I regret doing it; wouldn’t do it again if I had it to do over. He would have won without me and I’d be a little morally cleaner if I hadn’t. <\/p>\n

This one’s different for me though. I got the shots without thinking too hard: they were down the street, and free, Okay. I had no significant reaction, and in fact I haven’t been sick since the lockdown started, which is a huge blessed relief. I was able to drive across the country two months ago and hug all my Fam with a clear conscience. <\/p>\n

Personally there’s been no downside to any of that, so unlike with President Alzheimer, I’m calling it a win.<\/p>\n

But there’s a little more to it than that.<\/p>\n

See you tomorrow and sorry for the cliffhanger. It had to be done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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