U C CDC

      My initial post on the CDC was about their mask "rule-ommendations", but this one is about the vaccine.  The same abundance of caution theme that demonstrated they did not really think masks were effective is sending the same message about the vaccine. You see CDC:

• If the vaccine only works while you follow the mask and distancing protocols, it doesn't work.
• If it only works when you are with other vaccinated people, it doesn't work.
• If people who have had Covid still need a vaccine, it doesn't work. If the live infection doesn't trigger enough immune response, the tiny inactive dose the vaccine provides is not going to help.
• If the vaccine has to be repeated in a few months, why bother?
• If it may not be effective against variants, you have removed incentive for the remaining vaccine holdouts. 

     Some of these cautious recommendations have since been amended. After waiting a few months to watch for unforeseen side effects (like turning into zombies) in the guinea pigs/volunteers who got vaccinated first, I have now had the shot and so has my husband. But U C CDC, when you are trying to motivate millions of people to get the vaccine, you need to emphasize the positives, not the protocols. If you want people willing to get the needle stick, the carrot should be a return to normalcy, instead of a bloody band-aid.