If I Ran the Zoo

 

February 23, 2022



Okay, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but sometimes as a journalist, you gotta tell it like it is, especially when people’s lives are at stake.

The coronavirus ain’t going away. The consensus of all the studies that I have been following is that, while the omicron variant is not as deadly as the delta variant, it is extremely pervasive.

My natural journalistic impulse to share the sad truth with my readers that has inspired me to do a lot of research and the results just confirm what I suspected.

I’m not a doctor and I don’t play one on TV (although I did direct a few medical series), but I am an avid reader obsessed by these incredibly challenging times in our history and my suspicion is that we will be getting yearly shots for coronavirus and its future variants just as we have for the flu.

I’m guessing most of my readers have been vaccinated but there are still a lot of people out there who refuse to take this seriously. The problem with that is not only are those people endangering themselves, but everyone they come in contact with as well.


I passionately believe that we are doing a very good job of preserving lives by listening to the advice of most medical experts. Maybe I’m wrong and history will prove me wrong, but I very much doubt that. If I am wrong, sorry for the inconvenience. If the people that disagree with me are wrong, their lives and the lives of their friends, families and even strangers are at stake.

A lot of our thinking these days is influenced by the media we choose to follow. Sadly, many people only listen to what they want to hear from stations that reinforce their ignorance and that leads to many unnecessary deaths.


Sure, I like to listen to and watch CNN and MSNBC because they share my political and social biases, but I know that I have to also check in with NPR, BBC and the New York Times to make sure I am getting information from outlets that are devoted to telling the truth and not just telling their followers what they want to hear.

If you still don’t agree with me, then I could say, “hey, it’s your party and you can die if you want to.” The problem with that is not only are you risking your own life, you are risking the lives of people you come in contact with.

Just as I’m wrapping up this column, NPR is talking about a new strain, BA.2, that could be as lethal as the delta variant. So let’s put politics aside and do what the smartest people in the medical profession highly recommend and get vaccinated, boosted and pray for those who do not agree with us.


 

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