THING: MY BULLY PULPIT

WARNING: This blog will probably ” piss off ” some of the people that take the time to read it. I will soon be eighty years old, sooooo!!. What are you going to do, come whip my butt? Been there done that.

Was it Forrest Gump that said, ” my mom says stupid is, is stupid does”. Is it just me, but when I see adults on television or social media downplaying the effectiveness of the vaccine, I cringe. There are comments like, ” what are the side effects, there is not enough data, I know what is best for me and my children, wearing a mask is a violation of my civil rights and what makes up the vaccine formula”?

For the ” doubting Thomas intellectuals ” out there, allow me to ask you one question, ” Do the following ingredients comprise the Covid 19/ Delta Variance vaccine? Colloidal silicone, dioxide, corn starch, croscarmellose, sodium, lactose, cellulose propylene, titanium dioxide”? WHEW!!

Three, two, one, times up. Answer NO! The above ingredients refer to aspirin, Tylenol, Allegra, Zyrtec and other various pain medications. The next time you have a headache, backache, sneezing attack, or runny nose, call the powers to be with your ” cause ” and let them know the sodium ( salt ) in your Tylenol is making me gain weight. Here is some food for thought. When you get your flu shot, pneumonia shot, or shingles shot do you question why? Maybe, but in most cases you do it to keep from getting the flu, pneumonia, or shingles.

In 1998, I knew this fifty-seven year old guy that was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer. He was active, jogged, had his weight under control, a picture of health so he thought. After a routine company physical there were issues with his hemoglobin, x-rays revealed a tumor in the colon. The surgeon removed three feet of his colon to remove the tumor. Blessed with that news there was one other issue that needed addressing. There were thirteen renegade cancerous cells in various parts of his body. The chemotherapist prescribed twenty-four weeks of chemo treatments. After researching the side effects, he was very apprehensive about taking the treatments. He asked his doctor, ” what are my options”? The answer, ” if the cells are not destroyed they will spread through the body and probably in months or a year be fatal”. He had two options, do the chemo or roll the dice and hope you do not die of cancer. As tough as chemo treatments were , he chose life over ” cause “. You ask how do you know so many of the details, because that guy was me.

America and the world is now faced with two options, take the vaccine that does have some side effects but odds are you live, or roll the dice and refuse the vaccine hoping that you or a loved one does not contract the virus that might lead to death. Stats indicate over 600,000 plus Americans have died from Covid. Wonder what percentage of those may have lived if they had just taken the vaccine. How can you justify that question, especially if you lost a love one. Do not let your ” cause ” take the life of a love one.

Be safe.