No vaccine for viral weirdness

The daily default assault on our democracy has become so comprehensive that it’s tough for any single reality to stand out. But a recent NBC poll got my attention when it revealed only 49% of US adults surveyed “strongly support the use of vaccines”.

- Jonathan Kronstadt

Roll that around in your head for a bit and see if you don't get woozy. They tried to calm me down by adding that another third “somewhat support” vaccine use, but I know what weak tea “somewhat” is, so it didn't work.

Just so we're clear, this means roughly half the people who are allowed a vote on who gets to be in charge around here aren't all in on something that has saved 154 million lives in the past 50 years - almost all of them children under 5. Nobody hates kids that much. It'd be interesting to know how many folk who cast ballots for the public health nightmare that is Trump 2.0 wouldn't have survived to voting age had it not been for vaccines.