Our country is entering into another Great Divide : those who will get vaccinated and those who won’t.  I wish I could say I don’t know anyone who hasn’t been vaccinated, but the trouble is, I do.  And some of them are people whom I know well.  The excuses for not getting the shots run from the sublime to the ridiculous.  Some women believe the vaccine will prevent them from getting pregnant.  I haven’t seen this in the media, but I’ve heard it with my own ears.  There is so much ignorance floating around out there, it’s hard to believe.  All I know is, it’s hard to love thy neighbor if he/she hasn’t been vaccinated.

There isn’t a single adverse reaction to the vaccine that wasn’t reported in print, television, radio, and social media..  Let’s face it, news organizations want to hype up their ratings, and the best way to do that is to scare people to death.  Fear is a great motivator, and right now it’s working against the best interests of everyone in the United States of America.

Fox news has published a list of the top fifty counties with the  highest number of Covid-19  cases in Indiana..  Only one of them had a vaccination rate of 45%.  Many small counties have fewer than 30% of eligible people vaccinated.

I really don’t want to be around people who are jeopardizing the health of their friends and neighbors by not getting vaccinated.  If that’s their choice, I think they have an obligation to inform everyone around them.    In fact, they ought to wear a sign on their back when they go out in public:  “Danger:  Not Vaccinated.” That way, we would know to keep our distance.

It’s hard to love thy neighbors if they aren’t vaccinated.  With friends like that, who needs enemies?