Here’s a perfectly good editorial (via Maddowblog):
[I]t’s the opposite of what [Governor DeSantis (R-FL)] says. COVID’s spread actually is a community problem, and solving it starts with vaccines. Getting the vaccine certainly helps the person who gets the shot — the governor’s not wrong about that. It vastly reduces the chances of being hospitalized or dying of the disease. But it also reduces the spread of the virus to others. That’s the critical point that DeSantis is disregarding in his zeal to appeal to the freedom-at-all-costs far-right of his party as he heads into reelection and eyes the White House. [The Miami Herald]
And all I can suddenly think is that, for a particular sort of serial killer, Covid-19 is a godsend. Trek through a nursing home or a vulnerable community, watch your score of suffering and dead people go up and up and up. In many communities, just squall about your freedoms and watch the folks in positions of responsibility back off. It’s like a magic spell, isn’t it?
OK, suppressing those atavistic impulses now.
