Melissa's Musings(My opinionated view of life)

GOP opposition to vaccine mandates extends far beyond Covid-19 This is a VERY DISTURBING article.  The GOP wants to make the USA a third-world country where preventable viruses run rampant and undo all the progress which has eradicated diseases like smallpox.  It is sad, and it is shocking, and it defies comprehension.

Risk compensation: The dangerous theory that got everything from bike helmets to vaccines wrong.

Religious Exemptions To COVID Vaccines Threaten The Health And Welfare Of Others | Americans United for Separation of Church and State : Requests for religious exemptions to COVID-19 vaccination requirements are skyrocketing. They’re much higher than requests for medical exemptions. If allowed to grow unchecked, demands for religious exemptions will undermine the government’s public health goal of preventing the spread of COVID-19. People shouldn't be allowed religious exemptions.  Period.  Also, medical exemptions are being misused, so we need very strict guidelines for allowing those as well.  Most people wanting exemptions shouldn't be allowed them.  They do have not medical conditions which should allow them to be exempt.

High incarceration rates fuel COVID-19 spread and undermine US public safety