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Feb. 14th, 2025
A post on John Scalzi's Whatever.
The pertinent part (which is most of the post):
Why get these vaccinations now? As I noted yesterday on Bluesky, for several reasons:
1. Got COVID in August so now is appropriate time;
2. Going on a cruise in two weeks so will be at max efficiency;
3. Then going on a book tour, will be in front of literally thousands of people;
4. Re: Shingles, because shingles sucks;
5. Fuck RFK jr, that’s why.
The first three are specific to me personally, the fourth one for people over 50, and the fifth one is for all of us. Kennedy in his new role as Secretary of Health and Human Services is a clear and present danger to the health of everyone in the United States, specifically for his well-known and ruinous anti-vaccine nonsense, but for other reasons as well. Because of that, I really do urge everyone to get any vaccines they need, as soon as they can. We can no longer rely on the US government being sensible about these things.
Anyway, yeah, to hell with RFK Jr., and to hell forever with the bozo who put him in the position he's in now.
The pertinent part (which is most of the post):
Why get these vaccinations now? As I noted yesterday on Bluesky, for several reasons:
1. Got COVID in August so now is appropriate time;
2. Going on a cruise in two weeks so will be at max efficiency;
3. Then going on a book tour, will be in front of literally thousands of people;
4. Re: Shingles, because shingles sucks;
5. Fuck RFK jr, that’s why.
The first three are specific to me personally, the fourth one for people over 50, and the fifth one is for all of us. Kennedy in his new role as Secretary of Health and Human Services is a clear and present danger to the health of everyone in the United States, specifically for his well-known and ruinous anti-vaccine nonsense, but for other reasons as well. Because of that, I really do urge everyone to get any vaccines they need, as soon as they can. We can no longer rely on the US government being sensible about these things.
Anyway, yeah, to hell with RFK Jr., and to hell forever with the bozo who put him in the position he's in now.