President Biden announced that all Federal employees and contractors with over 100 employees would be required to be vaccinated. People complained about this requirement. Then it came out that the rule would not apply to the US Postal Service and these same people complained that the USPS was exempt. This demonstrates people's ignorance, gullibility, short sidedness and selfish childness.
Lets start with the basics. The USPS stopped being federal workers about 40 years ago and it's employees do not participate in the the federal government pensions or benefits. The same could be said of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for who these requirements also do not apply. By the way, in order to get a loan in the future with these organizations you will have to prove that you had been paying your rent. That leaves out about 7 million people who will now never own a home because they stopped paying rent during Covid. This rule is being presented as allowing more people to get loans; but, rental payment history was historically already included in loan requirements.
Now here is the trick. USPS workers will be required to vaccinate under OSHA requirements. By using OSHA this allows the government to require ALL businesses to vaccinate their employees, whether covered by the Executive Order or not. How's that for laws without legislation?
The ignorant will claim that my merely discussing what is going on makes me an anti-vaxxer. In fact a couple of years ago I wrote on this blog about the importance of vaccinations and agreed with agreed with certain vaccinations being required for public school. I also discussed my personal vaccination history. Before I was born Polio was practically wiped out worldwide because of the Polio vaccine. I also never take a flu vaccine, they don't work much of the time and your bodies natural immunities increase if you have the flu. For people who might not survive the flu for health reasons I think they should seriously consider taking flu vaccines.
Now, it should also be stated that I was one of the first people in the United States to get Covid. I got it in March of last year and have very good reasons to know who gave it to me. I got it before there was testing or a vaccine. Lost my sense of taste and smell for a couple of months as a result. My lungs are in great shape and I did not get pneumonia. I did have a nasty fever for a day and a half. I drank a lot of soup and Gatorade. At this point, getting vaccinated would be like closing the door once the horse has already run away for me. We don't give the Polio vaccine to people who have polio, we don't do it for any virus except Rabie's. In fact, if you get Rabies and get vaccinated soon enough, it will cure you of the Rabies. It is the only known disease where this is true that we know of. In fact, it is believed that over 40 million people in the United States have had Covid and recovered.
This begs the question, why are we pushing for people who had Covid when there are so many countries that don't have the vaccine and could use it a lot more than vaccinating people who have already had Covid? Why aren't we testing people for the antibodies if they have already had Covid. Everything I have been able to read about this makes it clear that people who have had Covid have more antibodies against it than do people who had the vaccine six months later. These vaccination rules and protocols make no sense and violate the basic rules of triage. Think about it.
Here is another question that truly perplexes me. Biden has said that the unvaccinated are putting the vaccinated at risk. WTF? The purpose of vaccines is to protect you from people with the disease. I am fully vaccinated against Polio, Mumps, Rubella and all the other things I was vaccinated against. I can hug and kiss someone with Polio and I'm not going to get it. Narratives may change; but, basic science should not for political reasons. The vaccine works or it doesn't. If it doesn't work, why take it?
