Less Advocacy, More Information

In the public push to vaccinate as many people as possible, we've overlooked the value of asking honest questions.  Like how long the vaccine, developed so rapidly under urgent circumstances, might be protective compared to natural immunity / antibodies developed from actively fighting the fever, heart effects and shedding the virus.

Some countries are already implementing booster shots. 

My advice would be for the true scientists and scientific spokespeople to lay off the advocacy and focus solely on science right now.  We're in a summer lull in places, and while the coasts are admitting more and more variants via travel and mingling, the outdoor air and territorial isolation has given most regions of the country a break...

Instead of pushing for more vaccines amongst those who appear to have made their personal choice, (my body = my choice, etc.), let's learn more about the effective protections of those currently vaccinated.  You really won't get much buy in pushing boosters, I don't think, unless you are continually testing and being honest about the results of the age populations, and pre-existing conditions, of those people currently vaccinated who are testing positive for CoVid.

What we learn today might help protect people tomorrow.  It's science, not a crusade. And the world truly has gotten smaller and more interconnected, meaning it's neve too late to start thinking strategically about how best to protect our own populations in a world where viruses will always be threatening to invade our systems, and we all need to learn ourselves the best tools to choose for personal protection.

PS.  Dr. Fauci appears to be a lightning rod.  Sometimes, the messenger understands when he has done all he can as a public relations warrior, and passes the torch to another where the light can travel more quickly to new regions.  When his race is won, Dr. Fauci will be most valuable in a public support position, I think, because the country indeed is all in this together.

I hope we are vaccinating all of the people we process coming into our country at the borders, and test fully at our airports and checkpoints for either CoVid or vaccine passports.  Fool us once, shame on you  Fool us again, shame on us.  Sometimes the best offense is a good defense.  Your health is your wealth, etc.  

I believe in the body-mind connection myself, and think these viruses affect our bodies more than a simple naturally occuring outbreak might.   We need to know more, and we will.  Too many people are asking honest questions now -- you don't have to be a professional to formulate questions about the origins of this worldwide crisis -- for the virus ourbreak origins to be dismissed, ie "What difference does it matter now?!?"

It's not just a political football for Washington to own.  It's a science-based inquiry in a technological time when scientific markers often indeed can trace back truths we once might have considered unknowable, lost in time.  Let the science lead where it might, and the political fallout between China and the United States be confronted today in the research communities.

We have too many honest, smart scientific brains coming up in this country now who will refuse to be made into political players and who have the moral backgrounds to use their scientific skills to help advance the humanity of nations, as well as serving our national security interests here at home.  The future people are morally better than the players on stage today*... This I Believe.

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*Same as it ever was.  Not bragging on the up-and-comers in the youth population of today:  evolution demands that the best and brightest, truly, of our young minds advance civilization.  The elders might want to stall it, but the future has never belonged to them. Nothing particular to the elders in power at this particular time, but Nature favors youth and the lights that burn brightest in the best of them.  Science can't be stopped, just guided in a more just way by the people harnessing Her powers