As the Delta Corononavirus cases are rising among unvaccinated people, those who are vaccinated are getting angrier at those unwilling to vaccinate and putting all in danger.
In The Atlantic, staff writer David A. Graham writes in a recent headline “Delta Is Ruining the Summer, and It’s Anti-vaxxers’ Fault. The vaccines promised freedom, but political opportunists have spoiled that.”
Readers are getting impatient, angry with those not willing to vaccinate.
The Denver Post, Opinion letters
“You might not have to work very hard to remember. Across the country, summer 2021 is starting to look distressingly like summer 2020. Not everything is the same: Today, roughly half of the population is fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, a step that (we are learning) does not necessarily prevent infection, but that does provide a good shield against serious illness, hospitalization, and death,” Graham adds.
From the moment I was elected, I said I’d always give it to you straight from the shoulder, and we need some straight talk right now. We need to wear masks to protect each other and to stop the rapid spread of this virus as we work to get more people vaccinated.
Pres. Joe Biden, at the White House to reporters
Some vaccinated Americans have lost their patience with those refusing the shot as Covid-19 cases surge and mandates return.
CNN Health Headline
I was one of those people, the second the CDC said vaccinated people don’t need masks outdoors or indoors, I was like ‘Hallelujah‘. I did what I had to do. Now, these people who are making this selfish decision are going to make me suffer the consequences.
John McCullough from Alexandria, Virginia (source: CNN Health)
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In Alabama, Gov. Key Ivey recently told reporters that its time to call out to those who are unwilling to take shots “it’s time to start blaming the unvaccinated folks” for the rise in cases in her state.
Health experts reportedly agree that it makes sense for peoples to be angry with returning guidelines.
I think we can also understand the anger in the context of exhaustion, anxiety, uncertainty, and you know, a serious division of ideology too. These factors are very real and very concerning right now.
Mitch Prinstein, chief scientific officer at the American Psychological Association (source: CNN Health)
Jenny Tolford of rural northern California community told CNN “the thought of not being able to go back to normal any time soon is ‘exhausting‘. It looked like we were starting to get a handle on it. It’s just frustrating, it’s exhausting, to feel like we’re just going backwards and we’re just kind of, now it just seems like, we’re just circling the drain.”
Personal liberty is really exaggerated in this country, to the point where people are just flat out being put in danger. That people think that they have this authority, and this autonomy, to just put others at risk, is infuriating.
John McCullough from Alexandria, Virginia (source: CNN Health)
Toldford added “Those of us who got vaccinated, we want to live our lives. The way to do it was to get vaccinated and we’ve done it and now you guys still don’t want to put other people first and put the greater good of society first, so maybe you guys need to just go stay home. Maybe it’s time for you guys not to be able to do everything because you don’t want to participate.”
“It’s not freedom that you make this decision that then impacts my freedom,” John McCullough told CNN. “That’s not freedom one bit.”
Coronavirus-19 vaccination watch
According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) COVID vaccination tracker page (as of August 1, 9 a.m.) 400,674,525 doses have been distributed and 346,456,669 doses administered. According MDH COVID-19 Response vaccine data (as of July 28) a total of 5,896,269 doses of Covid-19 (Pfizer & Moderna) vaccines have been administered in Minnesota. According to the MDH latest tally (as of July 30) the confirmed COVID-19 cases in Minnesota are 612,701 (out of 10,652,403 tested) with 7,668 deaths.
