[rayiner]

I had an uncle die from covid. Like most people who died from covid, he was in his 70s and had additional risk factors. It’s not unusual for people in their 70s to die. It’s always sad, but it’s part of the human condition and we shouldn’t blow it out of proportion.

We have never mandated the entire population, including children, to get vaccinated with a new vaccine based on cutting edge technology. England made vaccination of children mandatory nearly 50 years after the smallpox vaccine was developed.

I’m no anti-vaxxer. The only one of my kids who is eligible to be vaccinated got the vaccine. But I think it was the wrong call to mandate young, healthy people to get vaccinated to protect old people. I’m praying public health officials made the right call here.