Turns out our famously over-anxious pseudo-warriors are being felled by a virus, far more than by any other cause. Thanks to Kevin Drum for assembling the data. Click to enlarge.
Meanwhile they are prime candidates for crackpot vaccine resistance.
And there are others. The Chron reports that among San Francisco's 35,000 employees, about 80 percent are vaccinated -- and some subset led by firefighters and jailers are fighting the city mandate with nonsense. City Hall has been hit with some 200 identical bullshit objections from recalcitrant workers.
“Almost all of the statements are either absurd, misleading, meaningless, and are written not to solicit any serious response but to be deliberately hostile for political purposes,” said Dr. Lee Riley, an infectious disease expert at UC Berkeley.
Whether cops -- who ought to know enough to get vaxxed for their own good -- or other city workers, we the people have a right to expect better from those who work for us. It's not about individuals -- it's about preserving and protecting the community.
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Disturbing. Another group of people I'm finding, housekeepers who go from house to house and think gloves and mask is enough. I refuse to wear a mask in my house while someone sweeps floors so I'll be doing my own some how.
Hi Bonnie: When we've had people come in to work, we retreat to the basement -- fortunately, we have somewhere to go.
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