Our COVID-19 war deepens as casualties add up, with over 850,000 dead and hundreds of thousands varyingly disabled long-haulers.
When WWI and later WWII threatened America, ordinary Americans overwhelmingly sacrificed and rallied to defend our nation, but against COVID-19 a substantial number refuse to protect our country by girding their bodies with vaccinations.
The unvaccinated are the virulent incubators of COVID-19 as they have far higher levels and shed far more of the virus than the relatively mild breakthrough cases. Being unvaccinated puts everyone and our nation at greater risk as we need a vaccination rate over 90 percent to gain substantial herd immunity.
The unvaccinated are facilitating the spread of COVID-19 and the development of variants like delta and omicron. The next variant could be more contagious, deadly and resistant to existing antibodies. In conventional warfare, refusing prudent safeguards and knowingly allowing the enemy to use one’s body for assaults on our nation would be seen as aiding and abetting, treasonous acts.
People of most faiths are called to be socially responsible. Socially responsible people who love our wonderful, but imperfect, nation will, when possible, get vaccinated and protect us all.
