“I believe
In every drop of rain that falls … .”
Yes, it is raining out this morning in my neck of the woods, so what I wanted to say dovetails right into the weather outside.
You might remember the song “I Believe,” which was recorded by many artists, but the one I remember the best is the version by Jackie Wilson.
“Mr. Excitement,” who used to prance around the stage like a gazelle, actually held it back when he performed this song, demonstrating that not only was he a fine entertainer who could bring it out when needed, but he was also an excellent singer, in the tradition of a Cole or a Sinatra or other then-contemporary pop singers that had nothing to do with rock and roll as Wilson did.
Anyway, now that that introduction has been made, I am going to tell you what “I believe” on one subject that is seemingly ripping the nation to shreds right now.
And that has to do with masking up during this so-called pandemic.
You might agree with what I have to say, and you might disagree with what I have to say, but I am going to say it anyway.
So here goes …
I believe that kids should wear masks in schools and in general, people should wear masks while in public places indoors: We are still in a pandemic, whether we do things to deny that fact or not.
Whether this pandemic is as virulent as has been advertised is another matter, but in the current landscape, we should be taking precautions on how we act to protect ourselves during this scourge.
What is the big deal about wearing a mask? Other than it being annoying, I honestly do not see what the big deal is.
It takes absolutely no effort to wear one, and it does work in preventing contraction of the virus and other things, too.
I use myself as an example.
I have had the so-called “vaccine” in me since early April. I have worn a mask since Day One of this situation, which means I have worn a mask, with and without the shots, since roughly February 2020.
I have not been sick for one day, with the coronavirus or otherwise, with anything else.
No colds, no flu, no nothing.
That is unusual for me, I usually get at least one or two colds during such a long period, but nothing during my masked-up span of time.
So why are people being so stubborn about wearing a mask?
I think that on both sides of the political spectrum, our so-called leaders have made this into a political pandemic, ruled by forces other than the virus itself ... or more to the point, other than "the science."
People wrongly believe that wearing a mask is a political statement, which it isn’t; it is a protective statement, a statement that is stating strongly that you want to protect yourself from contracting this sickness.
Thus, we should all be wearing masks, but we aren’t, and the battleground has hit our schools, which are either open or ready to open in the next few days.
Mixed messages from our leaders hasn’t helped matters—they talk about the extra virulence of the delta variant but in the same breath, promote super spreaders like open air concerts and Broadway like it was 2019, or before anyone knew what the word “coronavirus” meant.
Some parents are making what they wrongly think is their own political statement through their own children by not allowing them to wear masks in schools, and I simply do not get it at all.
What is the big deal about wearing a mask while in school? At least the kids are in school this year, rather than participating in remote learning as they were last year, where they are learning little and not participating in the social networking that only in-person school can offer.
Would these so-called politically-minded parents rather their kids be at home, staring at a computer screen for hours on end?
Would they rather that their own selfish lives be thrown to the curb because they have to mind their kids while they are at home?
Look, it is oblivious that this all goes back to a distrust in the government and how tour so-called leaders are handling the pandemic.
President Biden’s job approval ratings have plummeted because the public simply doesn’t believe that his administration is handling the pandemic any better than President Trump’s administration did—did people actually believe that he would do any better than his predecessor?
And then there are the lies spewed out by our elected leaders and so-called health experts about just what the coronavirus is, and how we are handling it.
It has gotten to the point that COVID-19 is something, I believe, that we are going to have to learn to live with, no matter how virulent it may or may not be.
I do believe that wearing a mask is just one thing that you can do to help ward this thing off, but I also believe that if our leaders would have been honest with us about the shots, probably 90 percent of the population would have gotten them by now.
Marketing is everything, and these shots have been marketed as a “vaccine.”
They are not a vaccine, as they do not prevent anyone—even those who actually got their shots—from getting the virus.
These shots are not a preventative tool, they are a mitigater. They will lessen the virulence of the virus if you get it, but they will not prevent you from getting it, like, let’s say, the measles and polio shots do.
But the coronavirus shots have been marketed as “vaccines,” and they are as much vaccines as my monthly allergy shots are.
As the old saying goes, “You can fool some of the people some of the time,” and Americans are, by and large, generally smarter than the idiots our elected representatives think we are, and that is why barely 50 percent of the population has their shots.
If you lie once, you will lie again … if they just would have told us the truth at the beginning of this, I do believe that nine out of 10 eligible people would have complied.
I believe we are in a mess that has been exacerbated by our own making, and I also believe that it is going to be difficult to extricate ourselves from the paper bag that we have stuffed ourselves in.
The bottom line is this: do we sink to the levels of our politicians, and make this into a political pandemic, or do we do what we need to do to really fight it?
That is the multi-billion-dollar question that needs to be answered right now, and I believe that while we can actually fight this thing off, the political aspect that has been wrongly placed on the pandemic by both sides of the equation is holding us back from dong so.
But at least wear a mask.
Doctors and nurses and other hospital personnel have been doing so since seemingly the beginning of time, and they have used it for protection from every malady known to man.
If the simple act of wearing a mask has given them even minimal protection from these maladies, why are so many of us so uptight about wearing a mask?
It does not take away your civil liberties; the simple act of wearing a mask while in school or in public places actually strengthens those civil liberties, because it protects you from the virus, which, if you get it, takes away those civil liberties which, in some cases, you will become too sick to exercise when you are incapacitated.
That is what I believe … what do you believe?
In every drop of rain that falls … .”
Yes, it is raining out this morning in my neck of the woods, so what I wanted to say dovetails right into the weather outside.
You might remember the song “I Believe,” which was recorded by many artists, but the one I remember the best is the version by Jackie Wilson.
“Mr. Excitement,” who used to prance around the stage like a gazelle, actually held it back when he performed this song, demonstrating that not only was he a fine entertainer who could bring it out when needed, but he was also an excellent singer, in the tradition of a Cole or a Sinatra or other then-contemporary pop singers that had nothing to do with rock and roll as Wilson did.
Anyway, now that that introduction has been made, I am going to tell you what “I believe” on one subject that is seemingly ripping the nation to shreds right now.
And that has to do with masking up during this so-called pandemic.
You might agree with what I have to say, and you might disagree with what I have to say, but I am going to say it anyway.
So here goes …
I believe that kids should wear masks in schools and in general, people should wear masks while in public places indoors: We are still in a pandemic, whether we do things to deny that fact or not.
Whether this pandemic is as virulent as has been advertised is another matter, but in the current landscape, we should be taking precautions on how we act to protect ourselves during this scourge.
What is the big deal about wearing a mask? Other than it being annoying, I honestly do not see what the big deal is.
It takes absolutely no effort to wear one, and it does work in preventing contraction of the virus and other things, too.
I use myself as an example.
I have had the so-called “vaccine” in me since early April. I have worn a mask since Day One of this situation, which means I have worn a mask, with and without the shots, since roughly February 2020.
I have not been sick for one day, with the coronavirus or otherwise, with anything else.
No colds, no flu, no nothing.
That is unusual for me, I usually get at least one or two colds during such a long period, but nothing during my masked-up span of time.
So why are people being so stubborn about wearing a mask?
I think that on both sides of the political spectrum, our so-called leaders have made this into a political pandemic, ruled by forces other than the virus itself ... or more to the point, other than "the science."
People wrongly believe that wearing a mask is a political statement, which it isn’t; it is a protective statement, a statement that is stating strongly that you want to protect yourself from contracting this sickness.
Thus, we should all be wearing masks, but we aren’t, and the battleground has hit our schools, which are either open or ready to open in the next few days.
Mixed messages from our leaders hasn’t helped matters—they talk about the extra virulence of the delta variant but in the same breath, promote super spreaders like open air concerts and Broadway like it was 2019, or before anyone knew what the word “coronavirus” meant.
Some parents are making what they wrongly think is their own political statement through their own children by not allowing them to wear masks in schools, and I simply do not get it at all.
What is the big deal about wearing a mask while in school? At least the kids are in school this year, rather than participating in remote learning as they were last year, where they are learning little and not participating in the social networking that only in-person school can offer.
Would these so-called politically-minded parents rather their kids be at home, staring at a computer screen for hours on end?
Would they rather that their own selfish lives be thrown to the curb because they have to mind their kids while they are at home?
Look, it is oblivious that this all goes back to a distrust in the government and how tour so-called leaders are handling the pandemic.
President Biden’s job approval ratings have plummeted because the public simply doesn’t believe that his administration is handling the pandemic any better than President Trump’s administration did—did people actually believe that he would do any better than his predecessor?
And then there are the lies spewed out by our elected leaders and so-called health experts about just what the coronavirus is, and how we are handling it.
It has gotten to the point that COVID-19 is something, I believe, that we are going to have to learn to live with, no matter how virulent it may or may not be.
I do believe that wearing a mask is just one thing that you can do to help ward this thing off, but I also believe that if our leaders would have been honest with us about the shots, probably 90 percent of the population would have gotten them by now.
Marketing is everything, and these shots have been marketed as a “vaccine.”
They are not a vaccine, as they do not prevent anyone—even those who actually got their shots—from getting the virus.
These shots are not a preventative tool, they are a mitigater. They will lessen the virulence of the virus if you get it, but they will not prevent you from getting it, like, let’s say, the measles and polio shots do.
But the coronavirus shots have been marketed as “vaccines,” and they are as much vaccines as my monthly allergy shots are.
As the old saying goes, “You can fool some of the people some of the time,” and Americans are, by and large, generally smarter than the idiots our elected representatives think we are, and that is why barely 50 percent of the population has their shots.
If you lie once, you will lie again … if they just would have told us the truth at the beginning of this, I do believe that nine out of 10 eligible people would have complied.
I believe we are in a mess that has been exacerbated by our own making, and I also believe that it is going to be difficult to extricate ourselves from the paper bag that we have stuffed ourselves in.
The bottom line is this: do we sink to the levels of our politicians, and make this into a political pandemic, or do we do what we need to do to really fight it?
That is the multi-billion-dollar question that needs to be answered right now, and I believe that while we can actually fight this thing off, the political aspect that has been wrongly placed on the pandemic by both sides of the equation is holding us back from dong so.
But at least wear a mask.
Doctors and nurses and other hospital personnel have been doing so since seemingly the beginning of time, and they have used it for protection from every malady known to man.
If the simple act of wearing a mask has given them even minimal protection from these maladies, why are so many of us so uptight about wearing a mask?
It does not take away your civil liberties; the simple act of wearing a mask while in school or in public places actually strengthens those civil liberties, because it protects you from the virus, which, if you get it, takes away those civil liberties which, in some cases, you will become too sick to exercise when you are incapacitated.
That is what I believe … what do you believe?
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