Opting Out of the Covid-19 Vaccine Puts the World at Risk
Unvaccinated people are donating their bodies to the virus, allowing it to conduct gain-of-function experiments
Imagine for a moment that you’re a virus. Your mission is to find a host that you can invade and convert into a virus production facility. By stealing the host’s resources, you rapidly produce countless numbers of new viruses that your host will then spread to other victims. And today is your lucky day. One of your progeny has changed its genetic code, making that virus even more powerful. In scientific parlance, that virus is a variant that has gained a function. Now, rumor has it that your clever host has developed a vaccine, which tells its immune system how to destroy your kind. But your lucky streak continues as many of them refuse to take the vaccine!
The United States is once again struggling with the rapid spread of SARS-CoV-2, spawning a resurgence of Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths. As reported by NPR on July 16, “The seven-day average of new cases has increased by nearly 70% to almost 30,000 per day; hospitalizations are up 36%. And deaths from the virus have risen steadily in recent days, reversing a months-long downward trend that began in mid-January.”
