Got up the other morning with a cold , back of the eyes hurt as did the throat , classic runny nose. I’m betting it was picked up in one of the numerous medical facilities the wife and I have been frequenting lately. After all the seemingly endless Doctors visits and procedures the wife and I have gone through over the past three months this little case of the sniffles seemed almost pleasant. In fact I actually had reason to enjoy my cold even more when a nearby neighbor asked me to come over and offer some advice on an upcoming needed home repair. I don’t know about you but my belief in science and medicine has remained unshaken even though I may have a bone of contention over how it gets distributed.
Johns Hopkins Medical for instance describes the spread of a common cold thus ….
The common cold is very easily spread to others. It’s often spread through airborne droplets that are coughed or sneezed into the air by the sick person. The droplets are then inhaled by another person. Colds can also be spread when a sick person touches you or a surface (like a doorknob) that you then touch.
Seems the neighbors must have read that very same report and paid heed and why should they not ? He and his misses hinted quite clearly that they seem to be easily victimized by colds and perhaps I should have been a bit more courteous and explained the situation before entering their home to spread my contagions around. In all fairness I must admit that they are probably correct. To be fairer still I guess I never really thought it would be an issue with a couple that loudly believed that masks and social distancing during a pandemic were merely an ineffective political grandstand. Guess it all comes down to who we allow to direct their marketing towards us …..
I’m betting that if the vaccine manufacturers had promoted their products in a Mossy Oak Camo or Tactical version with displays at the Tractor Supply checkout things might have been a little different and covid deaths might just have been a little less partisan ….
