Arkansas HVACR NewsMagazine September 2021

HVACR NewsMagazine September 2021

To VAX Or Not To VAX

As you read this editorial, please do not draw an immediate conclusion. I have to build a case before stating my conclusion. That means you may misinterpret some of the information as being my opinion. I also will not seek to coax, cajole, or scold you take or not take the COVID19 vaccine. But I would like for you to think and then make a decision. This is not a medical article though it may have some medical facts. So, don ’ t think that I think I am a medical expert. Enough pleading for you to read objectively. We are living in a time of increasing polarization. Those who want you to take the vaccine are becoming bold in their “ enforcement ” tactics. Threats have metastasized into actual timelines to take the vaccine or loose ones job or, in some cases, pay more for health insurance. One liberal cable program uses words like “ dumb ” and “ stupid ” to express their frustration and label the folks not wanting to take the vaccine. They use studies that conclude that the majority of those not wanting the vaccine as being white, conservative, republican, or Evangelical Christian. The commentator then concludes that these folks are among the “ dumbest ” of the “ dumb ” and are akin to incestuous, southern rednecks. When they are kind, they refer to them as having given up on logic.

While some may think that these folks are only Costal Elites disconnected from the heartland, we have our share of baseless claims and reasons to reject the vaccine. Here ’ s a few of anit-vaxer suspicions / reasons: • The COVID-19 vaccine is unsafe because it was developed so quickly. • The COVID-19 vaccine will alter my DNA. • The COVID-19 vaccine includes a tracking device. • The COVID-19 vaccine has severe side effects • The COVID-19 vaccine causes infertility in women. • It is promoted by Communist inspired means • I can ’ t get it because it isn ’ t available • It ’ s another Tuskegee Syphilis study • The Chinese are using it to control us and to bankrupt America • The liberal Democrats can ’ t be trusted and Biden is a Democrat • Fauci has told too many lies • The liberal media can ’ t be trusted

Though there may be others, we need not go on.

In March of 2020 we wrote a white paper about how the HVACR industry should react to the pandemic. At that time we noticed that there were inconsistencies in