Morning Comrades! We are going to be talking about Anti-Vaxxers and the Covid Pandemic on here today but first up is this weekend’s drop. It’s two new designs, one for me and that get’s donated to my local homeless shelter, for all the obvious reasons.
I have uploaded the entire drop to the online shop for previews, yes, there is a hoodie and kids t-shirt this time around. The link will as always go out via this newsletter on Friday and the paying comrades of this newsletter will get an early bird email, plus their discount code and another uplifting essay on Thursday.
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In regards to Anti-Vaxxers and this Covid Pandemic, truthfully, I could leave this entire discussion, that, to be clear, I will no longer be having after this email with the above image - which, if you are unaware of it, is a flip on the original Dead Kennedys “Nazi Punks Fuck Off!” Record.
For the last time and on the record let’s get into. Now, since moving to Germany around 16 years ago I have met and known some anti-vaxxers. Not many, but probably around 5-10 people over that time period. I can’t speak for any other country, other than England, but the anti-vaxxers here have a specific, as far as I know, cultural background that seems to stem out of the Waldorf/Montesori meets early 90s Ravers gone Hippies scenes, something I have never related too. I have never really given them much thought since my interactions with them have been minor at best of times and since this is my first pandemic, to that point, they have remained quiet and to my life, irrelevant. Obviously, that has changed significantly over the past 2 years.
To be entirely clear, I am 100% pro any and all vaccinations. I have always believed in science, doing what I can to put my community’s health before my own anti-capitalistic ideas in regards to Pharma and myself and my family are always vaccinated.
Two years into this pandemic here we are currently hitting the highest numbers of infections and deaths related to Covid, so far. At the time of writing, 68.5% of the eligible German population has received their full vaccination against Covid-19, that number being shockingly low as far as I am concerned.
Now, there are several angles and nuances to take into account here as it would be too easy to lay the current, dire and deadly situation at the feet of these anti-vaxxers. The German governments logistical operation to get everyone vaccinated has been nothing short of criminal. I won’t bore you with the details but everyone involved should be in jail for voluntary manslaughter, it is that bad. Failure to do their actual jobs, corruption, putting their election before the people’s health and safety to just get the ball rolling. Furthermore, the establishments, this includes the government and the mainstream press’ communication has been so utterly bad, ineffective and let themselves be held hostage from a radicalized, violent, anti-vaxx meets conspiracy minority that a clear push for full vaccination was and is not possible.
Again, I cannot speak on other countries experience as I only live here and any and all observation would be too heavily biased. Nonetheless, at this point, if you are willingly not getting vaccinated, I am considering you a threat, not only to society at large but also personally. You are not welcome here, nor are your “arguments” or your business, just to get that out of the way.
When I say willfully unvaccinated that is precisely what I mean. Yes, there are a few people who are unable to get the vaccine and they deserve, at the very least, our protection and support.
Additionally, there is the notion of being so staunchly anti-capitalistic / authoritarian that on principle, getting the vaccine is out to the question. Yes, I know a few of those people and my position remains the same. You are a threat, I don’t accept your misguided radicalism as valid and once again, do not come into swinging distance of me. Especially as someone that considers themselves to be actively working towards the betterment of society, by whatever means necessary, protecting your community by getting a vaccine is the bare minimum you can do, especially during a deadly pandemic. Yes, I am staunchly against Big Pharma, all privately and publicly traded healthcare companies, I do believe that it is criminal, unethical und morally wrong to put the health of a society under profits thumb. Without a question and if it was up to me, I would make all healthcare publicly owned, increase their funding ten-fold and make it free. Even with that stance it is still, absolutely morally correct to get vaccinated because protecting humans and your community comes first.
So to be sure, the ongoing deadly pandemic isn’t entirely the anti-vaxxers fault, Western Arrogance, Faulty and Engineered Individualism, Capitalism & Post-Colonialism are equally at fault here, but on a personal level, if you have the option to get vaccinated and do not, we’re done here.
There is heaps more I wanted to talk about today but again, email size restrictions means that I am going to put more info into our telegram group and the other channels. Stay tuned and until then, I will remain, yours, without compromise,
V.