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My comments:
1. Vaccine hesitancy: is not a US-based Trump thing. We have it here in Hong Kong. Most of Europe, especially France, Italy and Germany, are "vaccine hesitant" to the tune of over 50%. Not even the exemplary Australia escapes.
2. Hesitancy is one thing. Actually getting the jab is another. In practice US states with Republican governors have achieved higher rates of vaccination than Democrat-led states. The highest in the land is Republican led. (Just as Republican governors did better in terms of deaths per million than did Democratic governors. See here)
In this, as in others areas, the otherwise genius of Dawkins -- a man I've read and followed for decades, whose achievements are so vastly more than this humble writer's -- is betrayed by his visceral hatred of Republicans. A failure which leads to the likes of tweets above. And when he's attacked -- from the LEFT, for a question about trans-race vs trans-gender, who does he counter-attack? No the far leftists, but "Republican bigots". Ouch! and wrong, Richard....
In Islamic history, the "incoherence of the philosophers" led to the closing of the Muslim mind. Being stuck in one's own bubble as too many on the Left are -- and more than on the Right, because their reading habits are broader -- could lead to the closing of the Western mind. Some would argue that closing is well on the way.
