I mean the masks. Every single one of these people is double jabbed; yet every single one is masked. This sends the signal that the vaccine is not effective. Which it is. The vaccine gives them a very high degree of protection as Joe Biden himself told us that just a few days ago (@4’30”):
“The world's leading scientists confirm that if you are fully vaccinated your risk of severe illness from Covid-19 is very low. In fact, based on available data from the summer, only one out of every 160,000 fully vaccinated Americans was hospitalised for Covid per day”. [emphasis added].
Given that all the people in the photo above (Presidents and ex Presidents) are vaccinated, that figure of 1/160,000 is even less, halved to about one in 320,000. These good folks have more chance of being felled by a wayward branch than the virus.
They may think they signalling: you better mask up. But if so, it’s a mixed wrong signal. It suggests that vaccines are not effective. Otherwise why mask up. Yetwe know they are safe and effective. We want people to get vaccinated because it’s safer for them and lets everyone get on with life. If the great and powerful above were all unmasked, the message would be: look at us! Freed by the vaccine! Free to show you our sad and solemn faces, here on this 911 anniversary...
OTOH: Is this going to be the New Normal? The “well, it can’t hurt” safety play? The "Just in case"? The "Better mask up -- better safe than sorry" ploy?….I for one sure hope not.
