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Wow who would have thought vaccines would be a “branded” item – are you an elite with Pfizer really? mRNA the cool kid thing? Wow marketing has gone too far – pharma commercials are designed to catch your emotions – you make the decision not on science/facts….https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2021/04/pfizer-gang-and-sadness-vaccine-culture/618755/

“Weirder still, one vaccine in particular—from Pfizer—has somehow become the cool vaccine, as well as the vaccine for the rich and stylish. Slate’s Heather Schwedel recently discussed the “Pfizer superiority complex” at length. As one source told her: “One of my cousins got Moderna, and I was like, ‘That’s OK. We need a strong middle class.’” On Twitter, the vaccinated are changing their usernames to reflect their new personal identities: There are Pfizer Princesses and Pfizer Floozies and Pfizer Pfairies and at least one Portrait of a Lady on Pfizer. “Pfizer is what was available when I signed up,” Jagger Blaec, a 33-year-old podcast host told me, “but it’s no coincidence every baddie I know has Pfizer and not Moderna.” Isn’t it a coincidence, though?”

Here is another reason for vaccine – no vaccine no cruise – https://finance.yahoo.com/news/cdc-allow-cruise-ships-us-120635669.html

“The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has delivered some good news for travelers, as cruise ships have been given the green light to resume operations so long as the majority of those on board are vaccinated against COVID-19, according to CBS.

In a letter sent to cruise companies on Wednesday and obtained by CBS, the CDC stated that cruise ships can set sail in U.S. waters by mid-summer so long as 95% of customers and 98% of the crew are vaccinated.”

Israel vaccine rates are very high but the Palestinians are left out – a perfect example of the haves and have not in a small geographical footprint – https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/the-price-israel-will-pay-for-not-vaccinating-palestinians-for-covid-1.9755572

“Sharpening the tension is the fact that Israel is the most vaccinated country in the world. 62 percent of its population is vaccinated, including 90 percent of the at-risk population. As a result, Israel has been almost completely unburdened of coronavirus restrictions for several weeks now. In contrast, only 3.3 percent of the Palestinian Authority’s population has been vaccinated. In recent weeks, Palestinians have been afflicted by a large wave of infections and mortality. The epidemic is raging throughout the West Bank and Gaza, in a reality of poor infrastructure and scarce resources, despite a long list of restrictions on travel and gatherings as well as school closures.”

Let me guess a run on fly squatters and fly poison coming- I suspect most media will leave out the bold at the end of excerpt – fear sells –https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-021-04703-8

“All flies exposed to SARS-CoV-2-spiked media or milk substrates were positive for viral RNA at 4 h and 24 h post-exposure. Infectious virus was isolated only from the flies exposed to virus-spiked milk but not from those exposed to virus-spiked medium. Moreover, viral RNA was detected in environmental samples after contact with SARS-CoV-2 exposed flies, although no infectious virus was recovered from these samples.”

There are a lot flies in India – so perhaps could be some truth. Amazing confirmation from India over 400K in 1 day!