Safety in Numbers

I've been careful about pointing out the obvious lately, thinking I might needlessly hurt people's feelings by being blunt. People have taken the vaccine, and there's no point in highlighting the dangers they've put themselves in. However, with the majority of people having taken the vaccine, there's a psychological aspect that softens the impact of blunt honesty. People are convinced that they are safe because so many other people have taken the vaccine. Whatever honest and blunt observations that come from the unvaccinated is therefore cushioned by the warm fuzzy feeling of being in the majority.

This means that we can be rather brutal in our honesty without worrying about upsetting the vaccinated so much that they will shun us. They will register our observations as quaint anecdotal facts without bearing on themselves specifically. The majority is always right. There's safety in numbers. Nothing bad will affect them. It's the other fishes in the school that are being eaten by side effects. They themselves are safe.

Being already in the majority, the vaccinated have become noticeably less militant. There's no peer pressure. The vaccine is no longer the topic of conversation. It's yesteryear's news. However, this is no reason to relax our resistance to it. The next push to get everybody vaccinated will be based on the false presumption that the vaccine is harmless. Everybody's vaccinated, and we might as well make it mandatory for all.

But there's also a growing awareness that the vaccine is doing some harm to the school. Some fishes are disappearing for no good reason. Something is amiss, and this is the sentiment we need to keep alive.

My plan is therefore to highlight uncanny events, such as what happened at Miami Open. I will also highlight the numbers I'm getting from Notable Deaths, and I'll start using my list of public figures. I will wear my Don't do Drugs T-shirt through the summer.

None of this will upset those comfortable in their belief that no harm can touch them because they are in the majority. However, it will make them reluctant to continue with a regime of boosters. They will also be less likely to support mandates.

Boris the butterfly