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VACCINE: A cow story

| September 17, 2021 1:00 AM

This letter is intended for those who are just not yet sure about taking the vaccine. I am going to suggest a common sense approach.

I had an experience recently that perhaps will help. I was kicked by a cow during the fair. This resulted in a wide but not too deep laceration to my lower leg. Here is how I managed it:

I washed it with running water as soon as possible. I applied topical antibiotic ointment and covered it. The next day, I got to thinking that there was a good chance that the cow hoof was really pretty icky, and some of that ick may be in my leg. I went to Urgent Care to have it looked at, and took a recommended tetanus shot and some broad-spectrum antibiotics.

Does that sound pretty reasonable? I didn’t really think about investigating the ingredients in the tetanus shot. I didn’t stop to research the frequency of staph infections, sepsis or MRSA after getting barnyard ick in a wound. I just went to a professional and took her advice.

For some reason, when we are talking about COVID-19, it seems some people doubt or reject any and all reporting. These opinions were formed early on, and seem cemented in the belief system.

I can understand that it is very hard to accept a vaccine for a disease that you have been telling yourself is a hoax or not that serious. If the problem is that you “just don’t believe” whatever, I would ask you to consider this: Does your personal belief in something make it a fact? In most cases, things are true or not true and what a person believes about it may influence their behavior, but doesn’t change the reality.

CORY ENGLISH

Coeur d’Alene