Yesterday a physician I met through Silver Singles called to see how I was doing. During the pandemic, we only talked on the phone. We are both atheist liberals.

We discussed the idiocy of arguments against getting the COVID-19 vaccine. "It is the safest vaccine we have," he said. "With unvaccinated people, one in ten patients who are hospitalized die from the Delta variant."

Hospital beds are filled with young children- many under two- who are critically ill and dying. The myth that kids don't get very sick from COVID-19 is untrue.

COVID-19 virus is winning

"From a scientific perspective, the COVID-19 virus is winning," he said. "With so many unvaccinated people, the virus will continue to mutate, get more transmissible and deadly."

"Long-term COVID is horrific," he said. "Patients have strokes, brain damage, leg amputations, permanent lung damage and more, resulting in lifelong disabilities."

"Massive numbers of Americans need to vote in the 2022 and 2024 elections," he said. "Yes, we need to vote Republicans out of office!" I replied.

"Keep up the good fight," he said encouragingly.