July 22, 2022
Summertime, and the living is queasy. While we should be out at Nauset Beach getting ready to catch the next wave on our surfboards or boogie boards (assuming there are no sharks), we are girding ourselves for the fourth wave of the pandemic. The coronavirus is hot, hot, hot. It may not be as hot as the weather and fires out West, but it’s close. We will soon be trading scuba masks for face masks…again.
People say they are scared to get vaccinated. No wonder. The conservative blogosphere is scaring the bejesus out of people. Disinformation is deadly. Maybe we should recriminalize marijuana because these disinformers are smoking something. They are hallucinating. 660,000 dead is a hoax. The January 6th attack on The Capitol never occurred. Flooding in Germany, droughts in the west, fires in Portland, and historic rainfall locally is not happening. Before you know it, they will be saying that Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos faked their space launches.
I would rather be flying Delta than getting delta. The lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer are turning into just hazy and crazy. If we can avoid catching the fourth wave, we will be sitting on top of the world. If not, we will be huddling under the boardwalk.
The Spin Doctor 