Revolution 2.0

Introduction Who would have thought that anything–anything–could put together certain right-of-center groups in with some Blacks, Native Americans and Hispanics? The Proud Boys holding hands with La Raza.  COVID vaccines did just that.  That is the subject of today’s 10 minute episode. Continuing An evolving quote from Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” observes that, “Politics makes strange bedfellows.” The original quote was “Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.” Today it is not misery that brings these groups together, it is distrust of their government. Depending upon the source, it looks like about a third of Americans are either hesitant to take the COVID vaccine, or have simply said they will refuse. Consensus among scientists declares that it will take 80%-85% of the population–or more–to get vaccinated before we can achieve herd immunity and defeat COVID. Houston, we have a problem. Polio was once one of the most feared diseases in the U.S., and not all that long ag