Wearing masks: a curious observation on being selfish

For all my love of California, I felt the prolonged mask mandate was excessive. Moreover, let me open a can of worms: I had the initial COVID vaccine, but I’m never having another COVID booster or vaccine. It’s totally obvious that you can get reinfected even if you had all possible boosters (how many times did Biden test positive?!). I’d rather develop natural immunity than inject another booster into my body. I’m not as much of an athlete as Novak Djokovich but I share his mindset. I admire him actually. He stuck to his principles and had to miss huge tournaments that would’ve cemented his legacy as the sport’s greatest player. I too take care of my body. As I’m writing this, I’m finishing a bowl of spinach. That’s all I’m having for dinner. Earlier this evening I finished a ten-mile run. This week I will run about seventy-five miles.

Not only do I reject further COVID vaccines, I feel rebellious about some of the measures being advocated, and imposed. If only a fraction of these efforts was applied to how processed, high-calorie, sugar-rich food is fed (and advertised too!) to kids and adults alike, we’d have millions of healthier people. Tens of millions, hundreds of millions. There is an outcry about wearing or not wearing masks but there is no outcry about big corporations and fast food-feeding people like they are guinea pigs participating in the overeating test. There is an outcry about schools abandoning masks too soon but there isn’t much talk about the cost of kids foregoing the most precious and essential…