Lack of Leadership
Rep. Thomas Massie Sets Bad Example
He’s following the stereotype for politicians & definitely current-day Republicans
Rep. Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican, declined to take the COVID-19 vaccine and said, “it’s none of your business” to a reporter. He cited a study that showed that people who had COVID did not need the vaccine. He’s wrong on two counts, even though he did graduate from MIT.
- In my opinion and from personal experience, that study is flawed. A person who had COVID would have needed to show COVID antibodies in a blood test a few months later. Some people can get COVID, not show the antibodies, and then catch COVID again. The study would be valid only if they found people who had COVID, but did not have the antibodies.
- As a Representative, he should be setting a higher standard and a good example instead of behaving like a child. That is everyone’s business. All he had to say was that he had COVID, his blood tests show COVID antibodies, and he didn’t need the vaccine at this time.
It is pretty easy to find a study these days to support whatever political position someone wants to take. There is no study showing how long natural antibodies last. He should probably get a test monthly, just to be safe.
Lack of leadership: Unvaccinated people will see the headline that he refuses to take the vaccine and use him to justify not getting it at all. Although possibly technically correct, he is setting a poor example and putting people in danger. Getting a redundant vaccine will not endanger him.
He is unpatriotic in not supporting the general health of the US population by setting a good example. But, of course, I don’t expect much leadership from Congress.
