Vaccines are preventives, not cures.

The purpose of vaccination is to bring the severity down to the level of a benign virus. That’s how this works. In the face of variants, our best protection against the convergent evolution we are witnessing is to get more people vaccinated,

and get infection levels down to a manageable amount. Masks, social distancing measures, testing, tracing, and sufficient lockdowns. It works. We have seen it. Witness other countries who are on their way to establishing some normalcy. It’s not impossible.

Now with that said, all of the vaccines available thus far have proven to be 100% effective at preventing severe cases of COVID, hospitalization, and death. This is what matters. Even in the face of these variants. What I need everyone to stop doing is torturing themselves by

reading these doom and gloom articles and tweets that are literately only there so these people can get their views and/or their money. STOP doing that to yourselves. It doesn’t help. Instead, what we need to do is continue to put the pressure on our representatives to get us

access to these vaccines. Stop making yourself panic by reading these tweets about this virus and these variants with little to no scientific context with just an attention grabbing headline. It does you no good. Instead, voice the disdain and put the pressure on those who have

dropped the ball with vaccine allocation. It is our responsibility to reduce these infections to stop this virus from mutating so it doesn’t get to the point where it CAN evade our current vaccines. We have to do this. I have emailed my Governor just now

because I am disgusted with how this has gone. I can’t even get a vaccine for my 87 year-old Grandmother yet. Our leaders have dropped the ball when we have literately placed it in their hands. Instead of panicking and giving those who don’t deserve your attention like

some self-proclaimed epidemiologists here I know, do something. These vaccines were made with YOUR tax dollars. They are yours. Let’s start acting like it. The reason I am so transparent with you all is because I don’t get paid for this. My income does not rely on my tweets which

is why I am going to be completely straightforward with you guys. This is on us. We have to do our part by sticking to proper social distancing measures and getting vaccinated when our time comes. I mean this all in the most earnest, least rude way possible.

For those who are misunderstanding and/or taking my words out of context. I never said to not take this seriously. I’m a scientist, I would never say that. If anything it’s the opposite. This virus has become my life’s purpose at the moment. Fear is NOT equivalent to logic.

What I am saying is, do not heed these outlets that provide no scientific data with their headlines. Consider where you get information from. Is it from someone with firsthand knowledge on the subject? A peer-reviewed journal? Or is it a tabloid? Just a thought to consider.