Hi everyone. I'm Joanna.

And I'm Jenny.

And this is hyphenated, the podcast about living in the hyphen.

Jenny.

I feel like deeply misanthropic.

I think that that's the word of the month for me.

It's been, you know, a couple of weeks ago, I posted a joke that said, quote,

I don't believe in vaccines, end quote, says the person vaccinated against polio and this, that,

that, that, that, that, and the other.

And, Jenny, I was like, I can't explain to you how many anti-vax and anti-science and, like, harassment I received

just from posting that one joke that didn't even tell people, like, if you don't get vaccinated,

you're the devil.

No, it was just, hey, consider the logic of getting vaccinated.

And it was sort of then that I was confronted with the reality that, you know, I've seen

anti-vaxxers and people that are afraid and hesitant of the vaccine a lot on on the news and this,

then, and the other.

I just didn't expect it to be so prevalent within my community.

Oh, it's, it was a rude awakening for me.

I'm like, is this all Jenny McCarthy is doing?

Right. Because starting kindergarten, I remember my little vaccine passport.

Mm-hmm.

And I would not be allowed to enroll unless I showed proof of my vaccines.

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