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We are now being told that the pandemic is a pandemic of the unvaccinated.

Meanwhile, the federal government is telling the vaccinated that they need to mask up again.

And not only do they need to mask up. They need to mask up anytime they And not only do they need to mask up,

they need to mask up anytime they're around somebody, or they should at least consider masking up anytime they're around somebody who is unvaccinated, which presumably means

children, like my kids, under the age of 12, are not allowed to get the vaccine. Remember,

the vaccine has still not been cleared by the FDA for full authorized use.

It is still operating under emergency use authorization.

Meanwhile, you have cities and states and now the federal government mandating the people take a vaccine that does not actually have full FDA authorization.

Which means, like, so what is the purpose of the FDA authorization?

The federal government is just crappy at everything.

Seriously, what is the purpose of the authorization? If I already have the vaccine, which I do, and then the FDA is still operating under

emergency use. And so a year from now, they're like, okay, you can, you can use it now, right? It's fully

authorized. What are you going to do? Suck it out of my arm? What the hell are you talking about?

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