The lead story on the local TV news a few days ago was the Covid-related deaths of two police officers. The memorial service for one of them basically preceded a parade in his honor. There was no discussion of his vaccination status, but it is reasonable to assume he was an anti-vaxxer.
None of the other Covid-related deaths in the viewing area received any mention. In other pertinent news, the NYT reported that the vaccination rate for cops on a national level was relatively low, and that police unions were fighting vaccine mandates ferociously.
Here is what you should take from these facts:
- Anyone who gets paid by the public to put on a blue uniform is apparently viewed as a hero, whether he actually does anything heroic or not. Blue lives don’t just matter; they matter more than yours and mine.
- A frightening percentage of cops are reactionaries. They don’t care about the public health and welfare as much as enforcing their view of law and order on the rest of us. In their eyes, they have the right to spread the virus among us—our bodies, their choice, because they’re in charge.
- If we ever get into a serious street battle between supporters of a duly-elected leftist government and right-wing insurgents, do you really think we can count on these people to enforce the law, as opposed to their own prejudices? Do you think it is a coincidence that so many of the January 6 rioters were military and law enforcement types?