by Dick Hall-Sizemore
With the exception of Carol, the contributors to Bacon’s Rebellion (and, I am guessing, most of the commenters) are in the NoVA, Richmond, Hampton Roads bubble. Therefore, I thought it would be enlightening to bring in some COVID news from my home area, Halifax County, in Southside.
The first is an article from one of the local papers (surprisingly, there are still two local newspapers) about how the local hospital is suddenly filling up with COVID patients, most of them unvaccinated. The county’s vaccination rate is 37%. (Yes, Mr. Sherlock, unfortunately the hospital is one of those long-standing local hospitals that got swallowed by Sentara. But, that is another story.) Note that the hospital’s chief medical officer has been vaccinated despite having a serious autoimmune disorder (Guillain-Barre syndrome).
Second is a similar article from the other newspaper. (What makes it interesting and fun is that one newspaper has had a very conservative editorial viewpoint for generations, while the editor and publisher of the other is decidedly liberal.)
Finally, here is an article from the first paper about a young couple, both unvaccinated, who died from COVID within hours of each other.
