Online Public Relations Thoughts

 A new MU variant of the COVID virus has spread to 49 states already.  Scientists are thinking it might be more transmissible and resistant to vaccines than the Delta strain. Americans have only themselves to blame.  The millions who refused to get vaccinated allowed COVID to mutate.  Refusing to wear a mask and socially distance themselves only made things worse.  The whole episode has been a PR failure for which health authorities and the Federal government cannot be blamed.  They pushed, advocated, cajoled, pleaded, spoke out in every way possible to reach citizens who refused to listen.  In the process, they proved the limits of communications. It takes two parties for a communication to be effective -- a speaker and a listener.  In this case, the listener was absent and still is.  It is past time for mandates -- your vaccination or your job.  The nation can't afford even more variants to spread because of social resistance to getting protected.