Media’s COVID Whiplash Syndrome

If you’re fully vaccinated against COVID-19, here are some things that are more likely to happen to you than being hospitalized with a severe case of COVID: drowning, dying of electrocution, dying of fire or smoke inhalation, dying by choking on food, dying of accidental gun discharge, or dying from an injury due to a sharp object.

Fully vaccinated left-wingers of the United States, who wield vast cultural influence and seem intent on leveraging their fears to forestall a return to normalcy as long as they can, should be asked sincerely: Do you ever waste a single minute of the day worrying about any of these other risks? Or car accidents, which, it goes without saying, are a much likelier cause of death than any of the above? You have a one in 107 chance of dying in a motor-vehicle crash. If you’re fully vaccinated, you have a one in 31,000 chance of being hospitalized with COVID, and a one in 138,000 chance of dying of COVID.

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Kyle Smith

Kyle Smith is the film critic for the Wall Street Journal.

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If you’re fully vaccinated against COVID-19, here are some things that are more likely to happen to you than being hospitalized with a severe case of COVID: drowning, dying of electrocution, dying of fire or smoke inhalation, dying by choking on food, dying of accidental gun discharge, or dying from an injury due to a sharp object.

Fully vaccinated left-wingers of the United States, who wield vast cultural influence and seem intent on leveraging their fears to forestall a return to normalcy as long as they can, should be asked sincerely: Do you ever waste a single minute of the day worrying about any of these other risks? Or car accidents, which, it goes without saying, are a much likelier cause of death than any of the above? You have a one in 107 chance of dying in a motor-vehicle crash. If you’re fully vaccinated, you have a one in 31,000 chance of being hospitalized with COVID, and a one in 138,000 chance of dying of COVID.