That’s the only conclusion I can draw, having read this description of her in this AP story about Covid vaccinations for “little US kids”:
Little Fletcher Pack woke up Monday morning and asked: “Is today vaccine day?”
For the 3-year-old from Lexington, South Carolina, the answer was yes.
The nation’s infants, toddlers and preschoolers are finally getting their chance at COVID-19 vaccination as the U.S. rolls out shots for tots this week. Shipments arrived in some locations over the weekend and some spots, including a Walgreens in South Carolina and another in New York City, opened up appointments for Monday.
Fletcher’s mother said that once her son is fully vaccinated, he can finally go bowling and visit the nearby children’s museum.
“He’s never really played with another kid inside before,” McKenzie Pack said. “This will be a really big change for our family.”
This is wholly irrational behavior. Per the AP’s story, Fletcher does not have any special medical needs. He’s a normal American three-year-old boy. And normal American three-year-old boys are not at risk from coronavirus. There was no reason for Fletcher’s mother to do this to Fletcher, who could quite safely have gone bowling, visited the nearby children’s museum, and “played with another kid inside.” What, one must wonder, has Fletcher’s mother been reading?
Judging by what we know — let’s call it The Science — Fletcher has been placed in far more danger by his mother’s neuroses than he was ever in as a result of Covid-19. Just try to imagine how this kid now sees the world; what he believes to be normal; where he is in his social and imaginative development. If Fletcher’s mother were a member of a cult, and had kept Fletcher inside for three years out of fear that he’d be abducted by aliens, we’d all immediately grasp the problem. But because it’s Covid-19, that great destroyer of rationality, there are millions and millions of people who do not. One day, when this has all finally blown over, and the damage report is in, they’ll get it.