Days Of Future Passed

 Red is gray and yellow white, but we decide which is right

and which is an illusion. ="Nights In White Satin"

If you are not familiar with that snippet from the FM radio version of the classic from  the Moody Blues, it's possible that you have only heard the short version. Those are the words that came bubbling to the surface one morning as I began to address the week in review. 

Certainly there have been plenty of references to George Orwell over the past forty years, and how we have been subjected to Newspeak from the totalitarian regime that has held sway for far too long. The Tea Party. The Pro Life Movement, The Three Leg Stool, and those who believe they have been sent to this world to Make America Great Again. In my view, America has always been pretty great because of the way it tolerates opposing viewpoints. This allows for debate and eventually compromise, sometimes to the level of amending our Constitution. 

That kind of flexibility becomes difficult when fear and hatred become prime motivators. The example that set me on the path of the Moody Blues poetic description of perspective was the intense flurry of nonsense coming from the man whose name was once connected to a celebrated legacy. The dark side of the Kennedy family history is on full display in the actions of Robert F Kennedy Junior. The junk science that is being forced out of his Make America Healthy Again springs not from research but from unfounded concerns and misguided research. Most recently, the man who confessed to having a worm in his brain insisted that Tylenol causes Autism Spectrum Disorder. This speculation has been debunked through several studies have found no link between acetimetaphin and autism. Studies by scientists. Now this same suggestion is being made by the MAHA (sound like a clown's horn) folks, putting Tylenol on a list that includes most vaccines. 

Red is gray. 

Covid cases have begun to rise again as Florida has eliminated all of its state vaccination mandates. 

Yellow is white. 

Arizona is currently battling the worst measles outbreak in more than a decade. 

And who is deciding what is right? 

Robert F Kennedy, a recovering heroin addict with a law degree and no background in medicine is trying to tell us what will make us all healthy again. 

This is an illusion.