Brian May grazes Clapton, bashes anti-vaxxers as 'fruitcakes' (baked pastry survival)

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Queen guitarist Brian May grazes Eric Clapton, bashes anti-vaxxers as 'fruitcakes'
https://www.cnet.com/news/queen-guitaris...ruitcakes/

EXCERPTS: Brian May, guitarist for Queen, says he has respect for legendary musician Eric Clapton. But he doesn't agree with Clapton's July announcement that he won't perform at venues that require concertgoers to show proof of coronavirus vaccination.

[...] May, who has a Ph.D in astrophysics from Imperial College London, may have been relatively kind to Clapton by name, but overall, he has harsh words for those who shun the vaccines.

"Anti-vax people, I'm sorry, I think they're fruitcakes," May said. "There's plenty of evidence to show that vaccination helps. On the whole they've been very safe. There's always going to be some side effect in any drug you take, but to go around saying vaccines are a plot to kill you, I'm sorry, that goes in the fruitcake jar for me."

May also dissed flat-Earthers, moon-landing deniers and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the interview. He's also not a fan of the billionaire businessmen sending themselves into space.

"I love space exploration," May said. But "when it comes to one very rich guy putting himself into space -- actually not into space, only about 60 miles high -- I ask myself, 'What is it really for?' [...] Is it some kind of vanity, and if it is could the money have been better spent elsewhere?" (MORE - details)

[Syne]

1. Not everyone who doesn't want a Covid vaccine is completely anti-vax.
2. Some people don't like to take any drugs, if they can help it.
3. Covid vaccines have yet to be approved by the FDA.
4. Not all anti-vaxxers think they are a plot to kill people.
5. Being required to "show your papers" has a strong relationship to fascist states.

But leftists desperately want to be fascists, and force their own preferences on others. They also want to trust leftist authority figures without question.

[Leigha]

I don’t think forcing vaccinations is the right solution, even though I’m vaccinated. The problem with all of this is the mixed messaging. Too much media coverage sending conflicting messages from one day to the next. I wonder if the news networks went dark for a while, if we would all find our way through this, with much less tension and confusion.