“Vaccine Hesitant”? We’ll Show You “Hesitant”
By Becky Akers
August 19, 2021
One of my pet peeves is the so-tired-it’s-exhausted phrase, “vaccine hesitant.” I hate everything about it: its grammar (a noun modifying another noun, i.e., jargon); its inherent falsehood (the shot is not a vaccine); and especially its fake, feel-good, PR-optimism sugar-coating reality.
But Anthony Powell has come up with a suitable response to this annoying nonsense:
Excuse my slightly profane language, but my family and I are not ‘vaccine hesitant.’
We are ‘vaccine – HELL NO!’
Becky Akers [send her mail] has published two novels of the American Revolution, Halestorm and Abducting Arnold. They celebrate liberty and sedition, among other joys, so buy them now, before they’re banned.
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