COVID-19 numbers are surging, and new variants are spreading as we speak. A key reason that we are losing ground is that as life “normalizes,” a large percentage of people are refusing to get vaccinated. In the United States, roughly half of the population is fully vaccinated at the time of writing. In the South where I live, the numbers are much worse. As an intelligent, rational thinker with a healthy dose of common sense, it is strange to me that people would not get vaccinated. The meteorologist in me has similar thoughts when I see people refuse to evacuate from powerful storms like Hurricane Michael or Katrina. Oddly, the reasons for both decisions may be rooted in similar reasoning.
January 26, 2021 – Orlando, Florida, United States – A sign directs people in cars to a COVID-19 … [+]