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Recently a relative forwarded a post from Douglas G. Frank - Dr. Frank Models.  A person asked Dr. Frank "What would it take for you to support a [coronavirus] vaccine Dr. Frank?" Dr. Frank posted a long response that I won't copy here.*  But I'll summarize and then respond.  Two key premises of his position: 1. The reward has to be worth the risk 2. Polio is not Covid and the reward [for taking the polio vaccine] was worth the risk (and the price). Of course that led into a long dissertation on why the reward for taking the Covid vaccine is not worth the risk, with a lot of mathematical equations on what percent of the US population has been infected and what percent has died and speculating on what value the vaccine will be.  And he also tossed in a suggestion that Covid will just fade away if we don't vaccinate. Let's make one obvious point first.  He's commenting about a vaccine or vaccines that have not yet been approved and for which no side-effects ...

This is a story that came to a head last week. Previous to last week, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), a quasi-federal Agency, fired approximately 200 tech workers - American workers - and, it is reported that they forced those people to train their replacements, all of whom work for foreign based companies and many of whom were coming to the US to work on H1-B visas. Here's what happened last week: Monday: President Donald Trump meets with representatives of the tech workers in the White House to hear first hand what happened to them President Trump immediately fires Skip Thompson, the Chairman of the Board of the TVA.  Thompson was a Trump appointee.  Didn't matter.  "You're fired" in classic Donald Trump/Apprentice fashion. President Trump then says: “So, let this serve as a warning to any federally appointed board. If you betray American workers, then you will hear two simple words: You’re fired. If the TVA does not move swiftly to reverse their decision ...