{"id":4816,"date":"2020-11-18T23:33:27","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T23:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=4816"},"modified":"2020-11-18T23:33:27","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T23:33:27","slug":"grateful-to-vaccines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/grateful-to-vaccines\/","title":{"rendered":"Grateful to Vaccines"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWe today live no longer in fear,
\nOf measles or the whooping cough,
\nThe mumps or chickenpox
\nBecause of vaccines at which some folk scoff,
\nWith weird wild tales and gossip driven,
\nBy an agenda to spread fear
\nOr by some who think they are seen as stupid
\nSo as clever try to appear…<\/p>\n

In their world north is south
\nCold is hot and in is out…
\nYou cannot teach Gaelic to a goose:
\nJust let it waddle about…
\nIt has no use for Gaelic
\nBut unlike anti vax fools it has sense…
\nThe birdbrains will chatter on regardless
\nTheir portrayed cleverness shows they’re dense.<\/p>\n

Us? To them we are the “sheeple”,
\nWhose folk defeated Nazism before
\nWhile their support gives life and worth
\nTo a rise of the hard right once more.<\/p>\n

Reference:<\/strong>
\nhttps:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/nov\/18\/more-than-250000-americans-have-died-from-covid-19-the-tragic-story-in-numbers?CMP=twt_gu&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium#Echobox=1605740190<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We today live no longer in fear, Of measles or the whooping cough, The mumps or chickenpox Because of vaccines at which some folk scoff, With weird wild tales and gossip driven, By an agenda to spread fear Or by some who think they are seen as stupid So as …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4319],"tags":[4355,4278,4354],"class_list":["post-4816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-covid19","tag-antivax","tag-covid19","tag-vaccine","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-1fG","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4897,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/year-has-past-like-a-decade-gone\/","url_meta":{"origin":4816,"position":0},"title":"Year Has Past Like a Decade Gone","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"8th January 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"A year has passed, like a decade gone, It feels we have aged, Every one has a different take On the new normal against which some raged As if there were no lockdowns Out of control it grows When will it end or if it ever will It seems that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "COVID19"","block_context":{"text":"COVID19","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/ireland\/current-affairs-in-ireland\/covid19\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Fog on the Moor","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writingsinrhyme.celtichosting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Fog-on-the-Moor.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writingsinrhyme.celtichosting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Fog-on-the-Moor.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writingsinrhyme.celtichosting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Fog-on-the-Moor.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writingsinrhyme.celtichosting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Fog-on-the-Moor.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":860,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/behind-hedges-forbidden-activity\/","url_meta":{"origin":4816,"position":1},"title":"Behind Hedges, Forbidden Activity","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"12th October 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Once upon a time, and the back of a hedge... 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