President Biden Keeps the Faith

Performing the Biannual Rite of the COVID Vaccine Cult

On Tuesday, October 25, 2022, President Biden appeared at a White House press briefing, rolled up his sleeve, and received his third COVID-19 booster shot since he received his initial shots in December 2020/January 2021. After being boosted for the second time in March of this year, he contracted COVID-19 this summer. Three months after his recovery (which featured a conspicuous case of rebound) it was time once again for him to perform the biannual rite of the COVID-19 Vaccine Cult.

With pharmacy leaders from Walgreens, CVS, Rite Aid and Albertsons looking on like high priests of the College of Pontiffs, he received the talisman. This particular formula was concocted by the Pfizer/BioNTech Corporations, which for a while were revered as something like the Savior of Mankind. Their new formula—represented as a bivalent vaccine targeting the original SARS-CoV-2 spike protein + the omicron BA.4 and BA.5 spike protein—was heralded as conferring protection for our people, given that the injections most people received six months ago are no longer sufficient.

Pfizer/BioNTech’s new product was not tested on humans, but on 8 mice for safety. No randomized trial demonstrated reductions in death. No matter; like all religious cults, the COVID-19 Vaccine Cult has never really been about empirical evidence. It’s about faith. Keeping the faith means getting your booster every six months and not asking questions about all of the young athletes dropping dead on playing fields.

Nonbelievers observe that Pfizer/BioNTech have hit upon the greatest business model in the history of mankind—i.e., selling a product that, precisely in its deficiencies and limitations, ensures that everyone has to get it twice a year for the rest of their lives. The company doesn’t have to contend with fickle consumers because the purchasers of the product are the world’s states. The states pre-purchase billions of units, assume liability for the product, and aggressively market (or even mandate) the product with puppets such as the current U.S. President. Nice work if you can get it.