Vaccines, Conspiracies, and Other Shots in the Arm

At the clinic, arms roll up for Moderna and Pfizer. Relief flickers in the air — maybe this is the way out. But in the same breath, people spread rumors about microchips, infertility, alien DNA. America can put a rover on Mars but can’t convince half its citizens that medicine isn’t sorcery. I got my shot and walked out with a sore arm and sharper disgust. Some people would rather die than be wrong, and they’ll call it freedom.