Half a million Americans are dead; more than perished in World War II. Thousands who did not die are suffering long-term adverse health effects. The numbers of active cases are on the rise to perhaps between 100,000 and 200,000 a day. Our economy is a mess. All of this, but we still cannot get a handle on COVID-19 in its variant forms, at least in major part because of the anti-vaxxers; those who refuse to get vaccinated for any number of reasons, including a belief that this whole pandemic is some sort of evil government plot to strip them of their American rights.