By John Kanelis / johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com

The disgraceful politicization of the COVID-19 vaccine effort continues apace.

It’s a sad state of affairs into which we have entered. Politics is now driving a good portion of Americans’ decision whether to receive the vaccines that are available to ward off potentially fatal infections from COVID-19.

I want to share a view expressed by someone on my Facebook “friends” network. This individual wrote:

“I don’t know your medical history and it’s none of my business. Get the vaccine or don’t get the vaccine. That’s your choice. My choice is this. You won’t be welcome at my house if you are not vaccinated. I wish peace and good health to anyone to happens to read this post.”

So … there you have it. I hereby am going to adopt that philosophy.

The good news is that we don’t chum around with those who are fervently anti-vaccination. Our friends and immediate family members all are pro-vaccine. To my knowledge they all have received both doses of whatever vaccine they received, be it Pfizer, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson.

The maddening aspect of all of this has been the anger, angst and stubbornness of those who continue to buy into goofy notions about phony “side effects” of the vaccines. You’ve heard ’em , right? You take the vaccine and you become a chimpanzee; or your skin takes on some sort of adhesive quality; or that you become a eunuch.

Let’s see … more than 160 million Americans have been vaccinated and no one has come forth with any evidence that they have become a chimp.

So the specious argument continues. Why? Because you can’t talk sensibly to those who adhere to nonsense.

The anti-vaxxers bitch about losing their “freedom.” Hey, they are free to do — or refuse to do — whatever they damn well please.

Just stay the hell away from me and my family. Are we clear?