My guess is that you're right about the majority of the elites. However, I do wonder if there was a minority of them that were vaccine skeptical and faked it. Elites are used to being able to get what they want, and I suspect that they would be willing to look the other way about closeted unvaccinated within their class so as to present a unified front to the public.
I remember reading several accounts from when covid fear was in high gear of people going to elite events and being surprised that they didn't seem to care much about covid at all. This was often in the context of conspiratorial speculations but I think there's another explanation that's the most plausible to me. Elites themselves tend to be more bold as opposed to the PMC which is encouraged to be meek and submissive. Also, elites think they're insulated from the problems of the common people, so they could both believe the narrative that covid is a huge threat to the world that authoritarian action is the only way to solve, but also not be too worried about catching it themselves, after all they can pay for what they consider to be the best medical care in the world. Thus, I doubt too many of them are worried about being around closeted unvaccinated of their own class, but public dissention is unacceptable because their power depends on the narrative, and they're much more worried about losing power and status than about catching covid.
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Date: 2023-01-14 11:12 pm (UTC)I remember reading several accounts from when covid fear was in high gear of people going to elite events and being surprised that they didn't seem to care much about covid at all. This was often in the context of conspiratorial speculations but I think there's another explanation that's the most plausible to me. Elites themselves tend to be more bold as opposed to the PMC which is encouraged to be meek and submissive. Also, elites think they're insulated from the problems of the common people, so they could both believe the narrative that covid is a huge threat to the world that authoritarian action is the only way to solve, but also not be too worried about catching it themselves, after all they can pay for what they consider to be the best medical care in the world. Thus, I doubt too many of them are worried about being around closeted unvaccinated of their own class, but public dissention is unacceptable because their power depends on the narrative, and they're much more worried about losing power and status than about catching covid.