Vaccinski
During the (increasingly regular) power cuts that deprive the family of Netflix for half an hour, or when the arguments about who finished the Bombay Mix abate long enough for a different topic of conversation to arise, I like to drop a contentious statement into the mixer and see where we end up. Different rooms usually. If it sticks, though, it’s great fun and it certainly kills the time until the telly crackles back into life and a new supply of salty snacks is found.
My go-to contentious statement these days is about Sputnik V, the Russian Covid-19 vaccine. You see, I’d have it, and I’ve been saying so for months in the teeth of scorn and derision from friends and family.