First, it was the post-vaccination selfies and those coveted I’m COVID-19 Vaccinated stickers.
Now, the double-dosed are taking it a step further and wearing their vaccination status emblazoned across their chests. It’s the season of the vaccine slogan tee.
Online craft retailer Etsy is full of eye-catching pro-vaccination merch, such as this ‘Pfizer alumni’ T-shirt. (DoozyDoodle / Etsy)
Online retailer Etsy is awash with them. Some T-shirts are straightforward: the word vaccinated in a pleasing font, for example. Others are more eye-catching: Vaccines cause adults. You can rep Team Moderna or Team Pfizer or simply Team Vaccine. There are Dolly Parton tees, with the word vaccine in place of her song title Jolene, a nod to the country legend’s $1 million donation to help fund the Moderna vaccine. There are cheekier ones, too: Fully vaccinated, still not a hugger and Vaccinated AF.
Review: The Backup Plan
(New Day Rising)
There’s a lot to like about The Backup Plan. I mean, they play really fast, really clean power-punk, sort of like Good Riddance, only most of their songs are about girls. The Backup Plan employ the growingly popular “one guys screams and one guy sings” technique to quite a bit of success, as the tortured, screaming vocals carry so much venom on tracks such as, “I Broke Your Heart and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt” and “Even the Mona Lisa is Falling Apart”, you’ll be calling the Poison Control Center. The relentlessly savage vocals get a bit stale by track five, as the belligerent assault seems to be a little unwavering in its intensity.