I IDENTIFY AS VACCINATED

Since I only just heard a caller to a radio talk show use the phrase, I suppose I am late to this “party.” What party? Well, here is the phrase.

I identify as vaccinated.

When I first heard the phrase, I was puzzled. What is that about? After a moment, I figured it out and chuckled. Then I wondered. How long had that idea been floating about? So, I searched.

• New Merch Alert: Behold The ‘I Identify As Vaccinated’ T-Shirt | The Babylon Bee
• Conservatives Are Saying They ‘Identify as Vaccinated’ (dailydot.com)
• Can you identify as fully vaccinated against COVID-19? – Deseret News

I did not do an extremely careful search, but “The Babylon Bee,” that most prestigious of news organizations, seems to have had the earliest scoop. However, that phrase may have been printed on a tee-shirt at an earlier date. There…