These stories have nothing to do with one another, but they are both so dumb that they deserve a dual Dumbest Take of the Day award. First: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says the border wall will be painted black to stop people from climbing it, because black gets hot in the sun. Apparently gloves and nighttime never occurred to her. In unrelated news, The Dispatch has this gem about whether vaccinated kids should play with unvaccinated kids. It lacks any critical information about which vaccines offer herd immunity and which do not. Not all vaccines prevent transmission or provide herd immunity. For instance, tetanus isn’t contagious — it’s usually contracted from animal feces. So unless your living room is full of horse manure, you don’t need to worry about whether the neighbor kid got his tetanus shot. Why do outlets keep writing about vaccines as if they’re one monolithic “protected class” with identical attributes? They’re not. It’s as if they are trying really hard not to know that. It’s lazy, misleading — and in this case, flat-out idiotic. The post Dumb and Dumbr appeared first on Redacted.