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DON'T show grim reaper grabbing child! WW2 drawing by Charles Henry Alston for the Office of War Information NARA ID 535617.

DON'T show crying babies! Baby receives polio and tuberculosis vaccine 11/8/1983. NARA ID 6374069.

DON'T show animal testing! Army Camp Upton, NY, 8/19/1918. NARA ID 45494994.

DON'T show "behind the scenes" resembling a prison kitchen! "Making typhoid vaccine for the Army, Navy, and Marines." WWI image, 2/1918, NARA ID 45496240.

DON'T show "behind the scenes" that resembles a barista making pour over coffee! "Making typhoid vaccine for the Army, Navy, and Marines." WWI, 2/1918, NARA ID 45496236.

DON'T show unhappy people! Vaccination of German WWI POWs, 9/27/1917, NARA IDs 45496232 and 16579624.

DON'T show kid staring at needle and random medical hands! WWII poster, Office of War Information. NARA ID 514611.

FLASHBACK: How NOT to Promote Vaccines

By Miriam Kleiman, Public Affairs

During this largest vaccination drive in history, we again look to history for guidance on public outreach.

DOs and DON'Ts:

DON'T show crying babies!  Certainly not those who need to be held down by mom and two soldiers!

DON'T show the Grim Reaper grabbing an innocent child!

DON'T show animal testing!

DON'T show miserable shot recipients!

DON'T show labs that look like prison kitchens or coffee bars!

DO accentuate the POSITIVE!

Vaccinations can be fun! Employees receive Typhoid vaccine, 3/31/1945, Newport News, VA, NARA ID 138926831.

Smiles, Everyone. SMILES! Ricardo Montalbán, Fantasy Island

It is true that we didn't have too many great rock albums in 2021, but on the bright side, we did get a handful of excellent debuts from amazingly talented new bands that promise a brighter future just around the corner. Dry Cleaning's "New Long Leg" impressed us the most with its unique combination of inspired post-punk musical landscapes and stream of consciousness, spoken word lyrics that make each song a captivating short story with unexpected plot twists.

Black Country, New Road's "For The First Time" and Squid's "Bright Green Field" complete the trio of amazing rock debuts of 2021, a breath of fresh air for fans of adventurous guitar music.

Our Top 5 is completed by two explosive punk rock records, "Comfort To Me", the second and best effort so far by Australia's Amyl And The Sniffers, and "Crawler", the fourth full length by the unstoppable force that is Idles.

Here are the 10 favorite albums of Cool Music Central for 2021 and you can click here to see what else is in our Top 30 of the Year at the moment:

1. New long leg - DRY CLEANING

2. Comfort to me - AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS

3. For the first time - BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD

4. Crawler - IDLES

5. Bright green field - SQUID

6. Sympathy for life - PARQUET COURTS

7. Ignorance - THE WEATHER STATION

8. Flock - JANE WEAVER

9. As days get dark - ARAB STRAP

10. On all fours - GOAT GIRL

"For The First Time" is a triumph, both as a document of who this band have been up to now, and a thrilling hint as to where they may head next.

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#5 IDLES - Crawler (Partisan Records)

#6 The Coral - Coral Island (Modern Sky, Run on Records)

#7 Nation Of Language - A Way Forward (PIAS)

#8 Squid - Bright Green Field (Warp Records)

#9 Mogwai - As The Love Continues (Rock Action)

#10 Ty Segall - Harmonizer (Drag City)

#11 Bicep - Isles (Ninja Tune)

#12 Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams (Transgressive)

#13 The Goon Sax - Mirror II (Matador)

#14 Dinosaur Jr. - Sweep It Into Space (Jagjaguar)

#15 Parquet Courts - Sympathy For Life (Rough Trade)

#16 TV Priest - Uppers (Sub Pop)

#17 Mush - Lines Reducted (Mephis Industries)

#18 Jane Weaver - Flock (Fire Records)

#19 TORRES - Thirstier (Merge Records)