Once again, some very good points. The hysteria is drowning out the voices of people who are just doing their best to look at the available evidence and properly calculate the risks and trade offs . . . People like Dr. John Campbell, who are willing to entertain the possibility that natural immunity might be a superior form of protection for most healthy and young individuals against the disease than vaccines . . . that the decision whether or not to take the vaccine is better left to an individual and his/her doctor. https://youtu.be/9bamaEMftg4 Opinions on how to battle this Pandemic can differ, but coercion and lies have never been the primary tools in epidemiologists' guidelines for dealing with a pandemic.
“people who were fully on board with the push-back against the worst excesses of critical race theory becoming hostile to former allies who question the Covid vaccine and specifically vaccine mandates.” Jenny, FYI, the hostility goes both ways. I’m now shunned by your side for not altering my position re: vaccines, masks, etc.
I'm sorry to hear that. I have not shunned anyone who is simply making the choices for themselves, but I can't speak for what others do. I have, though, had words with people who think I should be banned from public spaces because I'm doing what I think is right for me. I'm not surprised by what you say though, I've seen it in action. It's divide and conquer, the oldest trick in the book.
Well, that’s just silly, so no. My guess is that we will eventually have to accept Covid as a constant challenge, just like flu, and adjust our fear level. But as we are all on a steep learning curve here, we could at least accommodate people whose fear of Covid is greater than our own without the snark. I live in a retirement community, so in addition to concern for my own health, I have 500 vulnerable neighbors. We have mostly now had boosters, so we are welcoming some friends and family into our community. But no one wants to expose others here to Covid even though most of us will live through it now that we’re vaxxed and boosted, something that wasn’t at all true a year ago.
I don’t even know you, so I’ve no idea what we might agree on. I guess we disagree about Covid, but by listening to a bunch of people I don’t normally interact with, I’ve found I agree with them on some things, disagree on other things. This hardening of attitudes that I sense from you really won’t work in the long run. I’m sure of that.
Once again, some very good points. The hysteria is drowning out the voices of people who are just doing their best to look at the available evidence and properly calculate the risks and trade offs . . . People like Dr. John Campbell, who are willing to entertain the possibility that natural immunity might be a superior form of protection for most healthy and young individuals against the disease than vaccines . . . that the decision whether or not to take the vaccine is better left to an individual and his/her doctor. https://youtu.be/9bamaEMftg4 Opinions on how to battle this Pandemic can differ, but coercion and lies have never been the primary tools in epidemiologists' guidelines for dealing with a pandemic.
“people who were fully on board with the push-back against the worst excesses of critical race theory becoming hostile to former allies who question the Covid vaccine and specifically vaccine mandates.” Jenny, FYI, the hostility goes both ways. I’m now shunned by your side for not altering my position re: vaccines, masks, etc.
I'm sorry to hear that. I have not shunned anyone who is simply making the choices for themselves, but I can't speak for what others do. I have, though, had words with people who think I should be banned from public spaces because I'm doing what I think is right for me. I'm not surprised by what you say though, I've seen it in action. It's divide and conquer, the oldest trick in the book.
Has someone demanded that you not visit them until you are no longer vaccinated?
Well, that’s just silly, so no. My guess is that we will eventually have to accept Covid as a constant challenge, just like flu, and adjust our fear level. But as we are all on a steep learning curve here, we could at least accommodate people whose fear of Covid is greater than our own without the snark. I live in a retirement community, so in addition to concern for my own health, I have 500 vulnerable neighbors. We have mostly now had boosters, so we are welcoming some friends and family into our community. But no one wants to expose others here to Covid even though most of us will live through it now that we’re vaxxed and boosted, something that wasn’t at all true a year ago.
I don’t even know you, so I’ve no idea what we might agree on. I guess we disagree about Covid, but by listening to a bunch of people I don’t normally interact with, I’ve found I agree with them on some things, disagree on other things. This hardening of attitudes that I sense from you really won’t work in the long run. I’m sure of that.
It’s an interesting time because there’s no middle ground anymore. No compassionate person would want to live in the society that’s being engineered.
"The centre cannot hold" -- as true now as it was when it was written.