One trouble with the propaganda is that people who do not want to take the vaccines are painted with broad brush, fired from work, etc. I'm unvaxxed and have not been ill at all.When I felt a suggestion of a cold possibly coming on, I treated it as infection and by the next day all was clear. I treated by my usual routine for possible colds, which is to use baby aspirator with body temperature water to clear nasal passages until completely free flow-through from one side and out the other. I take an aspirin and go to bed. If I get one cold per decade I'm perhaps overestimating. I also took one dose of ivermectin each of the few times I thought I might be coming down with an infection.
I was super masked when they told us to not wear a mask. I gradually reduced the layering until now I never wear one.
Good thinking. Looking at the Ontario data, which shows the boostered are at about double the cases compared to the fully vaxxed..it does look like some damage is being done.
And when it's being administered by parking lot tent newbs doing thousands per day......NOPE.
As an "aside", I've been subjected to improper shot placement by MDs repeatedly, and seen them do it to children, injecting into the wrong butt muscle. I had always thought that it was normal for such shots to feel like you got kicked by a horse, producing pain all the way down to the toes.
I was in favor of the vax mandates (briefly), when we were told-- and it looked like-- vaccines prevented infection almost completely, or that asymptomatic infections in vaccinated people could not be transmitted to others. When it became clear that they didn't-- after the Provincetown incident-- I changed my mind.
What really bugged me was reading in
Rheumatology Today about how to manage the "vaccine hesitant." It was just a list of sound bites that sounded like they were written by some PR company that doctors could use for people with Lupus and similar disorders to reassure them that the vaccine was safe-- with absolutely no explanation of
why it was supposed to be safe. Nothing about the Interferon pathway, T cells, B cells, double-stranded DNA, anti-RNP, Smith Antibodies.
You're right about the 'broad brush,' too, IMHO. I hate the label 'vaccine hesitant.' It's insulting. Why talk down to people? Why not admit what we don't know? That's not good for anybody!
Would we really have had a lower vaccination rate if we'd been more transparent about the risks? I don't think so, I think the vaccination rate might actually have been higher-- particularly among groups for whom the vaccine is probably safer! And if we'd been more transparent, we could change policy faster if it turns out that multiple vaccinations really do translate to significantly higher risk.
Instead, the formula is always the same: People are stupid. Don't go off message, just keep saying the same thing over and over again. That doesn't leave a lot of room to change the standard of care quickly when this little b*tch starts mutating and behaving in ways no one expected.
We see things very differently on many, even most, issues, but on this one, you're not alone. It makes me feel less hopeless when it's possible to have a healthy exchange of ideas with someone I usually disagree with. Ride hard, ride fast, and stay safe out there, man!
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Or just take the cowardly route again.
