Covid Good News and Resources Post
Oct. 19th, 2021 01:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ecosophia
In last weeks semi-open post on the Covid situation, several people posted stories of things going right in the middle of the current mess. Some had seen unvaccinated people reaching out to support one another, some had succeeded in getting exemptions from vaccine mandates, some had quit or been fired and landed on their feet in new and better jobs, and so on. One reader also posted a link to a job board where companies that aren't requiring vaccinations are looking for people to hire. Amid all the increasingly grim news, those were welcome bursts of hope. I asked if my readers wanted a post specifically for such things, and the response was by and large positive. So here we are. This is a place to post two kinds of comments. The first are your own upbeat and encouraging stories, to help other people get past the hopelessness that's being pushed so hard by the corporate media, and give all of us a place to recharge before plunging back into the fight. The second are resources -- job boards are a good example -- so those of us who reject vaccine mandates have some help dealing with the consequences of obeying our conscience and common sense instead of the mass media.
Note #1: no content advocating the commission of any illegal act will be put through. Back in my misspent youth, the counterculture types I knew had a standard response when somebody tried that: "Anyone who advocates illegal activity in a public forum is either a moron or an agent provocateur. Which are you?"
Note #2: I will be moderating this comment thread very strictly indeed. If I think you're trying to derail it from its intended purpose, your comment will be deleted. If you try that repeatedly you will be banned. If you think that's unfair, tough: my journal, my rules.
With that, let the conversation begin!
Update: I've just had half a dozen people try to post things unrelated to the theme of this post -- some of it material that belongs on the open post, some of it material that's entirely off topic. This has put me in an irritable mood, and when I'm in an irritable mood I do things like banning people from my forums for life. Don't push it.
Community Coming Together
Date: 2021-10-20 12:33 am (UTC)It's been hectic and difficult getting the kids used to a daily routine and something resembling a regular 'school day'. (Many of them have not been in a regular school routine for two years, since Ontario teachers were striking in the fall of 2019, immediately before schools began to be shut down). Nevertheless I've been encouraged to hear from parents that their kids are thriving on all the social play time and natural stimulation they've been needing for so long.
And I've been quite surprised and moved to find that I'm enjoying getting to know my students' parents and my fellow teachers. At our recent fall open house, I stood around eating healthy sugar-free snacks discussing, among other things, natural cancer treatment methods, the weird machinations of global finance, and astrological timing. All these years that I've been reading JMG and wishing for a community with whom to talk about taboo topics, and now covid seems to have drummed up just such a community and given me a place in it.
It's not been an easy season by any means, but I am grateful for the strength of the network that I see emerging around me, and around this school.
- Dylan
Re: Community Coming Together
Date: 2021-10-20 04:03 pm (UTC)Currently I’m ok with just staying away and supporting my kids from a distance so they can continue to go to school. But once children are mandated I will need to pull them out. I know that we may be homeschooling at some point. We did this when they were little. But for older kids I would love a school or group environment. I’m hoping it doesn’t come to that as I love the Waldorf education they are getting. I appreciate hearing your story as it makes me feel more hopeful.
Tamar
Re: Community Coming Together
Date: 2021-10-20 10:24 pm (UTC)I could point you to studies that show mask cause health and psychological problems in kids (and adults too). Anecdotical, they might also reduce the IQ. Plus, you implicitly support an authoritarian government.
The way the powers that be see it, once you gave up something as big as your kid's ability to properly breathe, you will end up giving up everything. And I am afraid they are correct and most people will continue giving up.
Re: Community Coming Together
Date: 2021-10-21 03:15 am (UTC)I will support the school community as long as I feel I can and if things change for the worse then I will move on. And that will be sad for my kids which is why I was willing to make this concession.
Re: Community Coming Together
Date: 2021-10-21 12:09 am (UTC)We always meant to homeschool our 5 year old and with the potential of mandating 5-11 shots, we will definitely do so. In the mean time, through our local health freedom group, we found a seasoned Waldorf teacher who won't get "foxxed" and is working on setting up some kind of co-op for next year. There is a groundswell of support, including families from the local Waldorf school, which sounds like yours.
Perhaps you can put the word out there and see what comes of it. As they say, if you build it, they will come. Like so many here, beyond the anger towards what is happening, I feel quite invigorated by
being part of building something new.
Good Luck!
Ellen
Re: Community Coming Together
Date: 2021-10-21 03:11 am (UTC)Best of luck with your new school/group!
Tamar
Re: Community Coming Together
Date: 2021-10-21 01:51 pm (UTC)Here in Quebec we are a group of families planning to organize homeschooling for their kids once the vaccine mandate for children of 5-11 is implemented.
Do you have any additional information that could help us better understand how the alternative school is set up.
Keep up the good work !
Sapienter Si Sincere
Re: Community Coming Together
Date: 2021-10-21 04:03 pm (UTC)Here in Quebec we are a group of families planning to organize homeschooling for their kids once the vaccine mandate for children of 5-11 is implemented.
Do you have any additional information you could share that would help us better understand how your alternative school is set up.
Keep up the good work !
Sapienter Si Sincere