Since the start of the pandemic, I had been the skeptic in my family. Many acrimonious debates at the outset with extended family, until I reached the point where I decided to give up on “saving” everyone and decided to focus on protecting only myself and my immediate family (I currently live with my elderly parents).
I didn’t give my parents too much guff when they got their first two shots in early 2021, since things were still in flux.
And thanks to the Gods, despite their NPC-like devotion to the MSM and nightly news, they are somewhat sloth-like when it comes to new technologies so neither got their booster.
They both got Covid early in 2022 and sailed through it.
The other day my father - who suffers from heart issues predating Covid - saw his cardiologist. At the end of the meeting the doctor asked him if wanted his yearly flu shot, which he acceded to. Then the doctor asked if he wanted the Covid booster.
I had been doing my best to break through my fathers seemingly bovine constitutional resistance to “alternative” beliefs regarding the Covid vaccines the past year, showing him videos and articles up to the point he could tolerate and I believe it made a difference.
Because he told the doctor “well, my son is something of an anti-vaxxer, so I think I’ll pass”. Apparently the doctor then showed him some brief videos(??) encouraging the vaccine, but my father — bless his heart - still refused. He told me the “doctor” then rolled his eyes at him.
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Date: 2022-12-08 05:07 am (UTC)I didn’t give my parents too much guff when they got their first two shots in early 2021, since things were still in flux.
And thanks to the Gods, despite their NPC-like devotion to the MSM and nightly news, they are somewhat sloth-like when it comes to new technologies so neither got their booster.
They both got Covid early in 2022 and sailed through it.
The other day my father - who suffers from heart issues predating Covid - saw his cardiologist. At the end of the meeting the doctor asked him if wanted his yearly flu shot, which he acceded to. Then the doctor asked if he wanted the Covid booster.
I had been doing my best to break through my fathers seemingly bovine constitutional resistance to “alternative” beliefs regarding the Covid vaccines the past year, showing him videos and articles up to the point he could tolerate and I believe it made a difference.
Because he told the doctor “well, my son is something of an anti-vaxxer, so I think I’ll pass”. Apparently the doctor then showed him some brief videos(??) encouraging the vaccine, but my father — bless his heart - still refused. He told me the “doctor” then rolled his eyes at him.
Then today I read this:
https://petermcculloughmd.substack.com/p/why-doctors-push-covid-19-vaccination