I'm the regular commentator who got the visits (two of them) to my house from a county official hew in New Jersey. That first visit was a rough day, among the roughest of this whole mess, because it was such a shock (the second time I was at lest emotionally prepared for it). I remember coming to this forum immediately after the incident to share what had happened, and how I was shaking and teary writing that post, dumbfounded by what was going on and feeling very alone.
But the fact that my experience helped convince someone else to resist makes me feel a bit better. We all had different challenges in standing up for our choices, and I'm glad my wretched experience with that horrible county worker - who went out of her way to act so nice and chat me up about the recent hurricane and flooding that had severely impacted out town, before finally making it clear that she was actually there to violate my right to medical privacy and try to bully me - at least produced some good.
I've taken strength from other people's stores, so I'm glad mine helped someone else.
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Re: The Epiphany (A reflection thread on pandemic choices)
Date: 2023-07-19 12:35 pm (UTC)I'm the regular commentator who got the visits (two of them) to my house from a county official hew in New Jersey. That first visit was a rough day, among the roughest of this whole mess, because it was such a shock (the second time I was at lest emotionally prepared for it). I remember coming to this forum immediately after the incident to share what had happened, and how I was shaking and teary writing that post, dumbfounded by what was going on and feeling very alone.
But the fact that my experience helped convince someone else to resist makes me feel a bit better. We all had different challenges in standing up for our choices, and I'm glad my wretched experience with that horrible county worker - who went out of her way to act so nice and chat me up about the recent hurricane and flooding that had severely impacted out town, before finally making it clear that she was actually there to violate my right to medical privacy and try to bully me - at least produced some good.
I've taken strength from other people's stores, so I'm glad mine helped someone else.
Mauve Erudite Stoat