I was already not in a demographic given to looking for doctor's advice. TCM training gave me a sense of confidence that the body is capable of working through most physical ailments, and the little bit of gentle help from herbs, or from the movement and regulation of qi, can be beneficial when it gets stuck.
I had also begun to pay specific attention to vaccines, the way they are argued for, and the issues their marketers are given to dodging, when I started to research the HPV vaccine a few years prior.
So, while I was probably never going to go looking for a vaccination, given all of the above, I can safely say that a vaccination never came looking for me, either. Neither my husband nor I have had a reason to seek a doctor's advice for many, many years, and we seem to be well enough out of most "loops" whether social or bureaucratic, through which other people found pressure building - whether family or work or local welfare or healthcare services. It just never arose that either of us was ever offered a vaccine, or asked whether we were vaccinated by anyone who cared that we weren't.
But of course, we were aware that there was a circus going on somewhere, we just so happened to have found ourselves already outside of the tent while it was going on.
Neither of us ever encountered any voices either for or against. We made a good team, though, and continue to feel blessed to have had our lucky escape from the general madness.
Re: The Epiphany (A reflection thread on pandemic choices)
I was already not in a demographic given to looking for doctor's advice. TCM training gave me a sense of confidence that the body is capable of working through most physical ailments, and the little bit of gentle help from herbs, or from the movement and regulation of qi, can be beneficial when it gets stuck.
I had also begun to pay specific attention to vaccines, the way they are argued for, and the issues their marketers are given to dodging, when I started to research the HPV vaccine a few years prior.
So, while I was probably never going to go looking for a vaccination, given all of the above, I can safely say that a vaccination never came looking for me, either. Neither my husband nor I have had a reason to seek a doctor's advice for many, many years, and we seem to be well enough out of most "loops" whether social or bureaucratic, through which other people found pressure building - whether family or work or local welfare or healthcare services. It just never arose that either of us was ever offered a vaccine, or asked whether we were vaccinated by anyone who cared that we weren't.
But of course, we were aware that there was a circus going on somewhere, we just so happened to have found ourselves already outside of the tent while it was going on.
Neither of us ever encountered any voices either for or against. We made a good team, though, and continue to feel blessed to have had our lucky escape from the general madness.