I would say it was a slow process, but thinking about it, it wasn't a slow process from yes to no, it was a slow process from, "meh" to "over my dead body!"
When cooties showed up I was not concerned. I have never had the flu in my life (now mid-50's). None of my immediate family has ever had the flu, including my grandparents who were children during the Spanish Flu. I said that I would like to meet this virus and make friends with it, and I wasn't joking.
So when the shots came out I was not interested in taking one. I mean, why would I? It's all risk and no benefit. And by 2021, it was clear that cooties wasn't anywhere near as deadly as they claimed at first. But then the mandates came out, and it really looked like I would lose my career of 28 years. So, okay, I see the benefit now, sort of.
My very first thought when the shots came out was that there is no way the can claim "safe and effective" with such a new drug. No long-term data at all? Thanks, but come back in a year or two and we'll see. But to MANDATE that everyone take it? It didn't make any sense. Not medically anyway. That really got my hackles up! If it's so good, there should be no reason to mandate it. I became very suspicious and very determined not to take it.
The thought of losing my job was a heavy burden, and I was in a dark place. I vowed to stand my ground, and when they come for me to die in a fire-fight and try to take at least one of them with me. I never actually contemplated suicide, but I think one of the only things that prevented that was the existence of this forum where I could see that I was not alone and I could get information that I trusted. If JMG had refused to discuss it, as he did at first, I don't know what would have happened to me. Certainly nothing good.
Fortunately, I didn't lose my job, and I didn't quit out of fear of losing my job. They still haven't lifted the mandate, they're just "not enforcing it", which is not reassuring, but we take it day by day. If nothing else this has been a very eye-opening and life-changing experience to live through.
Re: The Epiphany (A reflection thread on pandemic choices)
When cooties showed up I was not concerned. I have never had the flu in my life (now mid-50's). None of my immediate family has ever had the flu, including my grandparents who were children during the Spanish Flu. I said that I would like to meet this virus and make friends with it, and I wasn't joking.
So when the shots came out I was not interested in taking one. I mean, why would I? It's all risk and no benefit. And by 2021, it was clear that cooties wasn't anywhere near as deadly as they claimed at first. But then the mandates came out, and it really looked like I would lose my career of 28 years. So, okay, I see the benefit now, sort of.
My very first thought when the shots came out was that there is no way the can claim "safe and effective" with such a new drug. No long-term data at all? Thanks, but come back in a year or two and we'll see. But to MANDATE that everyone take it? It didn't make any sense. Not medically anyway. That really got my hackles up! If it's so good, there should be no reason to mandate it. I became very suspicious and very determined not to take it.
The thought of losing my job was a heavy burden, and I was in a dark place. I vowed to stand my ground, and when they come for me to die in a fire-fight and try to take at least one of them with me. I never actually contemplated suicide, but I think one of the only things that prevented that was the existence of this forum where I could see that I was not alone and I could get information that I trusted. If JMG had refused to discuss it, as he did at first, I don't know what would have happened to me. Certainly nothing good.
Fortunately, I didn't lose my job, and I didn't quit out of fear of losing my job. They still haven't lifted the mandate, they're just "not enforcing it", which is not reassuring, but we take it day by day. If nothing else this has been a very eye-opening and life-changing experience to live through.
-Slink