In late 2019, my cat fell ill. Turned out to be diabetes caused by improperly prescribed thyroid meds (which admittedly, he did need at a different dose). Vet should've lowered the dose after the first month or so, but never did. He was within days of death (I'd just thought he was slowing down due to age - I was kind of an idiot and I regret that, but that's not the story here)... anyway, I was told he needed to be on insulin if I wanted to save him. I ended up reading a lot of scientific literature on feline endocrinology and when I reported my research findings to the vet (that the dosage had been too high, that diabetes is treatable with change to high protein diet, etc.), I was majorly gaslighted and told I was wrongety wrong wrong and the cat would be going into ketoacidosis if I didn't act as they told me to.
Obviously I fired the vet. We decided on hands off, no-drama, let the cat have his last days in peace. In the meantime, I dramatically reduced the thyroid meds and started him on a high protein diet (in spite of diabetes-caused kidney issues). He lived another three fantastic years.
That experience primed me to suspect medical experts a few months later when things went sideways in the human realm.
I kept looking at our county's "dashboard" and scanning the local paper for information which I could use to assess risk and all they would tell us was that x number of women in my age group had been infected and y number had died. There was never info about comorbidities or risk factors - and that just raised red flags for me.
My family did succumb to some of the propaganda. We didn't question masks because our previous years living in Asia had normalized their use and we thought they DID work. To my immense regret, I was unable to convince my two daughters to avoid the injections - both seem to be ok as of this point, and eventually the youngest woke up and is now on the same page I'm on. My husband managed to sidestep Germany's requirements for his work-required travel there and so the two of us remain uninjected.
When IM Doc at Naked Capitalism deconstructed the Pfizer study documents when they were first released, there were too many more red flags waving around - and then when it turned out that the control group was injected, I knew that this was not about "science."
I credit a lot of the information shared here and on the main blog for helping me keep a clear mental field by which to assess all the social and media stupidity and decide not to partake.
I appreciate hearing everyone else's story. I have a small social circle (more like a social dot - I mostly stay home) and didn't experience the full awfulness, so I don't think I had it nearly as hard as many of you. You have my respect.
Re: The Epiphany (A reflection thread on pandemic choices)
Obviously I fired the vet. We decided on hands off, no-drama, let the cat have his last days in peace. In the meantime, I dramatically reduced the thyroid meds and started him on a high protein diet (in spite of diabetes-caused kidney issues). He lived another three fantastic years.
That experience primed me to suspect medical experts a few months later when things went sideways in the human realm.
I kept looking at our county's "dashboard" and scanning the local paper for information which I could use to assess risk and all they would tell us was that x number of women in my age group had been infected and y number had died. There was never info about comorbidities or risk factors - and that just raised red flags for me.
My family did succumb to some of the propaganda. We didn't question masks because our previous years living in Asia had normalized their use and we thought they DID work. To my immense regret, I was unable to convince my two daughters to avoid the injections - both seem to be ok as of this point, and eventually the youngest woke up and is now on the same page I'm on. My husband managed to sidestep Germany's requirements for his work-required travel there and so the two of us remain uninjected.
When IM Doc at Naked Capitalism deconstructed the Pfizer study documents when they were first released, there were too many more red flags waving around - and then when it turned out that the control group was injected, I knew that this was not about "science."
I credit a lot of the information shared here and on the main blog for helping me keep a clear mental field by which to assess all the social and media stupidity and decide not to partake.
I appreciate hearing everyone else's story. I have a small social circle (more like a social dot - I mostly stay home) and didn't experience the full awfulness, so I don't think I had it nearly as hard as many of you. You have my respect.