Open (More or Less) Post on Covid 109
Sep. 5th, 2023 01:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ecosophia
We are now in the third year of these open posts. As the phrase "died suddenly" repeats in the mass media like a mantra, statistics for work days lost to illness and all-cause mortality mount up in heavily vaccinated nations, and more and more ugly facts about the official response to Covid spill out into public, we are entering what may well turn out to be the most difficult period of the Covid disaster -- the phase in which denial rises in lockstep with the death rate, and a great many people try not to admit what has been done to them by the people and institutions they trusted. It could get ugly, folks. So it's time for another open post. The rules are the same as before:
1. If you plan on parroting the party line of the medical industry and its paid shills, please go away. This is a place for people to talk openly, honestly, and freely about their concerns that the party line in question is dangerously flawed and that actions being pushed by the medical industry et al. are causing injury and death. It is not a place for you to dismiss those concerns. Anyone who wants to hear the official story and the arguments in favor of it can find those on hundreds of thousands of websites.
2. If you plan on insisting that the current situation is the result of a deliberate plot by some villainous group of people or other, please go away. There are tens of thousands of websites currently rehashing various conspiracy theories about the Covid-19 outbreak and the vaccines. This is not one of them. What we're exploring is the likelihood that what's going on is the product of the same arrogance, incompetence, and corruption that the medical industry and its tame politicians have displayed so abundantly in recent decades. That possibility deserves a space of its own for discussion, and that's what we're doing here.
3. If you plan on using rent-a-troll derailing or disruption tactics, please go away. I'm quite familiar with the standard tactics used by troll farms to disrupt online forums, and am ready, willing, and able -- and in fact quite eager -- to ban people permanently for engaging in them here. Oh, and I also lurk on other Covid-19 vaccine skeptic blogs, so I'm likely to notice when the same posts are showing up on more than one venue.
4. If you don't believe in treating people with common courtesy, please go away. I have, and enforce, a strict courtesy policy on my blogs and online forums, and this is no exception. The sort of schoolyard bullying that takes place on so many other internet forums will get you deleted and banned here. Also, please don't drag in current quarrels about sex, race, religions, etc. No, I don't care if you disagree with that: my journal, my rules.
With that said, the floor is open for discussion.
Doc never heard of VAERS!
Date: 2023-09-06 04:33 pm (UTC)Doc is very nice, listened patiently, and finally relented by adding a note to my chart that I had possibly suffered an adverse reaction to the covid vaccine.
Then, doc says, "For your condition, you should take this medication for the rest of your life." I very respectfully said no thanks. Pre-covid me would have said, "Sure! Lemme have it." Post-covid, I just instinctually don't trust the system.
Just a data point. I get a lot out of reading your comments, so I thought it only fair to share mine.
In part due to JMG's influence, my wife and I quit our jobs and moved to the country several years ago. We live on an island, operate a very small farm, grow our own food, cooperate with our neighbors. Ironically, we're enjoying a much, much higher quality life than if the system were still humming along fine, with us back in our cubicles punching keys, making lots of money. So thanks JMG, and the entire commentariat. The future is not dark, it's just different.
Re: Doc never heard of VAERS!
Date: 2023-09-06 05:22 pm (UTC)Erika
Re: Doc never heard of VAERS!
Date: 2023-09-07 11:28 pm (UTC)—Princess Cutekitten
Re: Doc never heard of VAERS!
Date: 2023-09-09 01:13 am (UTC)That's probably how my doc managed to be a doc without knowing what VAERS is. My doc is a nice person, listens, and engages. But that darn Seinfeld episode library, so distracting....choices, choices!
JMG, you should consider curating trash responses like that. That was my first comment ever, and likely my last.
Re: Doc never heard of VAERS!
Date: 2023-09-09 03:13 am (UTC)Re: Doc never heard of VAERS!
Date: 2023-09-09 04:13 am (UTC)But to come off my high horse and simply respond in kind, no Erika, I'm not that old.
Re: Doc never heard of VAERS!
Date: 2023-09-11 07:16 pm (UTC)"Difficult patient" means they are going to have security (or strong orderlies) on call when dealing with you and much less likely to listen to your opinion on anything medical. And that's if they are willing to assist you at all, and not just black list you because they don't want to deal with the hassle. Source: My wife is a nurse who has worked in hospital settings.
Re: Doc never heard of VAERS!
Date: 2023-09-09 03:16 pm (UTC)-Black Tuna and Hand
Re: Doc never heard of VAERS!
Date: 2023-09-12 03:45 am (UTC)It didn't seem to be about the examination I was being sent to book.
Re: Doc never heard of VAERS!
Date: 2023-09-06 09:43 pm (UTC)Cetiosaurus
Re: Doc never heard of VAERS!
Date: 2023-09-09 03:09 pm (UTC)But often, I find the need to remind myself of the words of one of my more memorable sociology instructors. He said "No matter how far away you go, you are still the same person. New and different, yes. But the child is the father of the man." Remembering that and being our own patient advocates has aided us in keeping our goals on track for all these years. Best wishes for you guys on your new adventures.
Re: Doc never heard of VAERS!
Date: 2023-09-11 10:43 pm (UTC)