I was in a conference call last week and several people were just SO relieved that they got their first shot. Others were on the list and just so anxious about whether or not it would be available for them... they were all jonesing so bad to get this injection. I was just flabbergasted. I like to think I work with smart people, but I swear everyone has been brainwashed.
People don’t even know it’s not a real / “normal” vaccine and does not inhibit them from getting COVID, it only portends to lessen the effects & symptoms.
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I was a "zoom call" the other day and one of the folks, a NYC based media type, said something about "herd immunity" being the goal of getting everyone vaccinated. Then, "everything will open up."
We were ridiculed for talking about "herd immunity" last spring as an argument against being "locked down" and practicing "social distancing."
I really wish these Leftists could keep their story straight.
I hate it whenever I have to talk to anyone I work with. I have lost complete respect for any of them.
I guess perhaps some agree with me and see the ‘rona for what it is, but they are afraid to say.
Since I don’t know who is who— I have been surprised this past year by the views of people I otherwise thought of as sensible— I just can’t bring myself to have any favorable opinion of any colleague.
re: vaccination
I live on an island with a population of around 2500. All arrivals from outside are tested on arrival and quarantined for two weeks.
In 11 months, there have been about fifty positive tests, about half of which were visitors. About half of the visitors left before test results came back. The rest did not show symptoms while here.
Of the roughly two dozen locals who tested positive, six reported symptoms ranging from sniffles to moderate flu-like coughing, congestion and sneezing.
No one has been admitted to the clinic or evacuated for treatment for COVID19.
No one has died or been seriously ill due to the virus.
There are no current COVID cases or individuals in quarantine.
Yet the local mask mandate was just renewed indefinitely by the borough assembly. The mandate is not enforced anywhere except the borough office building, not even the Post Office. Still, a lot of people go around wearing a mask all the time and there are a couple of local businesses that won’t let you in without one. Nevertheless, I went grocery shopping today and stopped in the hardware store and post office mask free.
There is functionally zero risk here. Still an awful lot of people go around masked at all times and there is way too much excitement about the vaccine. Some of us are just dumfounded that our friends and neighbors are so frightened.
“I like to think I work with smart people, but I swear everyone has been brainwashed.”
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I meant to respond to you this morning. That is my sister in a nutshell. I just read something from the American Thinker and then from Market Ticker on this.
She’s gotten both her jabs and feels sooo much better. She won’t up her Vit D levels because the govmint, so she stays basically unhealthy.
My sister works for a supposedly Conservative pediatrician and they all got their shots, including him. I’m so angry. I’m angry at her for being dumb and not reading or even just listening to someone on the radio. I’m angry at her boss for being dumb, too.
But get this, her boss didn’t believe asthma was real until his brother had an asthma attack, nearly died, and is now brain damaged. Yeah. I don’t mean to be a doomer, but I kind of except her to get sick and pass.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/02/a_doctors_view_about_the_new_mrna_vaccines.html
http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=241577
Petey