“Indeed. The mere asking of the question tells them the answer, which is why it’s so important to discourage them from ever asking it again of anyone. An uncomfortably rude question in return might make all but the most oblivious think twice before asking it of a stranger again.”
“On the other hand, those of us unwilling to be jabbed must not let ourselves be silenced. Many could take our ambiguity (rude or not) for representing way smaller of a minority than we are at present. That could in turn soon become a self-fulfilling prophecy, from people thinking there aren’t many left who haven’t been jabbed, and thus more easily falling prey to peer pressure. Then it would be all that easier to force compliance on those who remained.
It’s a sticky wicket. Perhaps I’m just overthinking things. But that’s why my favorite response still continues to be some variation of “I’m in the control group.”
Or maybe we should get even more up in *their* faces with it. Gain the upper hand, so to speak. Like first answer them, puzzled, “What vaccine?” and then, after whatever they answer you with, reply with feigned surprise, “Oh! You didn’t get *yourself* injected with one of those half-baked experimental drugs that are causing so many adverse reactions and deaths, did you?” Then look at them condescendingly, with a hint of pity, before walking away...”
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I like the way both of you are thinking. Unfortunately, I don’t get asked if I got the vax. I think it is because those who know me know how I will respond. Maybe my eyes tell strangers that they best not mess with me.
I would have no problem telling people off and cursing them out.
But I think a more thought-provoking response is probably best and I need to train myself to be ready with it and resist my natural impulse to snap at people.
I was thinking something like:
“No, I accepted an opportunity to be in the control group and am being paid handsomely for taking on the very small risk that I will contract the dread virus ‘rona and get very sick or die. Statistically-speaking, someone my age and in my condition has about a 3 in 1000 chance of this happening. That is what the scientific data shows.
Since we don’t know what long-term effects the vaccines will have in people, especially the ones using mRNA technology for the first time in humans and especially after such technology has such bad results in animals, it is important we have a sizable enough control group of unvaxxed people with which to come up with statistically-significant results when comparing the two groups. There is no scientific data as yet on longer-term problems that vaxxed people might have. For instance, we don’t know if the vaccine will prime their immune systems to specialize in fighting off the virus at the expense of not being able to ward off all the other usual viruses out there, such as the flu virus and regular corona viruses.”
They don’t have to know that the opportunity to be part of the control group is one I granted to myself and the pay I am receiving is peace of mind.
I like it, CTC.