Fair enough, sounds like a well balanced response. Now I am talking from strictly a treatment side, that's something that people don't hear about enough. They were told the Poke was the cure all needed to "get life back to normal". Nothing else works to the point that any talk of anything else is literally censored. Then there are the nonsensical PPE protocols the "experts" insist everyone follow. In my opinion, they are going to get people killed when, not if, something truly deadly rolls around. This is followed by story after story of people needlessly being put on ventilators when other breathing treaments are available. I'm not talking about anecdotal FR posts. I'm talking about reports from people I know personally and trust as professionals saying they have seen it first hand. I'm sorry, ventilators kill and are a last, last resort type of thing to me. That's something I've believed since long before this whole thing. All the COOF response did was fortify my belief. Now, people have been told that the un-Poked are the reason for mutations by the "experts". Not saying mutations won't happen in an vaccinated population. I'm saying that this narrative is misleading and meant to vilify the un-Poked and coerce them in to going against their morals.
From the beginning little about this has been about public safety. It's been about politics and control. If you are as credentialed as you say (I am taking you at your word), then I applaud you for trying to educate people on a something that is complex and cryptic to most, even in the best of times. I have to add, though, as a layman with quite a bit more exposure to the practicing side of medicine than most, the way you and others that say they are credentialed go about it, it comes off as a defense of the party line; whether it is meant to be or not.
Take that for what it's worth. If you, and others could address the politics masquerading as medicine, as well as the actual medicine side of things, I think your messaging would be much more well received.
Have a great weekend.
I have addressed some of the politics. I am against mask mandates lockdown and forced vaccination. Speaking out about the wilder conspiracy theories and downright wrong information is not defending the party line. In the same vein there could be actual discussion if those against the vaccine would disavow some of the over the top crazy stuff out there, admit that covid exists, and talk about real issues. Meanwhile those of us on the frontline will continue to take the best care of our patients we can. Have a good weekend as well.