I liked this post because it appears to give honest insight as to where some people are coming from.
The resentment from "good, caring people" is understandable....and some of it misplaced, on the pro and anti mRNA sides. And it is dangerous when it leads to contempt.
"The line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being." - Alexander Solzhenitsyn
There are valid gripes above about the bad effect of high-risk, unvaccinated COVID patients on the medical system. Fair enough. I'm not nearly as pro-mRNA vaccine as some here, but it seems clear the mRNA injections offer valuable protection from severe illness for at least some people. That doesn't mean I think the risk-reward makes it worth it for everyone.
But, we can probably agree that there's a lot of high risk people out there, that should get a vaccine, who won't, because they don't trust the medical system. And that is tragic, and avoidable, and will lead to more unnecessary suffering and death.
But what's the cause? Is it just disinformation? Maybe, but the disinformation doesn't just run one way.
Folks have their reasons for their mistrust, such as: the vaccines have been way oversold, there's no nuance allowed, lockstep solidarity behind whatever the CDC tells us this week, and any inconvenient observations or dissent leads to censorship. People who offer dissent are treated as stupid, evil, ostracized, and discriminated against.
There's no better way to piss people off and harden them against your position than to treat them with contempt. It makes me wonder....just what is the game here? What are our authorities/elites really trying to accomplish? Is public health really the driving goal? Or is it just monomaniacal focus on forcing everyone to get vaccinated, with no other considerations? Because it doesn't seem to be interested in convincing people, but to try and shame them...which pisses them off and makes them more susceptible to extreme dissent and resistance.
When nuanced, reasonable dissenting voices are suppressed, then the unreasonable voices will come to dominate.
I've heard some of that here. FLCCC docs are just grifters and quacks. Really? There's room for criticism, sure. But consider these two FLCCC docs: Eric Osgood is proud of the work done there, thinks the therapeutics were beneficial, and, surprise, is also very pro-mRNA vaccine (he's since left the FLCCC, not because he's anti-therapeutic, and not because the actual doctors there were anti-vaccine, but because it's not viewed as pro-mRNA enough). FLCCC fonder Paul Merrik is not as high on mRNA vaccines, but he is vaccinated, would do it again, and recommends it for high risk people.
Huh. Heads explode. How many people bothered to hear what some of these guys actually have to say?
But no, we can't do that because all dissenting voices must be lumped in with "Alex Jones", and the vaccines are the devil's sperm
The concerns of Geert Vanden Bossche, Tom Malone, Bret Weinstein, the dissenting (former) voices at the FDA, the medical authorities of several northern European countries with nuanced positions about mass vaccination (non of whom are completely opposed to mRNA vaccines BTW)...there's room for criticism, but we're not supposed to even discuss their concerns. It's apparently too dangerous to let people think or speak.
We're not supposed to think in terms of nuance....it's either
1) you're 100% pro-vaccine, all the time, for every situation, there's no room for any doubt, we should absolutely trust U.S. authorities, whatever they say, whenever they say it (tomorrow expect the mandate to double mask and quadruple-vax the unborn, on penalty of aborting the mother), everyone is at extreme risk - and to comply means you're one of the "good people", of superior virtue, intelligence and breeding - and you get to travel, work, and have a life (until big brother changes his mind again).
Have any questions about any of this?...SHUT UP
OR, get lumped in with....
2) you're one of "those people" that think COVID is nothing, you'll consult you're astrologer, eat 3 tubes tube of horse dewormer at breakfast - and if you think anything doesn't add up then you're anti-science, evil, and deserve to be excommunicated from society
That's not a path to persuasion, or peace.
There's been some really good, convincing testimony about the value of mRNA vaccines here (I hate calling these injections that protect, but don't immunize, "vaccines", but whatever). The anecdotes here of health of care workers experience's matter, especially when told with some patience and understanding, and admission maybe things aren't perfect, and authorities aren't always right.
And there's also a some snobbish appeals to authority, masked under the mantle of "The Science", that are much less effective.
I'm not at all against science, but "Follow the Science, Inc. (YOU IDIOT!)" might as well take over the role of SPECTRE as the next James Bond movie villain.
There's room for understanding differing perspectives, admitting fault and dealing honestly with counter evidence. Honesty and reason won't convince everyone, but it would help convince the truly at risk/vaccine hesitant folks, that all things considered, the vaccines are probably worth it for them. Honest dialogue builds trust and reduces extremism.
And on the other side, just because you're justifiably resentful (or straight up pissed off) of the gov't, media, and medical institutions, and upset that your doctor doesn't speak up and acknowledge your concerns....that doesn't mean he's wrong about whether you should take a mRNA vaccine.
As bad as COVID is, I'm more worried about the downstream effects of resentment and contempt.
COVID is serious enough, but what happens when a truly deadly pathogen shows up? Public trust in institutions is shattered. Sweden and Japan look pretty good right now.
Anyway, FatCampzWife, thanks for posting this
Lungs are still not normal......but whatever......keep pressing on.
