For many of us, this is one of the toughest things we have had to live through. It is painful to watch people who are smart enough to know better constantly turn a blind eye to the truth of what is happening. My entire profession of dentists in the US appears to be captured! We were lectured by our largest organization (the ADA) to not spread misinformation about masks or vaccines yet we are supposed to respect the critical design of scientific discovery???!! We were also told by the ADA that it is ethical to deny treatment to an unvaccinated person. I do not recognize this world we live in!
I continue to post on our state dental forum, in an effort to enlighten other providers....I feel like I am trying to move mountains :(
Can someone please start a dating app for the unvaccinated? I’ve got two adult sons, 27 and 32, unvaxxed, (like myself), gainfully employed, handsome:), own their own homes, but have become lepers in our circle. This is so infuriating!!
Vaccine efficacy fades over time, so I need to go get a booster.
How do you respond to that?
I carry a sharpie with me wherever I go. Sometimes I write "What the fuck is really going on?" in public spaces because I do think the best way to reach people is to ask questions. We can't provide answers that they'll reject, only ask them to start thinking critically.
Personally, I've found that not mentioning "Covid" or "pandemic" or "vaccine" is helpful. Those words trigger whatever spell they're under and they get defensive.
I just attended the funeral of my father. He was of advanced age but very healthy, jogging 2-3 miles per day. He was very intelligent and did his homework; he held out on getting the shot for nearly a year (he even introduced me to The High Wire).
His doctor finally convinced him to get the J&J in September. Last Monday night, he dropped with a sudden heart attack (clot) and was gone.
If you’re the ‘thinking person’ in your social group, you’re also the one no longer receiving social invitations. So not much of a chance to have that chat, unfortunately. They’re simply too invested at this point; they can’t ‘un-vaccinate’. 🤷🏻♀️
Schadenfreude. A German word. There is no English equivalent. It means deriving pleasure from the suffering and/or misfortune of others. Not a very wholesome notion to embrace admittedly but there are times like these that it is hard to resist at least a measure of this given the way those of us who choose to pass on the so-called vaccines are pilloried and ridiculed and hectored because we/they resist getting jabbed with this stuff. So when one hears about a fully vaccinated person who got the booster shot and who wears a mask all the time while constantly virtue signally how wonderful and responsible he/she is but who nevertheless becomes infected with The SARS2 virus, I readily confess that I get a chuckle when I hear it. Call me a less than a wonderful person for this admission but as Dr. Samuel Johnson once said “It is a virtue to acknowledge the truth even if the judgment falls on your own head.”
Unfortunately a new generation of kids believe in the god that failed. In my k-8 school my students often police themselves on masks and proudly suffer their post-jab “colds” and stare at me in disbelief whenever I speak heresy. Do most parents have the will to change when it takes knowledge to stand against both the high priests of covidianism — namely the politicians who will never admit error and the public health and medical/pharmaceutical establishment whose credibility is at stake; and against the wannabe priestly class, the everyday manager or bureaucrat such as a school board or superintendent, busybodies who keep selling the fear like sunglasses at dusk. Knowledge has been kept from the common people and the children. Most people in my travels do not seem to know or care what happens in Australia or the UK or in Israel. If it doesn’t show up in their feed or “for you” page it doesn’t exist, and if the governor tells you your job is gone because of the pandemic, well, most shrug. There is a pervasive hopelessness more dangerous than any respiratory virus. Just end the testing, end the fear, end the hegemony of the public health industrial complex. For me it all goes back to the redefinition — not of “vaccine” (although that is damning) — but the redefinition of what a “case” is. If it’s not a sick person, if it’s merely a positive PCR test — it’s not worth much.
My husband who is vax injured after the first shot , got refused entry to a restaurant yesterday even with an exemption. He told his friend about what happened and his friend said good. He said that a two teir society is acceptable right now. He said that my husband could’ve gone in the restaurant given someone Covid and killed him… this is what we are dealing with. This person considers him self very progressive, very liberal, very kind. He not care that his best friend, my husband, has a vaccine injury and that this now means he can no longer into a restaurant. These people won’t listen to anything.
Yeah - tried that. Response "Its the unvaccinated silly". I really had to exercise my willpower to not pull out my hair. and to debunk THAT you need to go into SOME detail.
I want to know how the ceo of Pfizer can get on tv and say his vaccine hasn't caused one death? Even Greg Gutfeld a few weeks ago says not one person had died from any of these vaccines. How do they claim this???
I just listened to a Peak Prosperity podcast on mass formation and oh boy are we in one. In a nutshell 30% are true believers and the more absurd the story gets the more they double down, 50% know it doesn't really make sense but go along to get along and then around 20% see through it. We need to reach that 50%....
Is your title a reference to the Metallica song of my adolescence, Alex? :)
Pandemia is fantastic. My mother actually picked up a copy out of curiosity while reading over my shoulder on a recent visit.
Your creative choice to present the material in a narrative, rather than journalistic or report style, is an excellent one- it dramatically increases the readability for people who wouldn't necessarily go into it already relishing lots of raw data and statements around things they already understand.
I believe its popularity WILL move the needle on public opinion. The Fauci book won't hurt, either.
I think this advice is spot on. While I’ve lost friends over this issue over the past 6+ months, I’ve noticed now that a couple of strong friendships with folks who don’t see eye to eye on this - are rising above it - and they’re are starting to wake up. They do not even ask me about this shot for my kids — they know where I stand, but they’ve seemed to loosen up / accept this logic now and our kids all play together unmasked and they’re either comfortable believing that they’re protected by their vax or they see that it makes no difference anyway. Whatever the case, I’m grateful that at least a couple of my friends are showing some capacity to question the narrative and are done with playing into this divisive nonsense! My heart goes out to all of those who have been bullied / injured or worse. Stay strong. ❤️
For many of us, this is one of the toughest things we have had to live through. It is painful to watch people who are smart enough to know better constantly turn a blind eye to the truth of what is happening. My entire profession of dentists in the US appears to be captured! We were lectured by our largest organization (the ADA) to not spread misinformation about masks or vaccines yet we are supposed to respect the critical design of scientific discovery???!! We were also told by the ADA that it is ethical to deny treatment to an unvaccinated person. I do not recognize this world we live in!
I continue to post on our state dental forum, in an effort to enlighten other providers....I feel like I am trying to move mountains :(
Can someone please start a dating app for the unvaccinated? I’ve got two adult sons, 27 and 32, unvaxxed, (like myself), gainfully employed, handsome:), own their own homes, but have become lepers in our circle. This is so infuriating!!
I already know how they'll respond:
Vaccine efficacy fades over time, so I need to go get a booster.
How do you respond to that?
I carry a sharpie with me wherever I go. Sometimes I write "What the fuck is really going on?" in public spaces because I do think the best way to reach people is to ask questions. We can't provide answers that they'll reject, only ask them to start thinking critically.
Personally, I've found that not mentioning "Covid" or "pandemic" or "vaccine" is helpful. Those words trigger whatever spell they're under and they get defensive.
I just attended the funeral of my father. He was of advanced age but very healthy, jogging 2-3 miles per day. He was very intelligent and did his homework; he held out on getting the shot for nearly a year (he even introduced me to The High Wire).
His doctor finally convinced him to get the J&J in September. Last Monday night, he dropped with a sudden heart attack (clot) and was gone.
The same goes for masks. And lockdowns. And social distancing. I’ve said this to a few people. If they worked so well, why aren’t they working?
Those in my sphere still blame it on those unvaccinated. If only everyone was vaccinated, then they’d work. Sigh. SMDH
I’m from Ireland - over 90% vaxxed. Cases out of control. I’m still getting questioned on my (un)vax status and waiting for the tide to turn...
If you’re the ‘thinking person’ in your social group, you’re also the one no longer receiving social invitations. So not much of a chance to have that chat, unfortunately. They’re simply too invested at this point; they can’t ‘un-vaccinate’. 🤷🏻♀️
Schadenfreude. A German word. There is no English equivalent. It means deriving pleasure from the suffering and/or misfortune of others. Not a very wholesome notion to embrace admittedly but there are times like these that it is hard to resist at least a measure of this given the way those of us who choose to pass on the so-called vaccines are pilloried and ridiculed and hectored because we/they resist getting jabbed with this stuff. So when one hears about a fully vaccinated person who got the booster shot and who wears a mask all the time while constantly virtue signally how wonderful and responsible he/she is but who nevertheless becomes infected with The SARS2 virus, I readily confess that I get a chuckle when I hear it. Call me a less than a wonderful person for this admission but as Dr. Samuel Johnson once said “It is a virtue to acknowledge the truth even if the judgment falls on your own head.”
Unfortunately a new generation of kids believe in the god that failed. In my k-8 school my students often police themselves on masks and proudly suffer their post-jab “colds” and stare at me in disbelief whenever I speak heresy. Do most parents have the will to change when it takes knowledge to stand against both the high priests of covidianism — namely the politicians who will never admit error and the public health and medical/pharmaceutical establishment whose credibility is at stake; and against the wannabe priestly class, the everyday manager or bureaucrat such as a school board or superintendent, busybodies who keep selling the fear like sunglasses at dusk. Knowledge has been kept from the common people and the children. Most people in my travels do not seem to know or care what happens in Australia or the UK or in Israel. If it doesn’t show up in their feed or “for you” page it doesn’t exist, and if the governor tells you your job is gone because of the pandemic, well, most shrug. There is a pervasive hopelessness more dangerous than any respiratory virus. Just end the testing, end the fear, end the hegemony of the public health industrial complex. For me it all goes back to the redefinition — not of “vaccine” (although that is damning) — but the redefinition of what a “case” is. If it’s not a sick person, if it’s merely a positive PCR test — it’s not worth much.
My husband who is vax injured after the first shot , got refused entry to a restaurant yesterday even with an exemption. He told his friend about what happened and his friend said good. He said that a two teir society is acceptable right now. He said that my husband could’ve gone in the restaurant given someone Covid and killed him… this is what we are dealing with. This person considers him self very progressive, very liberal, very kind. He not care that his best friend, my husband, has a vaccine injury and that this now means he can no longer into a restaurant. These people won’t listen to anything.
Yeah - tried that. Response "Its the unvaccinated silly". I really had to exercise my willpower to not pull out my hair. and to debunk THAT you need to go into SOME detail.
I want to know how the ceo of Pfizer can get on tv and say his vaccine hasn't caused one death? Even Greg Gutfeld a few weeks ago says not one person had died from any of these vaccines. How do they claim this???
I just listened to a Peak Prosperity podcast on mass formation and oh boy are we in one. In a nutshell 30% are true believers and the more absurd the story gets the more they double down, 50% know it doesn't really make sense but go along to get along and then around 20% see through it. We need to reach that 50%....
Is your title a reference to the Metallica song of my adolescence, Alex? :)
Pandemia is fantastic. My mother actually picked up a copy out of curiosity while reading over my shoulder on a recent visit.
Your creative choice to present the material in a narrative, rather than journalistic or report style, is an excellent one- it dramatically increases the readability for people who wouldn't necessarily go into it already relishing lots of raw data and statements around things they already understand.
I believe its popularity WILL move the needle on public opinion. The Fauci book won't hurt, either.
Well done.
I think this advice is spot on. While I’ve lost friends over this issue over the past 6+ months, I’ve noticed now that a couple of strong friendships with folks who don’t see eye to eye on this - are rising above it - and they’re are starting to wake up. They do not even ask me about this shot for my kids — they know where I stand, but they’ve seemed to loosen up / accept this logic now and our kids all play together unmasked and they’re either comfortable believing that they’re protected by their vax or they see that it makes no difference anyway. Whatever the case, I’m grateful that at least a couple of my friends are showing some capacity to question the narrative and are done with playing into this divisive nonsense! My heart goes out to all of those who have been bullied / injured or worse. Stay strong. ❤️