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I got vaccinated and would do it again. I wear masks. And I disagree with most people's reason not to do so. But then I look around and see that people who mad

I got vaccinated and would do it again. I wear masks. And I disagree with most people's reason not to do so. But then I look around and see that people who made the same choices as me started hurling turds at people who didn't. Questioning their intelligence. Calling them evil and stupid. Cheering on horrific measures. Now the mask isn't as much a preventative measure as it is a tribal marker. And I am disgusted.

hagbard_c 5y ago
Speak up, let your voice be heard. Tell those self-righteous people who made the same choices as you that they are the ones in the wrong, not so much on their decision to get vaccinated or wear masks but for deriding others for their choice not to do so. I'm vaccinated because I had to to be allowed to travel, otherwise I would have waited this one out just like I waited out the previous pandemic vaccine - "Pandemrix", the vaccine against the swine flu which turned out to cause narcolepsy, especially in children [1,2,3]. I could join the choir but decided to tell them off. This gets me labelled as "anti-vaxxer" but I'll just sew that badge on my uniform where it can join all the other labels thrown at dissenters. I know the truth, after all. [1] https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/history/narcolepsy-flu.html https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/history/narcoleps... [2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6413474/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6413474/ [3] https://www.narcolepsy.org.uk/resources/pandemrix-narcolepsy https://www.narcolepsy.org.uk/resources/pandemrix-narcolepsy
kcplate 5y ago
To a degree I am in this same headspace. Vaccinated and boosted, I wear a mask (when and where required in places I want to patronize). However everything I have done or do has been because it’s been my personal choice to do so based on my understanding of the risk I have from this virus. It’s entirely a selfish motivation. However, I am not willing to criticize the decisions others have made that are different than mine, and am disgusted at the behavior of zealots who do so. We are not arguing about long established scientific norms. This is a novel virus AND a novel vaccine. Skepticism should be expected.

hagbard_c 5y ago

Speak up, let your voice be heard. Tell those self-righteous people who made the same choices as you that they are the ones in the wrong, not so much on their decision to get vaccinated or wear masks but for deriding others for their choice not to do so. I'm vaccinated because I had to to be allowed to travel, otherwise I would have waited this one out just like I waited out the previous pandemic vaccine - "Pandemrix", the vaccine against the swine flu which turned out to cause narcolepsy, especially in children [1,2,3]. I could join the choir but decided to tell them off. This gets me labelled as "anti-vaxxer" but I'll just sew that badge on my uniform where it can join all the other labels thrown at dissenters. I know the truth, after all. [1] https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/history/narcolepsy-flu.html https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/history/narcoleps... [2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6413474/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6413474/ [3] https://www.narcolepsy.org.uk/resources/pandemrix-narcolepsy https://www.narcolepsy.org.uk/resources/pandemrix-narcolepsy

kcplate 5y ago

To a degree I am in this same headspace. Vaccinated and boosted, I wear a mask (when and where required in places I want to patronize). However everything I have done or do has been because it’s been my personal choice to do so based on my understanding of the risk I have from this virus. It’s entirely a selfish motivation. However, I am not willing to criticize the decisions others have made that are different than mine, and am disgusted at the behavior of zealots who do so. We are not arguing about long established scientific norms. This is a novel virus AND a novel vaccine. Skepticism should be expected.