Booster Clarion Call: Reasoning With The ‘Other’ Half
It's probably best if you get a booster shot, US health officials reckon.
"The available data make very clear that protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection begins to decrease over time following the initial doses of vaccination, and in association with the dominance of the Delta variant, we are starting to see evidence of reduced protection against mild and moderate disease," Rochelle Walensky, Anthony Fauci and a host of other top government doctors said Wednesday. "Based on our latest assessme
“Reasoning with the other half”, in my case, was a waste of time. Three extended-family members died of Covid-19. But, as you relate, they did it with their (mistaken) ideas intact. At that point, does one question whether to go to the funeral? Well, yes, I did question it. Maybe that is as cold a decision as those that decide not to take the vaccine or wear masks.
At this point I have no empathy for the unvaccinated. I am much more empathetic towards people who are trying to find hospital care for any other reason whom are denied because the hospital beds are full of unvaccinated Covid patients.
Good view of booster need
https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/94089
Hope you don’t mind, but here is some good life advise from epsilontheory :
https://www.epsilontheory.com/always-go-to-the-funeral/
I would never claim to know anything about you situation or circumstances (how could I), but life is life and death is death.
In my couple of decades spent on this planet so far I have never, ever, once regretted attending a funeral. I only regretted the ones I did not attend.
sorry, above reply was intended for brc
During WW2, in London, in order to minimize the possibility of German bombers being able to identify their targets by sight, blackouts were imposed starting in 1939. Those blackout regulations were for the greater good of the residents of London even though those regulations were very disruptive of individual civilian activities.
The blackout regulations were strictly enforced and violators were subject to legal penalties.
It is literally impossible to have any empathy for any person who is of the anti-vaccine mentality.
I’ll take my booster as soon as I can get it. I remember polio vividly. Friends of mine died. Inoculating children was easy. On the first day the Salk vaccine was available in my town, 3 nurses showed up in my school and every kid had gotten their shot, in class, by the end of the day. Nobody died from the shot, btw. We might not have known for sure if the shot worked, but we sure knew what polio did. In 1918, during the Spanish flu, not wearing a mask meant instant jail, no questions asked, no silly religious exemptions. What is that, anyway? Jesus didn’t approve of us taking care of ourselves and our fellow man? Not in the book I read, you know the one with the golden rule.
Actually, in 1918/19 in many places there was a backlash against masks, similar to the present situation. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/03/us/mask-protests-1918.html