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The Green Hornet's avatar

Feck 'em. Wear it like a badge of honor.

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carolyn kostopoulos's avatar

bottom line- if covid had had a IFR of 50 and the vaccines had been 100% safe and 100% effective, i STILL reserve my right to refuse. at 70 years old, i have been around long enough to remember "blockbuster" cancer drugs that vanished with a whimper a few years later because they really only extended life by about 3 minutes, cost $100 G and caused heart damage. i remember VIOXX. i saw my cousin's wife spend an ENTIRE YEAR in a wheelchair unable to walk after taking the 1976 "swine flu" vaccine. a friend had a stroke caused by levaquin given to her for a flu that bed rest and chicken soup would have taken care of. i know/knew 3 people who died of the covid vaccine.

i have no problem with the vaccine (well, ok, i have LOTS of problems with it) and i have no problem with anyone taking it OF THEIR OWN FREE WILL AFTER THEY'VE DONE SOME READING ABOUT IT AND MADE A FREE AND UNCOERCED DECISION. i have TONS of problems with people who took it reflexively and then posted arm selfies and encircled their facebook photos with WE CAN DO THIS! banners and felt superior to people who made another decision. i have problems with parents who tossed aside the fundamental responsibility of parenthood- TO PROTECT THEIR KIDS- and boasted on social media about how brave their little darling was when getting his (completely unnecessary) booster.

if leana wen (or name any of them) wants to take 50 million covid vaccines, if she wants to mask forever, if she wants to hide out at home in a futile attempt to never come into contact with a germ or a virus, i think she's pathetic but THAT'S HER CHOICE. the problem is that she was unwilling to let me have MY choice, that she went on TV to sow distrust and hatred for people who had made a choice that was different from hers, that she advocated conditional rights as opposed to inalienable ones, that she advocates legislation passed to deny others of their choice, that she wants me/us robbed of our assets, fired from our jobs, imprisoned, disowned by our families and friends, and ultimately disappeared.

i have never wished for the vaccinated to be stripped of their rights (except for the imaginary right to never get sick), never mocked them for their decision, never gloated when they died of covid (well, ok, now and then but i kept it to myself). these people can NEVER be forgiven!

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