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This whole thing is so sad. My mom lived her final days in fear as she was on chemo treatment and COVID would have been a death sentence to her. The state we live in is very anti-mask, and people were outright hostile to us when we would go out in public here. To a little old lady. With no hair. Who was obviously very sick. My daughter has an autoimmune disease that again puts her at very high risk. She likely will never be able to go out in public and live a normal life again is what we have been told. I am triple vac'd and would be even without these family stories. But I also believed in HIPPA and not treating people with AIDs differently and don't understand why now all of the sudden we must treat people differently based on their medical status. This is not who we are. Remember my body my choice? People wanting to deny medical care to other human beings is as un-understandable as the people harassing my cancer tricked mom for wearing a mask. Just stop for a second people, take a breath, and try to be human. Please get vaccinated. If not for you than for others who have family that love them. Try not to advocate condemning people to death because you don't like their like choices, if not for them then for the family that loves them and would be devastated by their loss. Take a second to undig your feet from your current position and start over, because this isn't working, and it's hurting us all. These are all actual human beings, some in fear for their life from a very real threat from a severe disease, some in fear for their civil rights that their ancestors fought for. I am not right, you are not right. We hold an opinion. That should NEVER lead to deaths for those we disagree with. You don't want a rushed experimental mRNA vaccine, get the Johnson and Johnson shot. It's basically the flu shot. You feel like AIDS patients shouldn't be discriminated against? Then don't require MEDICAL passports declaring people's medical status'. You feel like it's women's bodies they have a say, then don't require experimental vaccines approved in a rush to be put in other's bodies. Seriously people just slow down for one second, and always try to humanize the other, and look at other beliefs we hold and see how someone could hold the belief they have. Take a second today on this day of love and have some compassion. You are valuable, you are important, and your view is important. But people shouldn't die because of it if you can help prevent that. They too are valuable and important and loved.


> You don't want a rushed experimental mRNA vaccine, get the Johnson and Johnson shot. It's basically the flu shot.

This is incorrect, adenoviral vector vaccines (certainly, ones which induce cells to express cytotoxic spike proteins) are also quite new and relatively untested. My wife's period was messed up by her J&J shot and my friend's mother had to have surgery to remove a life-threatening blood clot from her leg. And if the idea is "just get the shot so you can move on with your life," well, the J&J shot only buys you two months of reprieve under most of the mandate & passport schemes.

Other than that, I greatly appreciate your comment.




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