A message to the unvaccinated and unmasked
By The Herald Editorial Board
If theres one pandemic symptom that seems universal and now rampant regardless of vaccination status and mask use its frustration; seething, consuming and infectious frustration.
Those who have refused jabs for one of three vaccines for covid-19 and chafe at advice and mandates for masks have had it with the rest of us including their own family members over the coaxing and cajoling, the shaming and the guilt, the warnings and the threats.
They are not impressed. They are not swayed. They are certain they are right; they after all have done their own research. And they are not going to listen; not to statistics; not to medical experts; certainly not to public officials and editorial writers; not even to those who once agreed with their antivax stance but now have made deathbed appeals gasping for each breath that they, please, get vaccinated.
But the rest of us are fed up, too. And this isnt a guilt trip; its anger. Anger borne out of months of personal sacrifice; separation from friends, family and church; loss of businesses, of income, of savings; restrictions on our travel and our pastimes; and fatigue from workarounds like remote learning, working from home and Zoom meetings. (Yes, I know Im on mute! I dont want you to hear me swearing.)
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AllaN01Bear
(17,365 posts)should apply to them as well.
vanlassie
(5,637 posts)Blue Owl
(49,913 posts)Walleye
(30,709 posts)Nobody would feel bad about shaming or scolding them. What has gotten into us?
LetMyPeopleVote
(143,999 posts)Permanut
(5,436 posts)Thanks for posting this YMBL, perfectly illustrates the idea that this is a simple disagreement about dealing with the virus.
This is not a simple disagreement; antivaxxers are killing people.