Here in Ontario we've never left lockdown since March of 2020. It's been eased at various points, but we've had to keep following a lot of the same rules for the entire time. I've given up trying to organize anything: to many people are eager to play along with the rules, and also to harass those of us who don't care to. My plan is to keep my head down until I can leave.
I know it sounds really harsh, but right now I'm hoping that the vax is as dangerous as the worst case scenarios suggest. It's definitely dangerous, so my initial hope of it being safe is already been proven impossible, and so now it's just a question of how bad. If it ends up maiming and killing a lot of people in the short run, at least it'll be over fairly quickly.
The nightmare scenario to my mind is one where it's not so dangerous that the vaxxed have to deal with it. This would mean that those of us who pay attention to the evidence for harm have every reason to avoid it, but the people making decisions will be able to double down on it, and a lot of people who got it will feel the need to attack the people who didn't, for showing them their own mistake, and everything will get a lot more nasty and a lot more tense. Right now, I think this is where we're heading, but I really hope I'm wrong.
It's too late for that: people are getting hurt already. The only question now is how many, and how badly? I prefer the outcome which leads to the least long term pain, which I think means a complete disaster has to happen this winter.
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Re: Covid
I know it sounds really harsh, but right now I'm hoping that the vax is as dangerous as the worst case scenarios suggest. It's definitely dangerous, so my initial hope of it being safe is already been proven impossible, and so now it's just a question of how bad. If it ends up maiming and killing a lot of people in the short run, at least it'll be over fairly quickly.
The nightmare scenario to my mind is one where it's not so dangerous that the vaxxed have to deal with it. This would mean that those of us who pay attention to the evidence for harm have every reason to avoid it, but the people making decisions will be able to double down on it, and a lot of people who got it will feel the need to attack the people who didn't, for showing them their own mistake, and everything will get a lot more nasty and a lot more tense. Right now, I think this is where we're heading, but I really hope I'm wrong.
Re: Covid
(Anonymous) 2021-07-22 07:39 pm (UTC)(link)Re: Covid