My parents are fearful for my sister and me. They were one of the first vaccinated but my sister and I decided not to inject ourselves with an unknown liquid for a disease with a 99.7% survival rate. They've pleaded with us (my mom moreso than my dad, who just sends news articles about how bad covid is getting) to the point it's getting...I'm seeing a huge generational divide and how my parents may be Republican but they're not conservative.
With the new overreach by the administration yesterday, our parents are now pushing us to get the shot so we stay employed. My mom is asking what's more important: my career or not taking a shot. She's not accepting my answer of "I'm waiting to see what the human trials say" because, to her, there's no more time to wait. It also doesn't seem to matter weekly testing is an alternative and there's an existing medical therapy for covid--nope, I gotta set aside my "disagreements" and get the shot.
My position is it could be dangerous, it hasn't been on the market long enough to have any reliable studies. There's a metric ton of anecdotal evidence it's more dangerous than we realize and there's clinical evidence the effectiveness wanes after 6 months.
I'm 33 and my sister is 31, we are both healthy individuals. There's no reason for us to get a shot for something we've already had. Also 99.7% survival rate.
I work in a manufacturing environment. If management was stupid enough to mandate getting the shot or losing your job, they'd immediately lose 40% of their work force and we're already hurting for man power. They can't afford to mandate the shot, they can keep pushing but it would be game over for a company that's been in business for 90+ years if they mandate it.
This is the first time we've have such a big disagreement over something so important. Our parents are doing this out of love but they're so misguided. They come from a generation where people trust the government because the government is a helpful hand, not Big Brother. The CIA, FBI, NSA, FDA, alphabet soup of agencies are there to protect, not harm.
This isn't organized, it's more just a rant and realization my parents, for as much as they complain about the government, inherently trust the government. I don't trust the government therefore I complain about it--our words are the same but the meaning is different. They don't see (or refuse to see?) how covid and the shot are a wholely political endeavor. "It's the scientists who created the shot, not politicians!" Except who pays the scientists? Who benefits from the shut downs and the mandates and the economic and social meltdowns worldwide?
To them it's about keeping my job, keeping my head down, and not standing out. I honestly believe my life is on the line if I take that shot and play the game and as much as they want to say they accept our decisions, I don't think they can. Not this time.
