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Related: About this forumMy relative that refused to take the vax,was subsequently taken off the transplant waiting list, has died.
We grew up togeter, had good times. But she changed a few years back. Started posting bs in social media. Unfriended me on facebook.
Kidney failure, she need dialysis 2-3 times a week. Dialysis really knocked her down I'm told.
Refused the vax because it might kill her.
Now she's dead. 2 kids, one grandchild. Fuck.
hlthe2b
(105,915 posts)Even if virtually none in the anti-VAXX COVID-cult can be reached, there will be a few.
Such a waste. Sorry, Swede.
ZonkerHarris
(25,195 posts)TwilightZone
(28,191 posts)I will never understand how COVID, masks, and vaccines became a political issue. To conservatives and people like RFK Jr., everything is a potential weapon. People are literally throwing away their lives for a political ideology built on lies and propaganda.
kiri
(865 posts)Please consider Darwinian selection. Sadly, most of these have already reproduced. However, there is evidence that disproportionate deaths does tilt the ballot box.
calimary
(83,997 posts)Deuxcents
(19,401 posts)I wish you peace for your hurting heart
The Unmitigated Gall
(4,451 posts)mountain grammy
(27,167 posts)Succumbed to the madness.
SouthernDem4ever
(6,618 posts)kimbutgar
(23,085 posts)She got Covid before they had the vaccine and later was diagnosed with Covid. We talked about if she got the Parksinsons because of the covid and her doctor told her probably. I asked her if she was up to date on her vaccines and she said yes because the doctor told her if she got it again her Parksinsons would be much worst.
Its is so sad that poltics have runnier family relationships and friendships. Even during the Bush years we were still able to get along but the TFA ruined our unity. I wonder if Putin tried to attack the US would the maga cult members pledge allegiance to Putin and not the US. Id love a newsreporter to ask maga politicians that question also?
That said, sorry about your relative.
flying_wahini
(7,943 posts)sheshe2
(87,030 posts)FakeNoose
(35,386 posts)May you find solace in your memories of your cousin from happier times.
When I encounter a friend or acquaintance who tells me they refuse to get vaccinated for Covid, I usually say '"well you're already vaccinated." Other than perhaps a few home-schooled children, almost every American has received vaccinations (as a child) against something - measles, mumps, tetanus, chicken pox, polio, smallpox, or whatever. No children were allowed to attend public schools or most private schools without being vaccinated for those diseases. That's why this current madness over Covid vax makes no sense.
Warpy
(113,093 posts)because Zuckerberg's algorithm sucked her down the rabbit hole. It sounds like she died hard. I hope it knocked her family into being ,more sensible.
Covid is still killing people: the unvaxed, the frail elderly, and people with multiple health issues. The original, nastier strain is still out there, although the newer and generally less severe strains predominate.
It will take time, but eventually the memories of who she was before a combination of bad politics, worse religion, and medical half truths turned her into someone you barely recognized. Hang onto the good memories, those had to be who she really was.
And vote.
sdfernando
(5,341 posts)How so many people could fall under the spell of that orange mofo I just don't know!
Lunabell
(6,756 posts)Such a waste. Putting your life at risk for a political lie. I really am sorry for your loss.
Bird Lady
(1,895 posts)Stupidity,
I'm sorry for your family but being afraid something might kill you, then dying from the thing that will kill you and you had
the chance to stop it and didn't . Is a waste of good oxygen.
SWBTATTReg
(23,991 posts)voters and followers. Also, his delay in addressing COVID (finally) caused untold and unneeded deaths.
One thing that mass murderer tRUMP should be pounded on forever. And he wants to be president again? NEVER!!