Misinformation about covid is so sad because it costs lives

I almost wish I didn't have the vaccine if this is the kind of people we are sharing air space with. There is so much hate, so much confusion, so much division and a lot of things that are happening are not reported.
The rally in Parliament square where a speaker mentioned the Nuremburg trials and demanded that our Dr's and nurses are hanged, for example. What kind of world are we living in that this is even allowed to happen?

Nobody can help them Hetty if they refuse to help themselves.
I have no sympathy for anyone who refuses to have the vaccine ( unless their health problems mean that they physically can’t have it) when they go on to become ill because of their choice.
But that’s what it is, stupid, but their own decision.

I have a friend who is unvaccinated - along with her entire family. She says it's 'unnatural' and we don't know the future consequences in, maybe, ten year's time. She also says that she can't risk making a decision that she'll regret later.

I have tried (and tried) to talk to her, but she's convinced that people are dying from the vaccine. Amazing, isn't it, how people can believe what suits them? I've said that 'making a decision' can't be avoided. After all, she's decided not to have the vaccine. I give up, I really do!

*Echo chamber... (Their online chat groups for anti vaccine and conspiracy theories etc)

Yes! I can't remember if I already said, but I'm doubled vaxxed and have had every vaxx ever offered me! These people who are causing all the trouble probably had all their childhood vaccinations too.

I know they have a problem with the cloned cells from an aborted baby many decades ago and of animal proteins being used- and I must admit I am not a fan of those either- but I am even less keen to lose all control of my life and end up on a ventilator! As my husband says "Vaccines have ALWAYS been produced in this way". It's nothing new. They are just thinking they are the first to know something (as is typical of people of a certain age.)

They mean their type of liberty, which is not liberty at all, but a very screwed up type of bondage which is resulting in them ruining their lives and their kids lives- living in an acho chamber, afraid to mix and angry all the time. Guess who's immune system is going to suffer the most?! Stress is a killer. They try to say WE are scared, but I think they are projecting.

These anti-Vaxer types with all their talk of liberty blah, blah - well they’re not very good at letting people make their own choices are they?

I personally know no one who has refused the vaccine. Didn’t we all have vaccinations as children and I bet a lot of us are on medication now? I am on anti-cancer medication, pills for gout and two types of high blood pressure pills. I’m not sure where I’d be if I stopped taking them all. I always have a flu jab and hopefully will have a Covid booster in the autumn if there’s any vaccine left!

We (the vaccinated) have been mocked, scorned, abandoned and abused, threatened and more for our vaccination choice.

The choice is: take one shot or get covid, lose control and be pumped FULL of meds you dont want, but need in order to survive. None of us really wanted to take a shot we know hasnt been around that long , but we want to get covid EVEN LESS.

We made our choice and were punished for it by our nearest and dearest who we thought would always love us. They chose "the higher ground" over love. American Christians are saying Vaccines are wrong, but not really explaining why they believe that. Even if someone does something "wrong" we are still supposed to love them.....

Really saddened by the latest news about the protest in Parliament square and the abuse our NHS is getting. For anyone who didn't know, they mentioned the Nuremburg trials and said our Drs and Nurses should be tried and hanged. It's appalling. The amount of hatred over all of this is stunning and devastating.

I thought so Paper Monster and yes her poor parents and pregnant sister!
Thanks Discodancer 1975! Crazy times eh!

Both stories are on a number of news sites. Both very sad and it makes me wonder how much influence the nurse had over her now poorly parents.

OnwardandUpward

Chewbacca

I didn't see it on there (hadn't heard of that one) but I knew it's an American story.

Eh? You've actually provided the hyperlink to www.rawstory.com/olivia-guidry/ in your opening post so how can you not have heard of it?

Doh!! Ive been scatty , lots on my mind. I saw it elsewhere as well . When I commented I had forgotten Id posted a link! Its only now when I read it again that I realised.

The worlds gone crazy and my concentrations gone, but surely Im not the only one.

You’re not, don’t worry?

Chewbacca

^I didn't see it on there (hadn't heard of that one) but I knew it's an American story.^

Eh? You've actually provided the hyperlink to www.rawstory.com/olivia-guidry/ in your opening post so how can you not have heard of it?

Doh!! Ive been scatty , lots on my mind. I saw it elsewhere as well . When I commented I had forgotten Id posted a link! Its only now when I read it again that I realised.

The worlds gone crazy and my concentrations gone, but surely Im not the only one.

Biscuitmuncher, are you being deliberately controversial - again ! The OP was simply explaining that a woman who happened to be 90 had died of Covid and was unvaccinated. It is of no importance whether the woman was 90 or 19! That fact is she was not vaccinated , she died of Covid not old age . It simply illustrates the importance of vaccination, me and others are fully aware you are not vaccinated and have no intention of changing your mind. I sincerely hope you don't regret your decision. It is beyond my understanding why you are so reluctant to protect yourself and others from Covid and would genuinely like to understand your reasoning.

Thanks MaizieD I wouldnt have posted it if it didnt check out, but Ive forgotten which news sites I saw it on now.

Casdon

www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/coronavirus/article_ae1e6da6-e367-11eb-9883-3f84d4de6950.html

This is the article from the local newspaper by the looks of it - there are lots of reports but this one is from the hospital where she worked.

Thank you Casdon.

That looks pretty 'not fake' to me.

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www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/coronavirus/article_ae1e6da6-e367-11eb-9883-3f84d4de6950.html

This is the article from the local newspaper by the looks of it - there are lots of reports but this one is from the hospital where she worked.

Chewbacca you beat me to it

The OP has posted what could allegedly be fake news on another thread, I see a pattern emerging.

OnwardsandUpward just a little bit of advice, it’s best to check, check and check again.

I didn't see it on there (hadn't heard of that one) but I knew it's an American story.

Eh? You've actually provided the hyperlink to www.rawstory.com/olivia-guidry/ in your opening post so how can you not have heard of it?

I've seen the story about the nurse on several news sites.

I didn't see it on there (hadn't heard of that one) but I knew it's an American story. The anti vaxxers here have been saying some nurses are anti vax, but this is the only story I've actually seen about an anti vax nurse. I find it hard to believe that there are many in this country and the nurses I know had the vaccine ages ago.

OnwardandUpward

I don't read Twitter MerylStreep. It was on a couple of news sites.

www.rawstory.com is an online USA tabloid, not sure of its credentials.

I don't read Twitter MerylStreep. It was on a couple of news sites.

The Oxford Internet institute described your source as:
one of the top 30 junk news stories on Twitter
Be a bit more discerning in what you read.

It's not that a 90 year old died but that she had two types of covid in her... and she wasn't vaccinated. Also, she was someone's mother, sister , friend etc.

I notice you didn't mention Olivia Giudry, the young nurse who died, also unvaccinated.