I'm the last person to be unsympathetic with your mom. I'm VERY sorry you lost her. I'm watching my parents age and it just plain sucks. My dad is recovering and today was blowing me away how he could move. My mom has awful Parkinson's. Terrible. They're getting old, and I'm very tight with them. I'm an only-child. We're very very close. To lose my mom would be devastating. So you are in my prayers and love. And I'm very sorry she passed away. I'm also sorry you're seeing all these reactions and problems.
When I describe what I see, it is not a commentary on what others 'shouldn't' see. I'm in no way discounting your pain, loss, or these things you're seeing. When you say, "regardless of your experience," it seems to imply I think only my experience matters to me. That's not the case. It's merely....my experience. Why do I bring this up? To seem callous or eye-rolling to folks with reactions? No. I merely think if we're going to paint an accurate picture of this injection, we need a robust and expansive series of experiences to be described. Most of us agree in here that the data is not telling the whole story. The CDC is not telling us a lot, and many doctors, as you have stated, are under pressure to not criticize the vaccine while pushing the reactions to the side. If the data is bull, which I think it is, then all we have is anecdotes. Your anecdotes are seriously awful. Mine are the opposite.
What I think you don't know about me is that I argue the pros and cons of this vaccine more than you realize. My friend at work is a rabid pro-vaxx Moderna-lover. He sees it almost religiously. Because he, his dad, his wife, his sister, brother-in-law, cousins, friends, neighbors, coworkers, nieces and nephews, and folks in his life all had a good reaction to the vaccine, he is utterly predisposed to fight for it. He sees any opposition as insane. I argue with him a lot. His arguments are "Kids have been required to get vaccines for decades! This is just one more!" to which I rebut that this is by no means a traditional vaccine with a castrated version of the virus in it. Apples and oranges. He argues that it's a vaccine and this is a virus, so shots should be required to which I rebut that flu shots are not required AND the common cold is a virus that has been around for thousands of years and will continue to exist no matter what that we can't eliminate....yet we go to work anyway and deal with the aftermath.
My friend and I argue a ton. He trusts the government. I don't. We go in circles.
As I stated, I don't want any more boosters. I did fine with the vaccines, but I don't want them in perpetuity. Not at all. And I think they're potentially damaging long-term though I have no data to prove that. I've also said that I regret having vaccinated my kids. So, if you think I'm a loon on this, I'm really not.
I've watched what is going on in Australia. It's pure insanity. The way the state and the cops are treating protesters is lunacy. I only with the Aussies hadn't handed over their firearms so gleefully many decades ago and had stood firm. The need to rise up won't happen when the state holds all the gats and the people have nothing but water balloons.
I personally am opposed to mandates and I think we need to put more value on natural immunity, which we are quickly building. But I will say (again anecdotally) that our local hospital is maxed out with COVID cases, tons of folks still on ventilators, and my part of California is begging Los Angeles County to allow COVID patient transfers asap. Our many hospitals are getting impacted to the point that surgeries and procedures are being put off. The problem with COVID was never death, but hospitals packed to the rafters. And perhaps where you are it looks awesome. Where I am....it sucks....
Again, my condolences on your beloved mother. I remember reading the tail end of the thread where you discussed losing her. I was broken-hearted to read it. God bless you and may her memory be eternal.
My mum is dead now due to adverse reactions to the Covid vaccine. My daughter's husband suffered heart problems from his Covid vaccination. Two work colleagues almost died from adverse reactions to covid vaccination, one suffering a serious stroke and the other getting myocarditis. The former is now required to get a booster shot if he wants to keep his job, the latter is now on medication for the rest of his life to keep from having a heart attack. Regardless of your own experience there are hundreds of thousands of people who have suffered adverse reactions to the covid vaccinations including death.
