We came across this news article in the Star Advertiser the other day that blew us away.
Seriously?
They also claimed that unvaccinated women had gotten miscarriages and other reproductive problems by standing next to a vaccinated person.
My daughter told me she’d heard about some Minnesota parents who don’t want their children to be tested for COVID because they could miss a game.
I'm sitting here just shaking my head and sighing.
What can you do?
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That school may not graduate great thinkers.
ReplyDeleteNor, in some cases, alive ones.
DeleteThat’s almost like ‘not providing a safe environment’ - and who would be teaching/administrating while those employed to do so are hanging around twiddling their thumbs. Also are schools allowed to discriminate by only employing unvaccinated staff?
ReplyDeleteDear Kay and Friends, parents can then choose another private school for their children.
ReplyDeleteNo one can "cure" stupidity except the stupid one.
ReplyDeleteI think it's only a matter of time before a case of polio is reported at the Centner Academy. People who sacrifice their child's health in the name of free choice shouldn't be parents, period.
ReplyDeleteWhat world are they living in to believe such dribble?
ReplyDeleteThey're just being ridiculous-don't know how else to say it.
ReplyDeleteThat's part of what caused my recent depression. My husband's nephews are dead set against the vaccine, and they talked their rather simple-headed mom into being against it. The oldest of the three boys is married to a nurse, and she is against the vaccine! It troubles me to see half the country is like this.
ReplyDeleteMy father had polio when he was a toddler. His survival was a miracle. The minute the Polio vaccine became available, our whole family was first in line. I cannot understand this avoidance of the COVID vaccine.
ReplyDeleteDear Granny Annie, polio cripples for life, while covid makes you jack miserable for about a week.
Delete575,000 people have died of COVID-19 in the US alone. Others who got it and survived can end up as “long haulers.” Our state senate majority leader, Kalani English just had to resign because of it. Please don’t tell people it’s just a bad flu that goes away. Art’s beloved cousin died of it. My son-in-law’s aunt died of it.
DeleteTheir are some real idiots living among us!
ReplyDeleteWow. There's stupid, but then there's that level of stupid.
ReplyDeleteIf you could reason with anti-vaxxers, there would be no anti-vaxxers.
ReplyDeleteSo terrible. These people are out there!
ReplyDeleteIt is a dilemma with all the misinformation that is going out...We are driving north 4 hours for mother's day and hoped to see all the grand children but one dg-in-law won't bring her young school age kids because they haven't been vaccinated but the rest ofus have...so guess it works both ways!
ReplyDeleteI understand even a vaccinated person CAN carry the virus. A vaccinated person can contract the virus but not get a serious case of it. Thus, I can sympathize with your daughter-in-law. There are no perfect guarantees. It's why we are not traveling yet to see our grandchildren. We don't want to take the chance of infecting our unvaccinated little grandchildren.
DeleteABC had this as a lead article this morning. Very sick stuff.
ReplyDeleteIt amazes me how willfully ignorant people choose to be. (And it IS a choice: out of all the information out there, they simply pick the information that backs their opinions).
ReplyDeleteI heard about that the other day and was just stunned. The scary thing is that they are obviously breeding.
ReplyDeleteSchools like this need to be sued and shut down
ReplyDeleteThis is discouraging and frustrating. My sister-in-law just posted an anti-vaccine(Covid) and anti-mask sentiment on Instagram and both my daughters went after her(nicely) with facts and science. They won't convince her or even sway her, but I was proud of them. Since she refuses the vaccine, my older daughter and son-in-law won't want her around their baby when they come to visit in June. It's a mess.
ReplyDeleteI commented here earlier, but wanted to report I (finally) got my vaccine shot this morning at my local Rite-Aid. It was a Johnson & Johnson One Dose, would I have preferred the Moderna or other 2-dose? Yes, but I still feel VERY fortunate to have gotten this one! Honestly, HUGE relief. I can't imagine not wanting it.
ReplyDeleteYay! I’m so happy you’re vaccinated, Doug. Actually, my son-in-law had wanted to get the J&J but he took the first vaccine available. And Doug, comment as many times as you can. You know I like hearing from you.
DeleteThanks Kay! I'm sorry your son-in-law didn't get his first choice, but this definitely made me feel better about the Johnson...🙂
DeleteI have been reading and hearing lately that you shouldn't shame those who refuse vaccinations, nor does it do any good to try to explain facts to them. So then what? Sure, just let them get sick? But we can't achieve herd immunity without most being vaccinated, and the variants are now raging in some parts of the world and in some states. It's so frustrating.
ReplyDeleteIt's just bizarre. I'm working with nurses who don't want the vaccine! It makes me want to quit working so I'm not around definitely higher risk people. I can think of easier ways to die. The long-haulers are miserable. You are correct Kay. Even vaccinated people can still catch it since the efficacy is only 90% or so. You still have a 10% chance of catching it. And, this virus is acting differently than the diseases of our past. We don't know how it permits us to still be carriers and unknowingly give it to others or unvaccinated loved ones. It's very selfish to not get vaccinated. Survival of the smartest....Linda in Kansas
ReplyDeleteThat’s really worrisome if medical personnel don’t get vaccinated.I’m now part of a heart/COVID study. Had to fill out a lengthy questionnaire and then will take a blood test to see if I have antibodies. I should have antibodies from the Pfizer, right? We’ll see. My brother is part of the local study too.
DeleteYep, you should register antibodies from the Pfizer shot. Linda in Kansas
DeleteNuts! Another blood draw!
DeleteWell, they are a threat to each other.
ReplyDeleteOne wonders at the reasoning of the anti vaxxers.
ReplyDeleteDid the caveman make a decision in the school?
ReplyDeleteIt is scary. I saw that article on the news and was simply amazed at the reasoning of these people. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter is getting the vaccination, hasn't gotten it until now because she was pregnant and then nursing. My Grandson is 11 and has not had the vaccination, nor has our little new granddaughter. My son in law has not and will not get the vaccination. We will be fine as long as it is warm weather we will be able to celebrate holidays outside together. I don't know what we will do when it gets cold again. My husband and I would still be really uncomfortable about spending time indoors with someone who has a raised possibility of
ReplyDeletehaving Covid. He is a plumber which I think would have been exposing him to Covid all along. I don't understand why he is so determined not to get the vaccination. Hopefully he has been exposed to small amounts of the virus all along and built up an immunity, or else he is very lucky and just hasn't caught it yet. I guess it will all work out in the end.
Maybe they're Christian Scientists ... or Amish?
ReplyDeleteIncredible what some people believe — defies common sense with just basic science knowledge.
ReplyDeleteIt is crazy what people believe.
ReplyDeleteI heard about this last week I think on NPR. My guess is that it will quietly reverse its policy after a significant decline in enrollment and/or a shortage of professors to teach classes.
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