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Dr Brady's avatar

Well said.

More and more I try not to react quickly to the “ outrages”. To be measured in my response and know that even when I don’t agree with someone they mean well as I do. Nuance gets lost in social media.

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PhDBiologistMom's avatar

“the lengths to which people will go to keep themselves safe and be seen as good citizens” -- I would’ve put “safe” in scare quotes here. While it does still seem that, for some populations, being vaccinated may have reduced the risk of death or serious illness, clearly this should’ve been a individual choice (or between a person and her/his doctor, to borrow a phrase).

And at this point I cringe to see the highly educated people I work with continue to wear masks to the office, or rush to get themselves and their families vaxxed/boosted ASAP.

And yes, in that same period, people have become far more willing to vilify those who don’t share their beliefs (on COVID, politics, whatever). At the office we’re all vaxxed and boosted at least once (a condition of our continued employment) but let’s just say I’ve been pretty quiet about not having gotten any subsequent shots. And heaven forbid anyone admit to having voted Republican, at any level, in the past few years.

As a GenXer this all just saddens me so much. I really thought the world had turned a corner when the Berlin Wall fell. Sadly, we seem to have taken a very wrong turn after 9/11. Not sure what to do to turn things around again.

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