They wanted to let him know that the moderna shots they recommended early on (organ transplant patients got early access) were no longer recommended. We were having lunch at our house and he just got the call
Now he is unjabbed and very healthy so there is no problem for him.
Here is the conversation:
Nurse: "Hi Joseph, just calling in today because we wanted to let you know that we're no longer recommending Moderna to our patients...."
Joseph: "Oh ok no problem"
Nurse: "So we're just logging in how many our of patients did in fact receive the Moderna shot.."
Jospeh: "I am not vaccinated"
Nurse: "Oh, ok. May I ask why you chose not to?"
Joseph: "Partly because I knew this type of call was coming"
Nurse: "(laughs) Yes I can certainly understand your concern but it's been shown that vulnerable people are more likely to contract and get serious complications from covid 19"
Joseph: "I'm perfectly healthy and I won't be taking any vaccines"
Nurse: "It's recommended by all your doctors"
Joseph: "The same doctors who recommended I get Moderna shots early on who have now asked YOU to call ME to tell me that I shouldn't? What if I had? Then I would be sitting here panicking wondering. Right?"
Nurse: "Well I understand how you feel"
Joseph: "No. I don't think you do"
hung up.
This is how stupid the American medical industry has become.
They're trained to say "I understand how you feel" whether or not they actually do. When I was doing my short stint trying to sell life insurance, I was told to say I was a 'Medicare Expert" when I didn't know the first fucking thing about Medicare. If I got one question I'd crumble and babble like an idiot.
I think if they really 'understood how we feel' then they wouldn't say "its recommended by all your doctors" they would probably try a different approach.