San Diegan here. My experience is anctedotal, of course, but hopefully, it helps. Very few people that I know questioned the narrative. The majority of people I personally know lined up for the injection ASAP. My neighbors were all angry that the illegal border crossers got priority for vaccination over them and were conspiring together on strategies to game the system to get their injections sooner. Once it was freely available to all, my neighbors were furious that we refused to get injected and pressured us to comply. Our friends just assumed we were vaccinated at first, and were shocked when we declined going to their vaxx-only parties. Now that they know, the friends will only see us outdoors i(which is fine; we're glad they still see us at all). Back before they realized we had chosen not to get injected, our friends with older kids said they pitied us for having one too young to get the injection right away. Once it was approved for younger kids, almost all my son's classmates (former classmates; we homeschool now) got their kids injected right away -- even the ones who were were vaccine hesitant about all the vaccines needed to enter school. My friends with younger kids are now talking about how bad they feel about forgetting the booster right at the booster mark and lagging taking the kids in by a few weeks. The few friends who questioned the narrative were easily coerced into it. A few were required by their employers. One wanted a medical procedure done and the doctor refused to do it until injected. The schools aggressively mandated it (there are lawsuits pending so the mandate is stayed for now, but many got their kids injected once they heard about the mandate). I have been shocked that my normally logical friends and neighbors have thrown all logic out the window over this.
PS: Two of my neighbors got stage 4 cancer out of nowhere in the autumn of 2021. Neither will consider it may have anything to do with the injection. Both said they are grateful to be injected and "protected" while they are immunocompromised.
Geez, that’s quite the opposite experience from me in East County. I assume this is probably Clairemont/Mira Mesa area since that seems to be the pocket of lunacy from my experience.
Thanks for the perspective. I could write something very similar for the area that I live in.
I am still just amazed how many people went along with the narrative. The knowledge was there, they could read and research the jab, but instead chose to just comply. My opinion is that the closer you are to a major city on the west coast the worse it is. My neighbors that are normally very conservative complied because the regional politics (leftist religion) around put so much pressure to do so.
Fear causes irrational thinking, especially when there's coercion. If and when the truth is widely established, the psychological state during this time will be studied and shocked by it.
I believe they willfully chose to keep the blinders on. The narrative made no sense at all and it changed weekly in equally non-sensical and conflicting ways, yet they refused to re-think it even when I pointed out how non-sensical and conflicting it all was. I can draw no other conclusion than they are simply not willing to stop trusting "the system."
San Diegan here. My experience is anctedotal, of course, but hopefully, it helps. Very few people that I know questioned the narrative. The majority of people I personally know lined up for the injection ASAP. My neighbors were all angry that the illegal border crossers got priority for vaccination over them and were conspiring together on strategies to game the system to get their injections sooner. Once it was freely available to all, my neighbors were furious that we refused to get injected and pressured us to comply. Our friends just assumed we were vaccinated at first, and were shocked when we declined going to their vaxx-only parties. Now that they know, the friends will only see us outdoors i(which is fine; we're glad they still see us at all). Back before they realized we had chosen not to get injected, our friends with older kids said they pitied us for having one too young to get the injection right away. Once it was approved for younger kids, almost all my son's classmates (former classmates; we homeschool now) got their kids injected right away -- even the ones who were were vaccine hesitant about all the vaccines needed to enter school. My friends with younger kids are now talking about how bad they feel about forgetting the booster right at the booster mark and lagging taking the kids in by a few weeks. The few friends who questioned the narrative were easily coerced into it. A few were required by their employers. One wanted a medical procedure done and the doctor refused to do it until injected. The schools aggressively mandated it (there are lawsuits pending so the mandate is stayed for now, but many got their kids injected once they heard about the mandate). I have been shocked that my normally logical friends and neighbors have thrown all logic out the window over this.
PS: Two of my neighbors got stage 4 cancer out of nowhere in the autumn of 2021. Neither will consider it may have anything to do with the injection. Both said they are grateful to be injected and "protected" while they are immunocompromised.
Geez, that’s quite the opposite experience from me in East County. I assume this is probably Clairemont/Mira Mesa area since that seems to be the pocket of lunacy from my experience.
You are very perceptive about neighborhoods! FYI, my friends who have resisted the intense coercion are in Santee!!!!
I have noticed a few ultra libs in Santee. Thankfully they are not the majority.
Thanks for the perspective. I could write something very similar for the area that I live in.
I am still just amazed how many people went along with the narrative. The knowledge was there, they could read and research the jab, but instead chose to just comply. My opinion is that the closer you are to a major city on the west coast the worse it is. My neighbors that are normally very conservative complied because the regional politics (leftist religion) around put so much pressure to do so.
Fear causes irrational thinking, especially when there's coercion. If and when the truth is widely established, the psychological state during this time will be studied and shocked by it.
I believe they willfully chose to keep the blinders on. The narrative made no sense at all and it changed weekly in equally non-sensical and conflicting ways, yet they refused to re-think it even when I pointed out how non-sensical and conflicting it all was. I can draw no other conclusion than they are simply not willing to stop trusting "the system."