I attended and competed in a master’s swim meet over the weekend. About 80 athletes signed up. I participated in or overheard the following conversations. All were dialogues about sudden decreases in health. 5 people said they recently experienced a cancer diagnosis, 6 now experiencing chest pains when they workout or compete, 3 who experienced recent unhealthy weight loss including including muscle mass, 1 new diagnosis of Parkinsons, 1 new diagnosis of Alzheimers, 1 new diagnosis of lung issues, another another who can’t explain why they’re a minute slower for 400 meters (that’s a lot) since last year. You might expect this from athletes past the age of 60, but some of these complaints were coming from people in the 30 to 60 age groups.

Because of the meet, I missed church this morning, so I watched the service online. After the service, I checked on the prayer list. After seeing it, I also searched for the prayer list for the last Sunday of August 2019. We are a church with over 600 members and we consistently get between 900 to 1200 visitors each Sunday. The list is presently 12 times larger than in 19. We have more cancers, heart issues, other ailments than 4 years ago. The list from 2019 was mostly people over 70, and people under 40 made up less than 5%. Now the under 40 group is 50% of the list and 1/3 of this group is kids.

All of us posting and reading here may not know a “died suddenly”, but I would wager that we are in a circle of acquaintances who have suffered to some degree with the vaccines.