I am the only person in my family who is unvaccinated, both my husband and I stand firm on this. Almost all of our friends are vaccinated too.
My father, an extremely intelligent man, or so I thought, has not spoken to me for three months. Our last conversation I was told so long as I was unvaccinated I was not welcome in his home, that I was stupid and selfish and that he would never travel to see us. Didnt matter that I made an educated and informed decision for myself or what evidence I had to back up my convictions, I am “crazy”.
He was irate, more so when I told him he had made himself abundantly clear but I would not change my mind. I don’t know when or if we will ever speak again. Fear and this mindless mentality of believing everything on TV has changed him. Anyone else have problems with boomers and their blind trust of media?
If the vax mandate goes through I will most likely lose my job too.
We will not bend, but it breaks my heart. I miss my dad. I think about him every day, but I don’t see this mutual stand off ending.
For what it’s worth, I also GOT covid, treated early with HCQ, ivermectin, vit C, D and zinc and beat it in essentially 3 days. No side effects. Despite the rousing success I could not share this with my family, in fact, my extremely mild experience almost seemed to bother them.
Sorry for the essay, I’m just really fucking sad.
This was my exact experience as well and I wish I could say it gets better. In fact, your post is what prompted me to add to the conversation.
You are right to hold your convictions. Stay strong