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Siwsan

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Sun Jul 26, 2020, 08:57 AM Jul 2020

I was right to worry about my anti-vax nephew, during the time of Covid-19 [View all]

Sometimes I wish I could turn off the worry switch, in my brain.

Yesterday he informed me that pretty much everyone in the country has already been infected and gotten over it. Umm, well, NO! And, since they don't know how long of an immunity one might possibly have, after symptomatic or asymptomatic infection, our guard can not be let down. I reminded him about his uncle's experience with Covid. He can attest that it's not worth the risk to think you can't or won't get it. He found need to end the conversation, shortly afterwards.

Then his wife shared a video showing an 'undercover nurse' claiming she has proof that Covid-19 is a criminal hoax. I disputed this notion. She told me to watch the video and then we can talk. I told her I listen to actual scientists and medical specialists like Dr. Fauci so I'm not wasting my time on such nonsense. She said, well, let's talk after you watch the video.

I worry about them, but I worry more about their partially vaccinated 4 year old daughter. She went through the first round of vaccinations before they 'read something on the internet' and decided that going any further would permanently damage her. So now she goes to some sort of chiropractor. Don't ask......

His sister is now trying to start a family. I have no worries about her.

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Can you agree to watch the movie in exchange 33taw Jul 2020 #1
TALK TO THEM ANYWAY !! They sound like text book "empties" meaning they don't have a well rounded uponit7771 Jul 2020 #2
We've tried and tried and TRIED for 4 years, now. It's like talking to a brick wall. Siwsan Jul 2020 #4
oh, dang it ... so sorry about that uponit7771 Jul 2020 #9
Some people can't be helped. LiberalFighter Jul 2020 #13
Only one thing seems to work w/ these people, that eventually no one pays attention to them ... SWBTATTReg Jul 2020 #16
Lots of magical thinking on their part. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2020 #17
I have a compulsive need to 'mother' them, and I need to get past that. Siwsan Jul 2020 #19
Logic and coherence utterly escape them-- dawg day Jul 2020 #3
There's a serious lack of responsibility and logic to most of their thinking Siwsan Jul 2020 #5
Yes it is for the best. LiberalFighter Jul 2020 #14
Critical thinking is simply not taught in schools. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2020 #18
A chiropractor said he could cure my dads epilepsy. gibraltar72 Jul 2020 #6
There are some people you can do nothing for. It is sad, but if you have been trying for years, Squinch Jul 2020 #7
Sadly, that's what I've come to accept Siwsan Jul 2020 #8
I have a similar relationship to my nieces, barring the cancer diagnosis. I can't imagine Squinch Jul 2020 #10
"I love you, but I just don't like being Ilsa Jul 2020 #11
If it's a video where the nurse starts off saying people coming in with breathing issues were merely LizBeth Jul 2020 #12
Wow. Put on a ventilator for a panic attack. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2020 #21
Having experienced them to a point going to hospital thinking I was having an heart attack, LizBeth Jul 2020 #22
When logic and evidence are denied and rejected and ignored, go nuclear sanatanadharma Jul 2020 #15
Getting thru to those who "don't believe" in immunizations is most... 3catwoman3 Jul 2020 #20
Have her watch two videos (debunking the "undercover nurse" video) JHB Jul 2020 #23
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