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global1

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Wed May 5, 2021, 01:49 PM May 2021

How I've Convinced Some People To Get The Vaccination...... [View all]

I use this analogy. When a person doesn't get food - after a period of time they die of starvation.

I tell them it is the same with the Covid virus.

We the people - are Covid's food. Covid needs us to perpetuate. Covid feasts on us.

How can we starve Covid? Well by not making ourselves available as food for Covid.

How do we do that?

Wear our masks. Isolate ourselves for a period of time from other people. Social distance. And above all - GET VACCINATED.

Don't give Covid a chance to use us as its food.

We need to essentially cut off as many pathways for Covid to use us people as its food.

Too me this is a simple way to explain to the the - anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers -how we can stop Covid dead in it tracks.

STARVE THE VIRUS!!!

I've now talked about 7 people into getting vaccinated because of this analogy.

It seems to resonate with them and they understand it.

Try it out with some of your friends, family and colleagues that refuse to get vaccinated.

It worked for me.

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Very instructive, and an excellent analogy. Thanks JohnSJ May 2021 #1
It must hit them at a "gut" level. lagomorph777 May 2021 #2
I agree. I'm' going to use this! LiberalLovinLug May 2021 #15
Excellent, LEW May 2021 #3
5 good reasons FSogol May 2021 #4
Wish Lucy's 5 good reasons worked! KS Toronado May 2021 #16
What Is Completely Destroying Me Is That Americans Need To Be Bribed Into Getting Vaccinated..... global1 May 2021 #5
There was quite a bit of resistance to the Salk vaccine, too, and it took... TreasonousBastard May 2021 #13
It didn't help DownriverDem May 2021 #27
Disinformation is the biggest obstacle today. Pinback May 2021 #29
Whatever works at this point dianaredwing May 2021 #14
That would get me laughed at and spit on in OK Runningdawg May 2021 #6
Why? What's Your Reasoning That You Would Be Laughed At Using This Analogy?.... global1 May 2021 #10
And I have tried to explain it - once more Runningdawg May 2021 #22
Wow, I lived there 1975 to 1986. Delmette2.0 May 2021 #23
Wow, I lived there 1975 to 1986. Delmette2.0 May 2021 #24
Then to many of us DownriverDem May 2021 #28
EXACTLY! Stand back and let the bodies hit the floor. Runningdawg May 2021 #33
Perhaps start suing those who ignore common sense steps to protect others from ... SWBTATTReg May 2021 #7
At this point Diamond_Dog May 2021 #8
Just say "The virus will sort them out" hydrolastic May 2021 #9
And if they don't aggiesal May 2021 #11
I've played the erectile dysfunction card EYESORE 9001 May 2021 #12
I have done this too. mackdaddy May 2021 #20
"A liberal baby cries its eyes out whenever a conservative gets vaccinated"? struggle4progress May 2021 #17
Very smart! And useful because it's not snarky... fierywoman May 2021 #18
They need to be shunned. Demobrat May 2021 #19
I'm with you. MLAA May 2021 #26
It is in the works Runningdawg May 2021 #34
We had our carpets cleaned for the first time in 1 1/2 years. SleeplessinSoCal May 2021 #21
Maybe nature I_UndergroundPanther May 2021 #25
The problem is they would clog up Demobrat May 2021 #32
I tell them great, would you please sign this form so we can send your vaccine to Africa grantcart May 2021 #30
I like it. A lot. BobTheSubgenius May 2021 #31
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