Epic Speech for.... I don't know.

[Ninurta]

Thanks, please read my reply above.  I find it difficult to put this into perspective.   Perhaps when this is all over I can write better.  P.S  In the interim I have to travel 3.5 hrs north to the Queensland border to receive my treatment and surgery and keep my job going in between.

Not looking for sympathy just understanding.

All the best,

Bally:)

I understand your reasoning, given the political climate over there. I also, to a lesser extent, understand the reasoning of most of my family who have gotten the jab - most of them did it to keep their jobs. Now most of the "mandates" that forced them into the jab are being struck down, but in the moment, they felt as if it was what they had to do, so I understand that.

In the final analysis, we are all grown ass adults, and will all do what we think best for ourselves and our families in the moment, and there is no blame or fault attached to that. Take it, don't take it - doesn't matter. it is none of our places to make that decision for anyone else. They will do what they need to do for their own circumstances.

My next younger sister, for example, was forced into it, and none too happy about that. She still does contract work for the federal government, and got caught in that mandate. Now, after she got jabbed, the courts have stricken that mandate down, and again she is rather incensed about it - it was only in place long enough to force her into the jab. My youngest sister, the nurse, got caught in the "health care worker mandate", even though she had already had the covids. She's none too happy about that, either. The doctor who jabbed her actually told her "you know your natural immunity is about 18% more effective than this vaccine, right?" and all she could say was "I know, but, mandate".

My mom and her husband both got the jab in their 80's, both of them also after having had the covid - her to maintain her job, him to support her. Both have had nothing but trouble out of the jab. He was actually hospitalized afterwards with blood clots inimical to his pre-existent heart condition. It damn near killed him, but he's soldiering onwards. The only reason he survived is because of that heart condition - they monitor him more closely for such heart-related problems than they do, for instance, 18 year old athletes.

My middle sister, I dunno. She has probably had the jab, being a Leftist and all, but may not have because she has some peculiar auto-immune conditions that may advise against it, so I don't know if she has or not. I've not pried, and she's not told, and that's really the way it should be regarding medical stuff. None of my business.

My older brother is a lot like me, but meaner. I'm reasonably certain he will not get the jab either, and will likely leave bodies laying if anyone tries to force it on him. His route through life dragged him through the US Marine Corps, and you know those boys are pretty good shots, and pretty grouchy in their old age.

But in the end, we all do what we feel the need to do, for whatever reason. You had your reasons for getting it, and I cannot fault them - they were YOUR reasons, factoring into YOUR decision, not mine, none of my business. Likewise, my decision has been against getting the vax to the point that if they try, I am quite sure there will be broken bones and bite marks involved before they git 'er done. I have my own reasons for that, and I would hope folks could accept my decision as mine as well as I can accept that their decision is theirs.

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