He got the Moderna jab. This is someone who had taken the lock down very seriously and I had basically not seen him for a year. His wife has some medical issues that put her at risk so they had lived the life of hermits for the duration. When he was 'fully vaccinated' he started doing things again.
He also has an old knee injury from having twisted it bad about 25 years ago. Typically his knee does not cause him much trouble at all... It is in the category of "I can tell when a storm is coming because my knee aches."
About a week an a half after the second shot he woke up in the morning with his knee swelled up to the size of a basketball. Can't walk. Zero cause or explanation. He has been in a knee brace and hobbling around on crutches for 2 weeks now.
...the really scary thing is his brain refuses to entertain the possibility that the shot and his mysterious knee problem might be related. Last time I saw him he was starting to question me about when am I going to get the shot and "You're not turning into one of those stupid anti-vaxesrs are you?" He said this while standing on crutches for a totally unexplained medical issue that appeared right after the shot. Typically on the subject of the vax I feel that everyone has the right to make their own medical decisions so I don't confront people, but when he started in on me I felt unrestrained. I laid into him a bit and dropped some vax red pills and he was just getting defensive and was regurgitating the propaganda. "The new Indian 'D' variant is more deadly and is spreading!..." When I said "So you don't find it suspicious at all that you have this strange unexplained inflammation problem right after the vax when we KNOW that the spike protein causes inflammation?!?!" This comment hit him like a ton of bricks and he got quiet. It is really clear that he had just never considered the connection.
The lesson for me: We cannot stand by silently and watch our friends and families kill themselves. Non-confrontation and letting people 'make their own choice' is the cowards way out. I am now getting in-your-face confrontational with people. I know I will loose friends but it will be worth it if I am able to save just a few.
He got the Moderna jab. This is someone who had taken the lock down very seriously and I had basically not seen him for a year. His wife has some medical issues that put her at risk so they had lived the life of hermits for the duration. When he was 'fully vaccinated' he started doing things again.
He also has an old knee injury from having twisted it bad about 25 years ago. Typically his knee does not cause him much trouble at all... It is in the category of "I can tell when a storm is coming because my knee aches."
About a week an a half after the second shot he woke up in the morning with his knee swelled up to the size of a basketball. Can't walk. Zero cause or explanation. He has been in a knee brace and hobbling around on crutches for 2 weeks now.
...the really scary thing is his brain refuses to entertain the possibility that the shot and his mysterious knee problem might be related. Last time I saw him he was starting to question me about when am I going to get the shot and "You're not turning into one of those stupid anti-vaxesrs are you?" He said this while standing on crutches for a totally unexplained medical issue that appeared right after the shot. Typically on the subject of the vax I feel that everyone has the right to make their own medical decisions so I don't confront people, but when he started in on me I felt unrestrained. I laid into him a bit and dropped some vax red pills and he was just getting defensive and was regurgitating the propaganda. "The new Indian 'D' variant is more deadly and is spreading!..." When I said "So you don't find it suspicious at all that you have this strange unexplained inflammation problem right after the vax when we KNOW that the spike protein causes inflammation?!?!" This comment hit him like a ton of bricks and he got quiet. It is really clear that he had just never considered the connection.
The lesson for me: We cannot stand by silently and watch our friends and families kill themselves. Non-confrontation and letting people 'make their own choice' is the cowards way out. I am now getting in-your-face confrontational with people. I know I will loose friends but it will be worth it if I am able to save just a few.
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