I met up with an English friend for coffee/tea, initially with misgivings since she has more or less gone along with the whole covid nonsense, albeit, not especially militant or opionated. Since she's always been so friendly and kind in the past, I accepted her invitation.
We spoke about our kids, school, etc,. Her son is waiting for his exam results before moving to the UK in September to study.
He doesn't yet know which uni he will get into yet, so everything is rather up in the air. Then she's worried about all the testing necessary getting from Germany to the UK, which airport is the lesser evil (apparently Heathrow is super stressful atm), the Delta variant, possible lockdowns in the UK and online university (rooms are quite expensive), shopping for bedding, cooking utensils, etc.,
I remained neutral/sympathetic. At the end she said if I minded if she asked me a question. I thought to myself, "Oh no, here it comes." "Have you had the vaccine?" I just said I would rather wait a bit to see what happens. She said she didn't want to, but she was starting to get bullied at work due to her irresponsible hesitation. I felt relieved and angry on her behalf. We agreed how crazy the whole thing is. I mean, aren't they protected? I think it cheered her up that she is not the only one!
I went to a homeopath last week. We both agreed that the whole world has gone mad, but she advised me not to be too vocal about my anti-vaxx stance. She said 50% of her clients had taken the shot. She thought that number quite high, since most of her patients are a bit more clued up in general, and that they would regret it. She also deals in orthomolecular therapy, so that's good to know. She said if it became mandatory, she would probably be able to help ameliorate some of the damage.
Another friend is trying to get her 3 young children vaccinated, but her doctor refused to do so, so she will try elsewhere. Good for that doctor.
I'm hearing and seeing ambulances at all times of the day, whereas during the lockdown, before the mass vaccinations, it was extremely quiet on that front.
We spoke about our kids, school, etc,. Her son is waiting for his exam results before moving to the UK in September to study.
He doesn't yet know which uni he will get into yet, so everything is rather up in the air. Then she's worried about all the testing necessary getting from Germany to the UK, which airport is the lesser evil (apparently Heathrow is super stressful atm), the Delta variant, possible lockdowns in the UK and online university (rooms are quite expensive), shopping for bedding, cooking utensils, etc.,
I remained neutral/sympathetic. At the end she said if I minded if she asked me a question. I thought to myself, "Oh no, here it comes." "Have you had the vaccine?" I just said I would rather wait a bit to see what happens. She said she didn't want to, but she was starting to get bullied at work due to her irresponsible hesitation. I felt relieved and angry on her behalf. We agreed how crazy the whole thing is. I mean, aren't they protected? I think it cheered her up that she is not the only one!
I went to a homeopath last week. We both agreed that the whole world has gone mad, but she advised me not to be too vocal about my anti-vaxx stance. She said 50% of her clients had taken the shot. She thought that number quite high, since most of her patients are a bit more clued up in general, and that they would regret it. She also deals in orthomolecular therapy, so that's good to know. She said if it became mandatory, she would probably be able to help ameliorate some of the damage.
Another friend is trying to get her 3 young children vaccinated, but her doctor refused to do so, so she will try elsewhere. Good for that doctor.
I'm hearing and seeing ambulances at all times of the day, whereas during the lockdown, before the mass vaccinations, it was extremely quiet on that front.
