I’ve not posted about Covid for quite some time. This time I’m going into radioactive territory. I’ll start with a confession. I was wrong about some things I thought and said in the early days of the pandemic. Not everything, but some things, and in those some things I got caught up in a guilt-by-association fallacy.
I appreciate your honesty and analysis Stan. I’ve been following your writing for more than a decade. A lifelong lefty, the decision to “wait and see” on the injections alienated me from nearly every single person in my personal and professional life. It has been brutal. I co-founded and attend a weekly support group for those of us who for one reason or other decided to abstain and paid a price in our lives. A sociologist and list maker, I’ve been compiling lists of doctors, other health care providers, researchers, social scientists, journalists, etc who have been publicly critical of various aspects of the pandemic response. Just thought you’d find it interesting to hear from someone who has been demonized by the world I formerly aligned myself. A precious gift and funny story is that the whole thing led to a reconnecting w a conservative cousin. We were close in childhood and grew apart in adulthood - her into a more religious life and me into a secular life as a social scientist. We regularly express our gratitude at our reconnection ❤️
I appreciate your honesty and analysis Stan. I’ve been following your writing for more than a decade. A lifelong lefty, the decision to “wait and see” on the injections alienated me from nearly every single person in my personal and professional life. It has been brutal. I co-founded and attend a weekly support group for those of us who for one reason or other decided to abstain and paid a price in our lives. A sociologist and list maker, I’ve been compiling lists of doctors, other health care providers, researchers, social scientists, journalists, etc who have been publicly critical of various aspects of the pandemic response. Just thought you’d find it interesting to hear from someone who has been demonized by the world I formerly aligned myself. A precious gift and funny story is that the whole thing led to a reconnecting w a conservative cousin. We were close in childhood and grew apart in adulthood - her into a more religious life and me into a secular life as a social scientist. We regularly express our gratitude at our reconnection ❤️
Powerful statements. Conclusion was 110%, for me anyway. TYTY.