Why Some Are Saying No

This is a written defense of sorts.

A defense of those being oppressed for having the nerve to ask questions… those who are refusing to comply.

This is not a professional medical opinion meant to sway your choice. It’s simply an explanation of why people are so concerned over their lack of ability to make their choice.

There are questions that need answered.

Why are some people choosing to give up their freedoms, their livelihoods, their favorite pastimes, and certainty over their future?

Why would any sane person do that?

Why are people saying no when it’s so much easier and way more popular to say yes?

Why are some people still refusing at the cost of so much?

And how could anyone be that selfish? Why don’t they “love their neighbor”, and just pull up their sleeve???

Busting The Myths

Let’s refute from the get-go some untruths about why most people refuse the vaccine:

They are selfish and don’t care about others. False. You can get or give COVID with or without the vaccine. (Everyone and their mother knows someone vaccinated who’s still gotten COVID). And some people truly believe they are standing for freedom that will quickly be lost if no one defends it. Not to mention, some fear the side effects of the vaccines for themselves and their loved ones as much as they fear COVID itself.

They are ignoring science. Again, false. Let’s be real. Anyone can find a medical professional/scientist who supports their point of view right now. (And let’s not talk about how many doctors and nurses have left their careers over these mandates.)

They Are Covid Deniers. False, as well. Of course, there are a few people out there ignoring reality… but lets stop building a straw man by saying that anyone who refuses the vaccine denies the reality of the virus. Because the majority of those refusing the vaccine aren’t denying the reality of COVID, but rather what the cure might be.

Now, let’s look at a few real and valid reasons why some people are refusing to comply.

1. Health Reasons

People generally have a whole variety of health conditions and backgrounds. To assume that this is a “one shot fits all” situation is ludicrous. To act upon that assumption by forcing this vaccine on all is even worse.

Do you know there are people who have written medical exemptions from their own doctor and still that’s not enough? They continue to be kept from certain parts of society simply for doing what is best for their own health? They are told to listen to the science. They are. They are listening to their physician, who has had intense medical training, and believes they are not good candidates for the vaccine. Still, the mandates stand, as does the ridicule. There are also those who have reacted badly to vaccines in the past, so they choose to forgo. Yet, you feel deep repercussions for not following the “one size fits all” mandates.

If you think I’m exaggerating, check out this clip taken last month from my favorite show ever The View.

Ok, so I was kidding… it’s not my favorite show… it’s really kind of awful. It’s a group of women that so often value feelings over facts, opinions over truth, and shut down anyone who doesn’t fall in line with a particular narrative or agenda. As shown above. But I must say I was glad to see the male commentator from ET seeming to have some sense of logic and humanity on the topic. A nice, little spark of hope there.

2. A Lack of Trust

I think there are many people out there that simply don’t trust this vaccine and more importantly, the government pressuring them so heavily to take it. The speed at which this vaccine was created, released, and “FDA Approved”, was unprecedented. Some people see that as impressive and something to be applauded, others see it has suspect and a fact that should encourage caution.

Let me paint a picture here: Imagine meeting a person who is simply trying too hard to win your acceptance or approval? They’re just a little overbearing… kind of all up in your business? They want to be best friends when there’s been no time to build a relationship at all? And then when you refuse their advances they start stalking you and getting all creepy? Well, hopefully you haven’t had this experience, but I feel like it’s an accurate example to illustrate why so many are put off by these vaccine mandates. It all happened too quickly, it’s seeping into every aspect of our lives, it’s all up in our business, and wreaking havoc on us when we resist it’s advances.

Why would anyone NOT be wary when there is unbearable pressure to do something that goes against their conscience or well being? Why would people not be concerned about the lack of privacy for their medical choices? The mandates and the constant barrage of incentives for these vaccines are causing people to pause, to wonder…. why?

Why is it that they aren’t allowed to ask questions?

Why are people supposed to take the word of one doctor or nurse over here on a vaccine, when there’s another doctor or nurse over here leaving a life long career to avoid taking it themselves?

Why is something that might lessen the severity for you but still allows you to get or give the virus being pushed so very hard as a “protection to others”?

Why are the “protected” so afraid of the “unprotected” if the protection actually works?

What is so illogical about being concerned over the lack of testing for this vaccine?

Why are those who aren’t following their government without question being so demonized?

Has anyone asked why this particular vaccine matters SO MUCH?

Now, of course, once anyone begins to doubt the American government or WHO or the FDA or the CDC, they are immediately put in the “conspiracy theorist” time out box. We simply must be crazy to think that those in higher places should be questioned, seeing as they always have our best interests at heart.

Has anyone talked with the black community about this assumption? There are many articles out there right now regarding hesitancy among people of color to be vaccinated. Here’s a piece from a USA Today article to remind you of days not so long ago:

Since the country’s inception, the American medical institution has subjected Black bodies to abuse, exploitation and experimentation. Corpses being pulled from the ground for scientific study. Black women being sterilized without their knowledge and robbed of the opportunity to bear children. An entire Black community misled into believing they were immune from a fatal illness. Time and time again, Black people have been betrayed by the medical establishment, fostering a lingering, deep-rooted mistrust…Perhaps the most notorious example of experimentation on Black bodies was the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, in which 400 sharecroppers were denied treatment for syphilis over 40 years. In 1932, U.S. Public Health Service employees recruited hundreds of poor, uneducated African American men with syphilis and watched them die avoidable deaths over time, even after a cure was found. The discovery of the experiment made front-page news in 1972. The study participants won a $10 million class-action settlement in 1975 and an apology from President Bill Clinton in 1997. (USA Today Article) [Emphasis mine]

Now, I’m not saying that this is what’s happening … I’m only saying it’s been done before, and it’s logical for people to think twice when they are being forced to take something that is supposedly “for their own good”.

Our government doesn’t gain trust by not allowing questions to be asked. And if you’re thinking, no ones tying you down and forcing you… I would say taking away peoples ability to work and provide for their families is absolutely force. This only provokes mistrust and resistance. And for valid reasons.

3. Choosing Another Route

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen the straw man argument that says those who won’t take the vaccine are COVID deniers. I recently posted my vaccine injury blog:

Six Tragic Stories… Plus 100,000 more

The main arguments against it were the numbers of people who have died from COVID… as if I were denying that. I’m not. Yet, there have been countless accounts of people who have suffered or watched a loved one suffer or even die from the side effects of this vaccine… it’s not as rare as they’d like you to believe. The main stream media doesn’t tell you about it. Some physicians refuse to report it. The VAERS data is far behind reality. For more on that look at the blog above (though it only scratches the surface) and please do some research into it. I’ve seen, on a personal note, how deeply these injuries have impacted people and it often drives them to find an ulterior route for how to treat the virus.

We all have to figure out how to live with COVID as part of life… we’re simply disagreeing on exactly what that looks like.

Now… let me show you what happens if you Google “Therapeutics For COVID”:

Anything you’ll find in a Google search tells you that the vaccine is your only choice. And there’s no medical jargon or fancy phrasing. It’s just “get vaccinated” in the most down to earth, even for the peasant, kind of language. Even though the vaccine is known for being preventative… not a treatment. Yet it’s listed as the TREATMENT for COVID. It’s honestly very hard to find any articles regarding alternative therapeutics such as Ivermectin, because Big Tech has largely blocked any information. Doctors are being told they’ll lose their job or even be charged with malpractice if they prescribe it. Judges have ordered it to be administered to a particular patient only for the hospital to refuse. Yet, I’ve heard testimony after testimony of people turning to these therapeutics for COVID treatment with great success both here and abroad.

A regimen of Vit C, Vit D, and Zinc have also been known to be helpful in building immunity. Especially if you take it on an ongoing basis. (My husband is extremely diligent about this… he gets on to me when I’m not. And I can’t say for sure if it made the difference, but his case of COVID was much lighter than mine. So who knows?)

And some people are choosing to build their immunities a bit more organically. I can’t tell you how much it bothers me to see people walking through the store with a mask on to “protect” themselves from COVID with a basket absolutely brimming with every kind of processed, artificial junk food imaginable. Now, I’m not majoring on masks. That’s not the point. But how is it that we have Doctors who absolutely can’t wait to put a barely tested vaccine into you and your children but hardly ever spend a significant amount of time educating people on the vital importance of a well-rounded, immune building diet? For both children and adults, what we put in our bodies and how active we are plays an essential part in our health.

You see, there are some who have counted the cost and would rather take their chances with ulterior methods and therapeutics, rather than the vaccine.

I’m not saying these alternative methods are fool proof… but the vaccine has proven that it certainly isn’t either. So, how about we just ALL be allowed to do our utmost and make the best decisions for our own health and leave it at that?

4. Standing For Human Rights

Another reason we are seeing people leave their jobs and careers over this, is because they see how wrong it is to mandate what people inject into their bodies. There are many who are choosing to take a stand against tyranny for all our sakes.

And for anyone who claims to be a Christian… if you are supporting the mandate, remember this:

Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him. Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand… The faith that you have, keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who has no reason to pass judgment on himself for what he approves.  But whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats, because the eating is not from faith. For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin. Romans 14

As a follower of Christ, we are held accountable for what we put in our bodies. If you believe this vaccine to be safe and healthy and necessary, then do it! By all means. But, to stay true to the word of God, you have to understand that if a fellow believer is convicted that he or she might harm her body by taking this vaccine and cannot take it with a clear conscience… I don’t think it’s going too far to say that you are asking them to sin by insisting that they make the same choice that you have.

These mandates are striving to remove people’s ability to make decisions for their own health… and there are many people out there willing to give up their livelihood and careers (including MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS) to stand up for this very basic human right.

Take this gentleman for example…. An ER doctor who is not at all against vaccines, but feels he has good reason to be cautious when mandating such a thing. He weighed the possibilities and chose not to be vaccinated. He lost his job over it.

Here’s another story about a physician who was suspended for caring for the unvaccinated and spreading “misinformation” before resigning her position.

Now this is just scratching the surface… There are countless more stories like these. And as you can tell if you watch all the way through, these physicians are not some crazy conspiracy theorists. They’re are medical professionals who are concerned and are being silenced.

And there are a host of others from multiple professions, leaving their job’s over this.

Right now, standing in the gap for those who have no choice is coming at an incredibly high cost. I’m grateful to those who are making that sacrifice.

5. It’s Not Your Business

Not so long ago, your health information was your own, for you to share or not at your own discretion.

Our world is very different now.

I know there have always been times where you had to have particular vaccines to work at a certain place, or attend a certain school, or go to a particular country… but the topic was still considered private. There were still generally exemptions and even if not, you could still go about your day to day life shopping, and traveling, and eating at restaurants without consistent questions about your medical decisions. People weren’t so afraid of one another or prying into each others business.

But now there are athletes, movie stars, politicians, officials and a whole host of others being openly asked about their vaccination statuses on public platforms and then being publicly lambasted when it’s discovered that they’ve refused. Like it’s anyones business but their own.

How have we become so comfortable with our medical information no longer being our own to share or to keep to ourselves at our own discretion?

I think the Arizona AG, Mark Brnovich sums it up pretty well:

I wanted to offer some of the reasoning behind the choice of some to forgo the vaccine. Still, whether or not you agree with anything I’ve said above… the bottom line on why a another person has made the choice to vaccinate or not is this:

It’s not your business. It’s theirs.

Ok, I’ll Stop Now

I don’t want to beat a dead horse, but when I’m seeing mandates grow stricter and more wide spread, we must keep speaking out.

I know some of you are so tired of this conversation.

I am too.

I wish it was a conversation that didn’t have to happen.

I’m not writing this to defend the Anti-Vaxx point of view or to demonize those who choose to be vaccinated.

I’m simply standing alongside millions of others and defending our freedom to choose.