Anti mask/anti vax nonsense

[madringal]

I have a fb friend that has always been anti vax and is, of course, is anti mask. They have never followed a single COVID protocol, regularly hosted “covid parties” to share immunity, etc. So now she’s been sharing all these articles about how the people that are vaxxed are now “shedding” and exposing others to “biological warfare”. I can’t even.

Honest to god, her solution to protect yourself from vaxxed people: wear a mask, avoid large crowds, don’t visit family that has been recently vaxxed, and social distance when out in public. My brain may actually explode.

[Queen Dick, Hibernating Bear]

Why would you be friends with an 'anti-vax even before Covid' person in the first place?

[lilac05]

I agree that someone like this is too far gone. Not worth your energy to argue with her “own research.”

But hey...I guess if anti-Vaxers believe this and all start wearing masks, social distancing, and staying away from people who ARE vaccinated, we all win!

It actually makes me wonder if the originator of this latest craze is actually a pro-mask person desperately trying anything to get people to wear them. Not likely, but since these people aren’t great at researching their resources or their “research” methodology, it’s possible.

[pugz]

My brother has started posting about how tons of people have died due to the vaccine and it’s being kept secret

[Queen Dick, Hibernating Bear]

May 6, 2021 23:40:20 GMT -5 pugz said:

My brother has started posting about how tons of people have died due to the vaccine and it’s being kept secret

No, seriously. Is losing touch with reality a new thing for him or has he always been this way? How can you even handle that? It is impossible for me to comprehend.

[abs]

LOLLLL. At the solution. Perfect, keeping doing it.

I have a "friend" that believes this, too. I have backed way far off from her this year because we clearly don't agree on anything except helmets for biking anymore.

Also? She's a nurse.

[shauni27]

May 6, 2021 23:40:20 GMT -5 pugz said:

My brother has started posting about how tons of people have died due to the vaccine and it’s being kept secret

So, my dad died suddenly a couple of months ago 48 hours after receiving his vaccine. IN NO WAY was it related. However, a cousin posted on FB about how "my dear cousin died and I know in my heart it is because of the vaccine!" and I was OUTRAGED. Do not use my father's death as a soapbox to be anti-vaxx. My dad was SO proud to have gotten the vaccine and his death was not at all related to it. 

[eddy]

I would absolutely get rid of a social media friend like this. I purged my SM last fall and it was one of the best decisions I have made recently.

Seriously get rid of her.

[ans1999]

Our neighbor thinks mask wearing in schools is child abuse. She is constantly putting up signs that read Unmask Our Children. We live on the corner where she places them. 

[Patsy Baloney]

Have you tried telling her she’s wrong and is a danger to public health by publicly posting such falsehoods?

I have no patience or mercy for people who use social media platforms to poison others.

[ProfessorArtNerd]

May 7, 2021 8:40:11 GMT -5 eddy said:

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Seriously get rid of her.

TM Queen Dick, Hibernating Bear

[fivechickens]

I saw on Twitter a mom posted that she drove 11 hours to visit her daughter (invited) and about 8 hours into the trip the daughter told her they didn’t want to see her because mom had been vaccinated and that would somehow make the daughter infertile.

🙄

[Jalapeñomel]

I am so glad that my students seem to be a whole lot smarter than so many adults out there and that they'll be taking over.

[redheadk]

May 7, 2021 8:43:30 GMT -5 ans1999 said:

Our neighbor thinks mask wearing in schools is child abuse. She is constantly putting up signs that read Unmask Our Children. We live on the corner where she places them. 

In your yard? I would throw that shit in the trash and put up a no trespassing sign. 

[mrssandro]

I blame fox news. I have had to talk down my MIL a dozen times since this started based on stuff she heard on the local news. She does practice all the protocols but I think is just so gullible. I think lots of people fall for the BS.

I unfollowed a ton of people are anti maskers early on. Luckily I have nobody posting BS about not getting the vaccine.

[cheeseplease]

I unfollowed a bunch too mrssandro, anti maskers and extreme Trumpers. If it wasn't for great neighborhood pages on FB, I'd be gone from there.

I don't have a lot of friends and my longest and closest friend is anti vaxx. She keeps sending me links to stupid articles and I refuse to even open them. I've been backing away from that friendship as we just don't share the same values and viewpoints anymore. It saddens me.

[ans1999]

May 7, 2021 9:09:48 GMT -5 redheadk said:

May 7, 2021 8:43:30 GMT -5 ans1999 said:

Our neighbor thinks mask wearing in schools is child abuse. She is constantly putting up signs that read Unmask Our Children. We live on the corner where she places them. 

In your yard? I would throw that shit in the trash and put up a no trespassing sign. 

Initially it was and we definitely took them down. We also have some common area that aligns to our side yard and she started placing them there. I get enraged every time I pull out.  

[macmars45]

My second oldest sister thinks her whole family (4 kids, her & her H) all got covid in Dec 2019. Not you know, a cold. Since they all had 'covid' they're good, apparently. Also, my mom told me she stopped vaccinating her kids. The oldest two got all the vaccines, the younger two got some. Her H is an asshole trumper conspiracy nut too.

[goldengirlz]

May 6, 2021 23:40:20 GMT -5 pugz said:

My brother has started posting about how tons of people have died due to the vaccine and it’s being kept secret

I think Fox News might be spewing this bullshit. I have a family member who posted a Tucker Carlson video of him saying (I assume, based on the caption) pretty much that.

(I’ve unfollowed her so I don’t have to see her content. But my sister noticed that when any of us post anything pro-vaccine, she posts some anti-vaccine nonsense. And it is nonsense. It’s right there between videos about the great government “cover-up” about extraterrestrials.)

[Queen Dick, Hibernating Bear]

Fucker is a rancid troll of the highest order.

"Trump should get credit for the vaccine."

Also him:

"The vaccine kills people."

How do people reconcile this? A toddler could see the discrepancy here. I do not understand.

[bex1973]

Holy shit shauni27, I hope you lit their ass up. That is disgusting!

[aliciabella]

As we say here, " Make America Dumb Again."

[maudefindlay]

I'm sorry for your loss shauni27 and that you have to deal with that idiot cousin. I'd report them for false info.

[ste]

May 7, 2021 8:43:30 GMT -5 ans1999 said:

Our neighbor thinks mask wearing in schools is child abuse. She is constantly putting up signs that read Unmask Our Children. We live on the corner where she places them. 

SIL had SO many issues with her XH about this and their kiddo (both abuse and it’ll teach kiddo to be a sheep 🙄). It was a nightmare and she almost ended up having to go back to court over it.

[mommin]

I’m shedding?! What am I shedding?! That sounds gross.

[aliciabella]

May 7, 2021 11:11:26 GMT -5 Queen Dick, Hibernating Bear said:

Fucker is a rancid troll of the highest order.

"Trump should get credit for the vaccine."

Also him:

"The vaccine kills people."

How do people reconcile this? A toddler could see the discrepancy here. I do not understand.

And the oddest part is that these same fuckers said, " Well only 2 percent of people die from Covid, it isn't worse than the flu!!" You know how you know when someone is so gone up Fox news ass? They all repeat the same sentences, over and over and over again. Fuck them all. I am so over the anti-vaccs shit. It is disgusting.

[aliciabella]

May 7, 2021 8:52:46 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

I am so glad that my students seem to be a whole lot smarter than so many adults out there and that they'll be taking over.

That sorta is the point. The kids don't give a shit about the masks. I have 3 kids and never once has it been an issue for them. Never. That is the thing though, the adults are always the one making an issue out of it, yet will say they are just protecting their kids or some shit.

[Jalapeñomel]

May 7, 2021 11:46:37 GMT -5 aliciabella said:

May 7, 2021 8:52:46 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

I am so glad that my students seem to be a whole lot smarter than so many adults out there and that they'll be taking over.

That sorta is the point. The kids don't give a shit about the masks. I have 3 kids and never once has it been an issue for them. Never. That is the thing though, the adults are always the one making an issue out of it, yet will say they are just protecting their kids or some shit.

Agreed. 100%

[TrickyBob]

A woman I know thinks because she got sick end of December 2019 that she had COVID and now has natural immunity. She works in an establishment where she interacts with a lot of people. And she thinks because of that, she is simply immune so she doesn't need to wear a mask.


Lady!! You can pass it to others without you being sick. But because a respiratory doc told her covid was here in 2019 and they weren't allowed to tell anyone....Jesus.

[litskispeciality]

((( shauni27,))) that's horrible!

I had someone try to compare face masks to motorcycle helmets, saying they only protect you...so no need to wear one to protect others. Of course a loud and proud Trumper who traveled to FL because "they're doing COVID right, no masks, everything's open". I still can't completely understand their mask logic like even in their own mind. Masks protect others, that's why we ALL wear them.

And I wish they'd stop calling them face diapers, that's getting really old, and kinda gross.