Continuing a conversation begun several posts below, let’s get the ball rolling on the Flu Resource Area. This would be part two of the resources area — we’ve already posted one as part of an annual edition several years ago.
Jenna Dern, my old friend from the New Paltz PCB skirmishes, turned up in my neighborhood today, and while I went down to Dominick’s Cafe and made sandwiches, she researched several helpful anti-vaccination resources. I think the most important thing to have organized now is the basis of your objection, which in 48 states may be based on religious principles and in 18 states may be based on philosophical principles.
I told Dominick what we were up to and he said flatly that if mandatory vaccination came along, they would have to arrest him if they didn’t accept his opposition. To work, that opposition generally needs to be religious in nature; religion does serve a purpose, which is to codify your relationship to existence in a meaningful way.
The main problem with objecting to vaccines is mostly likely to be you. You may not want to get the shot(s) nor may you want your children to get them, and you likely have the legitimate grounds to oppose. But can you stand up to your mother, your husband, your child’s teacher or your friends, if they are all getting the jab, and think you and your kids should get it too?
To overcome this issue you need to understand this, and you need to be strong. If you can’t be strong but you want to be, proceed immediately to therapy. It only gets worse as other people continue to run your life.
Here is some of what Jenna turned up in exactly 23 minutes of research. She is a Taurus and part of the conversation was what it’s like to identify an issue and take action. So I challenged her to see what she could come up with in under 25 minutes, while I made us lunch.