I checked @canadian-coconut's page to see if she had any posts recently and saw this one reblogged and that's how I ended up here :)
Even if they don't get any more boosts (they seem to have fallen out of favor where I am), they'll gladly go back and fall for the next big lie when it comes. Over and over, learning nothing.
This is something I find harsh to witness. Although I have no clue about the real status here in Spain (I deliberately don't follow the news about it) as I feel like "I'll deal with it when it's a thing" because several times people told me this or that is going to happen or masks are mandated again bla bla, thinking that things would go downhill again, and it was all just a little scare nothing more.
Sadly, I've heard about old colleagues giving away their parents and uncles still ignorant about the vax and gladly believing any lie presented because it's on the MSM channels.. sigh.
I actually had one say to me (in relation to another acquaintance who kept falling ill) "It's like she's cursed or something". It's sad and astounding that they'd rather believe they're cursed then accept the consequence of a poor decision (and improve for the future).
When I started to wake up from the real world as I was forced to see (in 2015), I remember that the truths I found were scary as shit. On top of that, I was living in fear even without that knowledge so things were really heavy for me to comprehend. I believe that because I already walked to these years at the time, Covid madness was much easier to deal with and see through the smoke curtain by seeing the patterns in certain things.
I think some people have not gone through enough hardships in life to be able to comprehend that the truth is as bad as it is. No matter what you believe and how far this reaches, you must be pretty stupid and ignorant to still not see that certain decisions were rushed and people now pay the consequences.
What bothers me most is that the world was suddenly so divided and people lost all sense of empathy when someone has another opinion. I don't mind if you took the vax, I understand that you are living your life and some felt they did the right thing or had no other choice, I'm happy if you don't have any side effects, and I don't wish that on anyone either but I wish to be treated with respect for not choosing to get vaxxed and knowing that I have my reasons.
Anyway, good to connect! Sorry for the book lengthy comment :) PS I'm sorry that your friends find it hard to deal with/see things, it must be hard for you as well.