First off, what a lovely family you have <3 It's wonderful that your daughter and her boyfriend get along so well with everyone. I'm the same, always drew towards older people, since they're the only ones who actually seem willing to think.
Oh God, I loved that interview!! It brought tears to my eyes. I mean, I like a lot of Rogan interviews, but this was the only one that had me stopping in the street every 5 mins or so to write down some name or some book or whatever to research. What Roger says about his mother, and reading, and learning as much as you can, that really struck a chord.
There's a woman like that in our gatherings, she's a school teacher and did all the things, but also defended the rights of people to Not do them.
It's funny how there were a lot of people like that on the anti side, perfectly willing to support another's right to vaccinate or wear a mask or whatever. Not so many on the pro side, though, which makes them all the more valuable.
What always got me was how so many people were willing to blindly accept that these people, many of whom they'd known for years, were turned overnight into "bad people" who wanted to hurt you. I don't think that about any of my friends. If I did, well, we wouldn't be friends, for a start. I don't get why you wouldn't rather assume that people are reasonable -- talking to them then, and even arguing against them, would be immensely more valuable.
those with a mind to agree never even see as they wouldn't go seeking out platforms like bitly etc.
True. But I don't know how much they'd have been willing to believe. The way I see it is, the information was out there. I saw it, a lot of people I know or met during that time saw it. Maybe you could've seen it, too, just chose not to. I have another friend, I was telling her recently about Pfizer admitting the vaccine wasn't even tested. And she was shocked. She goes "but I've had 3 shots". So outraged, as if anyone has a duty to keep you informed. Unfortunately not, not in this world, at least.
I'm from Romania, though currently moving around Europe a bunch (wanted to before the pandemic, now finally can). It fluctuated. I think over the summer of 2021, they'd lifted most of it, but reintroduced it when the "cases spiked" in autumn. Kept it until around spring 2022.
I wouldn't be surprised if there was one more wave of it though.
Wouldn't put it past them, but I so, so hope your wrong.
Could you bullshit your way through, where you are? In Ro, at least, you could like sneak into shopping malls, or get into cafes and restaurants if you were ballsy enough. Everyone turned a blind eye sort of thing, though only in the later months, obviously.