My 87-year old father got the Moderna vaccine and wound up in the hospital

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[–]coffee_addict[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

The "evil fuckers" are the government bureaucrats who created these nightmarish guidelines. I guess I should be pointing the finger of blame pointed at them.

Here is a copy/paste of what I wrote above: nursing homes and assisted living facilities relied heavily on family members to come in and help put. Those facilities are thinly staffed with grossly underpaid workers. Once the family members weren't allowed to help out anymore, the workers could't keep up with the work-load. That is why my dad was so severely neglected in the nursing home -- since he never actually got sick, it was easy to forget about him when there were so many very sick people there that needed urgent care.

The people at the facility that my dad lives in are nice people who are trying their best given the horrid regulations that have been straddled on them by the state. Not only has their workload gone up because of the families not being able to help out, the new guidelines create a lot more work for them. For example, now they have to deliver meals/pick them up from each room. Much more work than having everyone eat in the dining room. The staff are all working massive overtime and are exhausted. They are desperate to reduce their workload. They are desperate to have their residents be happy people who can go out and do things like get pain shots. They don't like dealing with crabby and depressed people. I can see why, when told they can't re-open without full vaccine compliance, they would push my dad.

In their defense, they had an epi-pen ready and waited with him for 1/2 hour to ensure that he didn't have an anphlaxic reaction right then. In their minds, they did everything they needed to do to ensure safe administration of the vaccine and I am sure it never crossed their minds that the reaction would take a different form at a later time.

One more thing I want to mention is that my dad did not choose to move into an assisted living facility. The state of NV told him he wasn't allowed to live alone anymore and basically forced him into a facility against his will. That was almost a year before the COVID crises hit, so almost 2 years ago.

[–]NodeThis is my flair. There are many like it, but this one is mine. 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

The state of NV told him he wasn't allowed to live alone anymore and basically forced him into a facility against his will.

That's probably when the meinkrafting should have taken place. I'll just leave it at that.

horrid regulations that have been straddled on them by the state.

I'm not accepting that as an excuse by local businesses demanding The Mask. I've used a local market that tolerates my chin mask, and Costco - because instacart wears the mask for me. Other than that, I hope every single complicit business dies, along with their owners and staff. They've killed countless numbers of innocent people, and are as complicit as the primary perpetrators.

My dad is a little older than yours, and still lives in his house. He can't get his chainsaw started anymore to cut wood, but he wants to. Brother lives close by, so he has help when he needs it.

Hope your dad gets better.

[–]coffee_addict[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Thank you.

I am seeing things from your perspective more and more. In all honestly, I was all for the state forcing him into a facility because he was a danger to himself. But eventually I realized that he didn't want to live in a sick body anymore and he was deliberately choosing risks. The last two years he has literally been tormented "for his own protection," when the reality is that he is ready to go. I realize now that we can't let the state take anyone's sovereignty away.

I just watched a video where the speaker was talking about how we, as individuals, need to change our perspective on sovereignty in order to break free of government control. She said something along the lines of "if you are 45 years old and have always lived in your parents basement and been neglected or tormented, you probably have Stockholm syndrome and are afraid to leave. But once you realize that you can get out that window and don't, you are now a participant in your own neglect/torment. You have to overcome the fear and climb out the window." She starts speaking at 1:30:32. Her talk is 20 minutes, and I am not sure when exactly she makes that point: https://odysee.com/@theconsciousresistance:7/The-Greater-Reset-Activation-Day-2--Health---Education:0

[–]Feldheld 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Coercive measures are wrong except for very extrem and blatant cases, like another nation invading your nation. The government measures against COVID dont even have any solid evidence to be beneficial in the first place, also the only justification for their necessity is the media hype created around the virus, the panic of the mob of the stupid who trust the media.

Other than that coercive measures are wrong by principle because they place some human beings over others. No human being deserves to be placed over others. No reasonable decent person would assume this much power and responsiblity, only stupid and arrogant people would do such a thing.

[–]coffee_addict[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Amen!

[–]waterydunehair 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

You said the employees are underpaid and overworked. What do you expect? People to work harder for even less compensation? It's a shitty entry level job filled with dumb people who phone it in.

You're not going to get high quality work underpaying people to be 24/7 personal butler's literally wiping asses all day.

If you want people to take care of you when you're old. You have to pay for it. If you can't pay for it, you better hope you have a good relationship with family/friends who will take care of you.

[–]coffee_addict[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

That was my point. We need to value the people who care for our elderly more. We should have always been paying them more and not making them work crazy hours. There should have always been enough staff on duty for each shift to fully meet the residents' needs without relying on the families to come in and help. The system was totally broken before COVID, but thanks to COVID, we can no longer turn a blind-eye to the broken nature of it. As a society, we need to re-examine our values.

[–]waterydunehair 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Cool, I was a bit reactionary. But seems like we're on the same page.