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UNBOOSTED IS UNVACCINATED

1. Fullgoldcrown says:

   January 16, 2024 - 6:32 pm at 6:32 pm

   The unwelcome unvaxxed by Patricia Dawn Robertson

   Whenever I leave the sanctuary of my home office and venture out to resupply, my keen ears listen for the worrisome sound of a chest-rattling indoor cough.

   Every trip to the grocery store is an educational sound bite from Hinterland’s Who’s Who:

   The unvaccinated citizen is a pesky creature, found in public landscapes, especially discount grocery outlets and anti-government rallies. If you hear the noxious spreaders’ distinctive lower respiratory rasping in the frozen foods section, head straight to the safety of the produce section or quit the store for the closest Liberal Party fundraiser.

   If you asked me in March 2020 if I’d still be COVID-vigilant in January 2024, I’d have scoffed. By 2024, I imagined optimistically, the scientists would have an effective vaccine and we would have beat this thing — together — as a community of caring, concerned citizens.

   Yet, in my age group, 59 to 69, only 27 per cent of Canadians have their booster shots up to date.

   Didn’t nightly graphic images back in 2020 on CBC’s The National of unvaccinated people on respirators resonate?

   What about crowded emergency rooms? Patients who waited hours to be seen then offered a hallway gurney?

   After almost four years on the pandemic front lines, medical staff are burnt out. Yet many yahoos can’t be bothered to get a vaccine booster. Unboosted is unvaccinated.

   Others reject the concept of vaccination entirely, and stoke fear via conspiracy theories, such as U.S. celebrity influencer Jenny McCarthy.

   A belligerent branch of my extended family remains unvaccinated. The rationale? The concerned mother of three needs to know: What’s in the vaccines?

   The thirty-something urbanite is a rebellious millennial who demands full disclosure. But this isn’t a cereal box on the breakfast table. It’s a vaccine. The ingredients are patented, tested and approved by Health Canada.

   The choice to not vaccinate has consequences. Her mother, 62, who works in a home office, has suffered through three bouts of COVID, caught from group hugs with unvaccinated grandchildren.

   Why did grandma catch COVID? She didn’t mask or keep up her boosters. COVID Grandma, a Hinterland Who’s Who subset, is just one of the 73 per cent in the 59-to-69 cohort that skipped the jab. “Isn’t that awful pandemic over? Two shots are enough, right?”

   But it’s not just about you. The complete lack of concern for others is repugnant. We don’t just vaccinate for self-protection but to protect the vulnerable. The refusal to vax is selfish. It’s reckless. And it’s burdening our overtaxed health-care system.

   How many Canadians were sick in the busy run-up to Christmas? Just ask Winnipeg emergency room staff about the flu season tsunami. Winnipeg has been hit especially hard hit, yet vaccine uptake rates continue to wane.

   I’m here to call out the unvaccinated. It’s been four years. I’m tired of nodding my head patiently while they spout misinformation and ignorant rationales. The unvaxxed are about as welcome at my house as COVID or Pierre Poilievre. I now equate the two. Unvaccinated = COVID carrier.

   Rude, inconsiderate spreaders aren’t worth the social capital so I’ll be screening my calls, shielding myself from your long-winded complaints about the harsh impact of flu season on you and your poor unvaxxed family.

   When you elect to comply with health advice and vaccinate, it’s not a personal sacrifice like fighting overseas to protect democracy.

   Vaccine aversion carries a shameful legacy. Let’s summarize the talking points of an antivaxxer’s forthcoming obituary:

   — Ignored the desperate pleas of exhausted health professionals and dedicated scientists instead taking a Master Class online from vacuous celebrities.

   — Recklessly infected others then minimized the impact of the illness. Went out in public while infectious and refused to mask. “It’s just COVID!”

   — Ignored travel advisories then bragged about exotic trips via Facebook to the obedient housebound.

   — Obnoxiously spread rumours and misinformation about vaccine safety.

   — Gathered in Ottawa to intimidate public officials and demand freedom. Bank account frozen. Mandatory court appearance.

   — Died of complications from COVID.

   In our infantilized Skip the Dishes culture, we’ve lost sight of the big picture. Citizenship and democratic freedom carry responsibility. It’s not unencumbered. Vaccination is our moral imperative.

   The ongoing hacking cough of the unvaxxed is our call to arms: COVID has tested us and we are failing. But 2024 can be our turnaround year.

   In a world where so much is beyond our control, here’s something simple and free that those who feel powerless can do to make a huge difference: get vaccinated, get boosted, get healthy, carry on.

   Freelance journalist Patricia Dawn Robertson thanks those of you who are vaccinated. She continues to hurl invective on outliers.

   • silverboom says:

     January 16, 2024 - 10:07 pm at 10:07 pm

     Holy crap. That is likley the most astonishing thing I’ve read in the last four years.

     And I have read a TON. Two tons. Three tons. Four!!

     My God, these people exist and suck up valuable oxygen.

     Astounding.

2. Kestrel says:

   January 16, 2024 - 7:17 pm at 7:17 pm

   its desperate…thats all…
   wants to engage the healthy..
   pat her head & walk away..

3. Green Mountain Girl says:

   January 16, 2024 - 7:28 pm at 7:28 pm

   Go fuck yourself Patricia. Better yet, take all the shots that anyone with half a brain has now decided they don’t want, and shove them up your ass.
   I am ashamed to be part of the demographic that this bitch is referring to. I am now to the point where I hope the stupid will continue to shoot themselves up and then suffer the consequences.

   • Columbia says:

     January 16, 2024 - 9:14 pm at 9:14 pm

     Remember you can’t fix stupid.

     • Fullgoldcrown says:

       January 16, 2024 - 9:37 pm at 9:37 pm

       No but the vaccine can 🙂

   • silverboom says:

     January 16, 2024 - 10:08 pm at 10:08 pm

     I’m with you. At this point, I hope they continue with their regiment of death till it kills them.

4. Farmer says:

   January 16, 2024 - 8:09 pm at 8:09 pm

   That lady is totally out of touch with reality. What a lost article that is just reflective of the obtuse and unreasoning thought patterns that has led millions of confused citizens to their own demise. It is the same stunted intellects like her that are now leading the world to the brink of war with no recourse to stop and consider the implications of the seriousness of the actions. The idea of having unprotected sex with HIV carriers pales in comparison.

5. Kewl2 says:

   January 17, 2024 - 1:04 am at 1:04 am

   Amazing how a “journalist” can be so incredibly uninformed…….I guess it proves that not all journalists are bought & paid for as some REALLY DO BELIEVE the narrative being sold by governments & big Pharma.

   Yes Patricia we encourage you to keep taking those boosters. It won’t be long before you join in those that have already blazed your trail. The world will be a better place if everyone of your ilk just keep up with the program so that you are thoroughly juiced! Your government, UN, WEF and big Pharma will hail your participation in their program.

   Be proud – you sent chills down my spine with your this diatribe!

6. Leo358 says:

   January 17, 2024 - 2:45 am at 2:45 am

   Evolution of the species in play here.

   Those who are unable (or unwilling) to join the dots, generally do not get to pass on their genes!