Yes I have more to rant about lol. So here we are well into 2021….finally out of 2020 shadow but not completely. The year started off with a real head scratcher. January 6th aka Insurrectionists Day aka What In The Actual F$&k Day. I called it months before it happened that Trump wasn’t going to leave quietly or diplomatically but of course we can’t place the entire blame on him. I’m not sure which country you are reading this from but Americans seem to have this ideology of what America should be and not what America has become. As well as the world around them. Like what exactly was the thought process behind this. What was the goal? What made this years election any different from the rest? What made seemingly sane American citizens storm a capital building in the name of the their God….oh excuse me Trump? We all know the answer and then we really don’t. There was no liberty and pursuit of freedom anywhere near that situation. Just a bunch of lost souls trying to grasp at a better understanding…but again why now? People lost their lives for what. People were put in danger for what.
I can keep spinning my wheels on that foolery but I want to talk about the wonderful world of vaccines.
I am not vaccinated. I also have never been tested…..I can almost hear the gasps and feel the stare downs through my screen. Me stating that has somehow become the equivalent of me confessing that I killed my whole family. Like I should be thrown in jail. Lol. I’m not an anti-vaxxer. What I am is a realist and realistically the vaccines don’t bring me the comfort that it does a lot of other people. I need more stats and trials before I would ever be comfortable. I barely take vitamins, I exercise 3 days a week, and the only issue I have physically is my eyesight. If I have a headache I eat an apple rather than take an ibuprofen and if an apple is not on hand I put a cold compress on the back of my neck and relax. I also go over what I have eaten to see if perhaps I’m allergic to something….so basically what I’m trying to say is that I treat my body with the utmost care. I try to do right by it and that also means doing my research on any and everything that I put in it. Whether these vaccines are placebos or small doses of the actual covid I’m just not convinced a lot of thought has been put behind the science of it. Now as a black woman who’s ancestors were subjected to all types of testing I’m especially weary about it. I’m not going to put my health on the line for anyone to treat me as a guinea pig.
Now if I can put my tin foil hat on real quick…I also don’t trust the expedite nature of it as well. Scientists seem to have a vaccine at the ready for the whole world but other diseases are impossible to remedy. Now I’m fully aware you can still catch Covid with the vaccine but the timeline isn’t adding up for me. It’s making the case that this was all deliberate as stated when Covid first came out.
Not for nothing but how and why is the vaccine free…..
With all of this vaccine talk it is causing a real rift between families, friends, and even jobs. Basically the Haves and the Have Nots. I guess call me Ms. Have Nots then but if you could refrain from cursing me out in public that would be great. This is going to get real ugly before it gets better and a lot of people are gonna have to stand their ground. I don’t shame people who got the vaccine and I would hope that no one would shame me. I still distance myself and wear my mask in public. I don’t walk around as if I can’t get someone else sick and I think I’m one half of the Have Nots. The other half…..well I’m sure you have seen a video of them around.
When it comes to jobs I would hope that employers would give staff the option to continue to work from home if needed. I feel that will free up alot of space at the office and help to quell the rise in numbers that seem to be happening again. But of course some American corporations are greedy little weasels who have no idea what is actually going on the world and will proceed as if nothing happened.
I’m also hearing that vaccine passports have started to ramp up and its giving me freedom paper vibes. I didn’t even walk around with my immunization records why on earth would I walk around with a passport to prove that I’m not a walking infectious disease instead of the human being that I am. That isn’t right.
To wrap up this rant I want to say that I am sorry to anyone who has lost someone to Covid but please stop using that as a push for people like me who are not rushing to get something that the FDA hasn’t even approved. There are those of us out here who look at the whole scope of things not just what was placed in front of us.
Peace.
Ashley Allard 