In recent weeks I’ve gotten both my flu and COVID shots for the year.\u00a0 My husband mentioned this in passing and someone made the comment that I was “living in fear”.<\/p>\n
Ummmmm no.<\/p>\n
I’m vaccinated against all kinds of diseases including measles, mumps, rubella, hepatitis B, shingles, tetanus,\u00a0 influenza and yes, COVID.\u00a0 Once I hit 60 I’m going to get the pneumonia vaccine too.<\/p>\n
I have diabetes, which puts me at a higher risk for serious complications from serious illnesses.\u00a0 Getting vaccinated means I am taking active steps to protect my health.\u00a0 It means I had discussions with my doctor about what treatments make sense for me and my unique health needs. It means that I trust science, not podcasters and certainly not a former heroin addict with a worm in his brain.<\/p>\n
Getting vaccinated is the exact opposite of living in fear.\u00a0 It’s me taking the best care of myself and those around me.\u00a0 If you can’t understand that I pity you- because you’re the one living in fear.<\/p>\n
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In recent weeks I’ve gotten both my flu and COVID shots for the year.\u00a0 My husband mentioned this in passing and someone made the comment that I was “living in fear”. Ummmmm no. I’m vaccinated against all kinds of diseases including measles, mumps, rubella, hepatitis B, shingles, tetanus,\u00a0 influenza and yes, COVID.\u00a0 Once I hit 60 I’m going to get… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-issues","category-myself"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t