Thread by @l78lancer

I am deeply sorry for the children who are left behind when their parents die because they refused the vaccine and masking for political reasons. The children are the pawns and victims of monstrous political games, and the choices of their parents.

But I am as equally frustrated, sad, and angry about hospital staffs who are being abused and exploited by antivaxxers for political reasons. Not only are they being exhausted by people becoming desperately ill for almost completely preventable reasons,...

...but just by going to work every day, they walk into extremely hazardous conditions. That goes for everyone from the doctors and nurses providing the treatment to the cleaning and cafeteria staffs providing for patient comfort.

They didn't ask for this, but they continue to serve anyway. The are people with feelings, who get tired, and who have families that love and worry about them, too. I believe that they are public servants, who should be protected.

Therefore, I believe that deliberately exposing and endangering hospital workers simply because they are doing their jobs should be criminalized. I am fed up with people endangering others for personal politics and selfishness.

That criminalization should apply to abusive patients to politicians who exploit the situation, to the corporations who profit from the perpetuation of the crisis.

I don't know about you, but I am just sick of them.

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Let's be clear: I know that there are people who are afraid of the vaccine or are resistant for historical or cultural reasons. I was one of those people. But those people can be educated with the proper time and attention.

There are also those who, upon the advice of their doctors, cannot be vaccinated for fragile medical reasons. Everyone else then must step up and be vaccinated to protect those who cannot. I am talking specifically about those who refuse to vax and mask because or their politics.

They know who they are.