Well, it's 2 days shy of my 1 year anniversary of joining this site to complain about how shitty the Ontario lockdowns were and the fact that the gyms were still closed. 1 year later, and Ontario is still in a shitty lockdown, and the gyms are still closed, only being allowed to be open from August 2020 to September 2020, so 2 months.
This province is such a shithole, we're still under lockdown, and there is no plan whatsoever to remove mask mandates or open the US-Canada border to "non-essential" travel. And despite the fact I'm in my 20s, in good health, have no secondary complications, and the fact that I've already had COVID, I still occasionally have a family member prod me to get vaccinated. Ultimately at this point, I'm about as worried about the vax side effects as much as I'm worried about COVID (which is to say, not at all). At this point, it's principle. Like, 80% of this province has had at least 1 dose, and 50% has had both. And yet, we will never ditch the mask laws or allow gyms to reopen.
So, I decided I would make a set of principles that I would require to go to the effort of getting vaccinated, and it's worked great at taking the wind out of the hardliners sails when they bug me, because they can't strawman my reasons. So here it is:
1. It must be readily and easily available to take at my local pharmacy without an appointment, and second dosage must follow the CDC and manufacturers dosage guideline timeline
(In this shithole, they've stretched the time between doses out way longer than what Pfizer/Moderna recommend because our dumb country didn't secure enough, and they're doing dumb shit like mixing Pfizer/Moderna/AZ between the two doses)
2. The CDC's advisory on the heart inflammation cases in young adult men must be concluded
(I'm not going to rush to take a vax for a disease that holds 0 risk to me, when the vaccine is being currently investigated for a serious side effect that specifically affects my demographic).
For me to get the vaccine, it must provide a tangible benefit or my daily life must not be impacted at the time I take it. I will allow myself to be bribed, but I will not take something just because I'm being threatened, that's my principle. Give me an actual carrot, because the stick will not work on me.
So, all of the following conditions must be true at the time I take it (including cases where it is only true on the proviso I take the vaccine):
1. Gyms must be open and easily accessible
2. Indoor masks must no longer be required (outside of a limited hospital context at most)
3. The US-Canada border must be open such that someone could reasonably take a day-trip (i.e. not only open, but no giant pile of testing requirements that make it unfeasible or cost-prohibitive)
For me to take the vaccine, I must either do it not under duress or have the personal benefits to being vaccinated be significant and immediate enough to influence my decision.
Personally, I think the bullshit in this country/province is going to stretch out until August 2022. But these are my principles for getting this vaccine. I will not get this shit for some empty promises and threats, because they'll just as likely take the rights away from everyone at once all over again this fall.
So, this is my line in the sand. I will not allow the government or anyone to threaten me into doing something. Use honey instead of vinegar if you really want compliance. Actually go to the effort of setting up a two-tier society where the vaccinated have a normal life, and then getting this vax that's needless for me might seem appealing.
So far, the places I've seen that have life back to normal didn't give a fuck about the vaccines, and the places that put a lot of distinction on the vaccinated/unvaccinated are the places with the most restrictions, even if you're vaccinated. Basically, if they're still scared now, they'll definitely be spooked back into locking down again and again.
So, I'm just one person, I can't unite an apathetic province of 15M into rising up, and any personal efforts would likely just result in my own downfall. So, this is the one form of personal protest that I have. Fuck you, Ontario. Fuck you, Ford. Fuck you, Canada, and fuck you Trudeau. I never asked for these lockdowns, and specifically was vocally opposed to them all the way back in the first week of March 2020 when they started being mentioned. So, now that you ask me to do something? Fuck you, I'll treat your request the same way you continue to treat my rights and freedoms. Throw me the whip first, because only a retard throws the idol and then hopes the person throws the whip instead of just walking away once they've gotten what they wanted.
