Covid - ridiculously stressed out

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You are one of my favorite people. Thank you for sharing this with everyone!

View Quoted Comment Agreed glad there are some sane people on this thread. I am a professor of microbiology and these paragraphs and paragraphs of misinformation are so hard to take!

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I know. I'm an MD, and sometimes I just can't take it anymore, lol. I think that people just believe what suits their agenda. Also, none of these people have any reason to remember polio, measles, smallpox et al so I really don't think they get it.

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I'm a professor of philosophy! Very nice to meet you!

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Confirmation bias is definitely real. These threads hurt my head and my heart. Please be safe and take good care of yourself. And thank you for all that you do and have done. Even if you haven't treated those with Covid, you are caring for those with other challenges. My heart goes out to you.

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Thanks! Sometimes it feels like it's pointless to even try. In 70 years we've gone from a society that viewed immunization as a miracle of science to this suspicion and demonization. It's disheartening, especially when the ICU's are filling up, yet again.

Nice to meet all of you!

View Quoted Comment It took over 0 tears to The information provided fid not come from Fox News.

View Quoted Comment And from me as well, it's so good to know that there are some rational people left on this forum. The only way to fight misinformation ist to keep trying to reach people... Even if it seems pointless to even try, see exhibit A above.

If you had read through the threads and all the references I submitted, you would realize that it's not me who is uninformed. The woman I replied to has been harassing me for days. I would like it to stop. Thank you.

Keep in mind this is only my personal opinion:

This is YOUR wedding. The stress is completely understandable but please keep in mind that you are the bride and your partner is the groom which means, YOU BOTH ARE IN CHARGE. Yes you want everyone to attend but you can't control what is happening and don't let political nonsense interfere with the most important and BEAUTIFUL day in your lives. It's not worth the stress.

On my wedding website, I told everyone that the groom and I would NOT be wearing masks, as we usually do not go anywhere outside of work and when we do, we are masked and take safety precautions at all times. I also mentioned that I would leave it up to the guest's discretion if they wanted to wear or NOT wear masks, and that I trusted their judgment. THAT IS FAIR.

Remember that the people that WANT to be there for you, WILL COME, rain or shine. And the people who care more about vaccination politics than your special day, probably shouldn't be there and shouldn't be worth your stress. The only thing you should have to worry about is fitting in that dress! lol and making sure you are healthy and beautiful for your Groom

Give everyone a guideline as to what you expect of them (either via invitation or wedding website) and let them figure out the rest. If they choose not to be there for you, over a mask or a vaccine, let it go.

Make sure there are sanitizers on tables and bthrms and call it good. Hope this helped.

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If you're referring to me, simply posting information on a forum is not considered harassment. Please review the rules of this forum before accusing someone of something so serious. I have at no time contacted you privately. Just because you don't like what you're hearing doesn't make it inaccurate and it definitely doesn't constitute harassment.

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You have not been 'simply posting information.' You and a few others have been personally attacking me and my credibility. That is not within the community guidelines. Don't bother replying. I am leaving this discussion and want nothing more to do with you. Have a nice day.

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I notice that you edited your comment mocking my medical degree and stating that I probably do "something useless". Or perhaps it was the mods that removed that comment. I think the personal attacks are actually coming from you. Again, I would ask you to stop accusing me of attacking and harassing you.

You have a nice day too.

View Quoted Comment I’ve been thinking about how/if to respond to this response for a while. Mostly because I’m on here to talk about wedding stuff, not COVID. But this particular comment has really been bothering me and I finally figured out why.


My sister almost died. Twice. Once was when she experienced ovarian torsion that led to necrosis. She knew she was in unbearable pain but didn’t know what was going on. She went to the ER twice and they gave her pain pills and said it was “woman problems”. A week later she limped to a different hospital where she was immediately put into intensive care and operated on. She had a similar experience with her gallbladder. She has had a terrible run of luck with these things for some reason.
Now, I’m a civil engineer. Not a doctor. But my field, and engineering more generally, is as broad and diverse as medicine. I would never deign to say to anyone that because something is relevant to engineering, that I am somehow an authority on it. Sometimes people in my life ask me random questions about engineering disciplines that I only deal with tangentially. And oftentimes the answers to those questions could be their guess that’s good as mine. Truth is, my training and professional experience is limited to a fairly narrow range of skills and knowledge. I assume this is also true for every physician.
I think a huge problem with this pandemic is that people in government and medicine are demanding respect and credibility without earning it. Just as my sister knew something was wrong when she was turned away over and over again, even though the doctors said she was fine, people sense something is wrong (correctly or incorrectly, I’m not here to discuss whether COVID is “real” or not or whether vaccines etc are “good”) because they are constantly being condescended to by those who purport to be looking out for them. People can tell when someone really does not care about them.
I cannot imagine meeting with a doctor that would insist I had no to right to question them, who would not listen to my concerns with compassion because they have “medical training”. Your education does not automatically earn you the respect and compliance of everyone around you. You can’t buy respect with a $700,000 medical degree. You get it by recognizing the moral worth of the people you are trying to help. Even if they don’t seem to want your help. Even if they don’t listen to you. Even when no one is looking.
I don’t care if this gets deleted or gets nasty replies. Like I said, I’m on this app to talk about wedding stuff. But my sister almost died because some stupid doctors didn’t care and were too busy knowing it all, so I really just had to say something.

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I wasn't here to talk about my own training. It came up as a fact during the discussion. I feel compelled to correct misinformation, particularly when it poses a thread to public health. That's simply it. I too am not really here to talk about Covid either. However, when asked, I provided good reliable sources of information that are widely available.