For several months now I've witnessed the anger and scorn of some vaxxed people toward the unvaxxed. I've tried to distance myself, as it was not directed at me personally. But I have to ask myself how I, who was harmed as a child by a vaccine that everyone thought was safe (I was one of many children who were injected with a live polio virus), and subsequently developed health issues that none of my many doctors seem to fully understand, can co-exist in a community where many people are not just pro-vax, but some are rabidly anti-antivax.
I fully understand vaccine-hesitancy with a vaccine that was developed so very quickly and whose messaging has been so poor and so contradictory. There are many people who should not have the Covid vaccine, as it is medically contraindicated in certain cases.
I know how frustrating it is to do all you can to stay safe and not spread the virus to others only to see others behave recklessly. I see reckless behavior from both vaxxed and unvaxxed people.
I found the Trump/anti-Trump polarization both personally stressful and damaging to the country. I find the pro-vax/anti-vax polarization equally stressful and damaging, and feel I must distance myself from it at times. I am not comfortable with so much animosity.
