My Trump loving anti-vaxxer mother is...

[bem6207]

GETTING VACCINATED!!

All it took was a long time plant operator at her work to be hospitalized and currently on ventilator, but at least it scared the shit out of her.

As I was helping her schedule the appointment, she turned and looked at my dad and said, "I am booking yours too", "you are over weight with high blood pressure and there is no way you'd survive it".

DUH, if you'd change the channel off of Fox News, you'd probably be better informed.

I hate it has come down to this, but I am very thrilled about it.

[vanlassie]

1. 💃💃💃💃💃💃💃

[DenaliDemocrat]

2. Now might be a good time to explain to them

That is FOX was wrong on this, they might be wrong on a whole lot of things

[LymphocyteLover]

32. Heh, indeed!

[PortTack]

3. Good! This new delta variant is nothing to mess with

[Demovictory9]

4. 👍👍👍😊

[riversedge]

5. whatever it takes them to realize the #Covid is smarter than they are, then so be it.

Obviously, seeing another suffer who is knew was it.

[bem6207]

7. The way he handled it was ignorant and angers me....

He was feeling bad, and he and his wife proceeded to go on their annual trip to Vegas. He started getting worse, and his partner called to let him know he just tested positive. So instead of them immediately going to the doctor, they flew back home and he wound up testing positive and being hospitalized for pneumonia.

So not only is his life on the line, there is no telling how many others he has put at risk due to his pure negligence. The wife too!

I bet it doesn't surprise you the individual owns a gun shop as well.

[KS Toronado]

11. Welcome to DU. Nice true life story.

[Maraya1969]

31. Yes those facts fit together. And welcome to DU!

[multigraincracker]

6. Sounds like we are getting closer to 60%.

Good job Joe.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

8. I signed my mother up and drove her to both shots !

And so did my wife with her mother.

Both our mothers are early 70's and both watch Fox and one is left and one is right, both very vax hesitant

I wonder why ????

[lagomorph777]

40. Why would a left-leaning person watch Fox? Isn't that painful?

I certainly couldn't do it.

[calimary]

9. Good! Glad she finally got "scared straight."

[Hugin]

13. *snerk*

I love boomeranging memes.

Nice work.

[alphafemale]

10. Hugs to you

I'm sure you are so relieved.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

12. Yeah

This is great news

[Hugin]

14. KnR for the vaccinated and soon to be. n/t

[GoodRaisin]

15. Good. Eventually they are all faced with the reality of all the lies

they've been fed - when it comes into their false little world and wreaks havoc on them.

[Grins]

16. Like most things Republicans hate...

…only when it affects YOU do they care.

[sarcasmo]

17. Fear may be the only motivator with Cult 45.

[Roc2020]

19. Cult 45....

[FakeNoose]

18. Don't they remember that Chump got sick last year?

You'd think they all would want a vaccination after that.
Does not make sense to me.

[appalachiablue]

20. Glad, and remember she needs to take

serious precautions until the 2 doses are effective- usually about 6 weeks. Wear masks, esp. in crowds and around people with unknown vaccine/health status.

The Delta variant is highly contagious, you can catch it by just walking by someone with it breathing, so I've heard. Good luck.

[Hortensis]

21. :) People believing things they'd preferred not to after they affect

them and theirs is very normal, so congrats on having normal, soon to be vaccinated parents who aren't crazy.

[peggysue2]

22. Better late than never and now your own anxiety level will be lowered

Just make sure they get their follow-up shots, then they should be good to go. Maybe the delta outbreak in these Republican holdouts will light a fire under the stubborn Trump supporters. My question would be:

Would you die for him?

Because if not, a genuine medical threat is coming to your doorstep. Covid has no political affiliation. Contrary to the dude at CPAC claiming vaccines are against nature, that we're suppose to periodically die off, I believe sane people utterly reject that stupidity.

Congrats to your mom for seeing the light.

[AllaN01Bear]

23. most eggscllet

welcome aboard .

[marble falls]

24. I think a lot more of them will be heading to the clinic because of Delta. Joe just might get his ..

80% in the next couple of months.

Another reason Joe demonstrates the uselessness of 45 in an emergency is that the Fed has quantities of four different versions of 'booster' shots in reserve. Trump had a bunch of Hydroxychloroquine.

[DFW]

25. Too bad you can't tell her this:

"You are over Foxed, and if you keep watching that channel, you'll never survive it."

Probably not as effective as seeing a friend at death's door, though.

[gratuitous]

26. It's tempting to give her the old "I told you so" routine; I advise you not to do that

Bank this experience. Give your mom and dad props for getting vaccinated, positively reinforce their decision: "I'm really glad you two decided to get the shot. I want you both around for as long as possible."

Now, bank it. Stick it in your back pocket, and when some other nontroversy gets ginned up, pull it out: "I know you think climate change is a massive hoax*, but remember the Covid vaccine and how you changed your mind on that?" Their change of heart on vaccination becomes the lever, the wedge, to move them off the schneid.

*Or whatever Fox-bred hobgoblin has taken up residence in their brains.

[lindysalsagal]

27. I'm waiting for a friend to come around, but i doubt it will happen.

So stubborn.

[Joinfortmill]

28. 👍

[ProfessorGAC]

29. Similar Experience

One of the other retirees at the golf course was insistent that he wasn't going to be vaxxed. Didn't believe he needed it; he would take his chances; if he got sick, he'd get over it, blah, blah.
He got vaxxed.
Why?
His wife made him.
All that bravado, and then a meek "Yes, Dear".

[amuse bouche]

30. That's progress. I will never understand how anyone can 'love trump'

He is gross, disgusting, unwatchable, and flat out, sounds stupid

[Ilsa]

33. It's a shame that it took someone she knew

almost dying from it for her to change her mind. It wasn't enough that over 600,000 Americans have died from it.

But yes, I am happy for you and your parents that they are doing the responsible thing. I hope they get their immunity before COVID catches up with them.

[Evolve Dammit]

34. Celebrate their acknowledgment of reality! Better late than never (like really never)...

[AlexSFCA]

35. Thank you Delta variant by kicking trumpers in the rear

they are scared of pain and death after all.

[mahina]

36. Woooohooooo!!!

Many many high-fives!

[GoneOffShore]

37. Glad to hear this! She could have also told him that one of the effects of Covid in some men is ED

So, if you don't get the Pfizer vaccine, you may still have to use a Pfizer product.

[musclecar6]

38. The

Fucking Guy ( TFG) only has one claim to fame and that is ConMan liar and a cheat. So I always think what kind of a stupid person would only listen to him and the other Republican idiots that think it's a political thing to not go out and get the vaccine. YOU are the one who are going to get possibly very sick or die from this thing if you catch it and if you didn't get the vaccine you are a fucking idiot. Not to mention all the other people you indanger if you contract this disease.

[Upthevibe]

39. bem6207...

I highly recommend a documentary called, "The Brainwashing of My Dad."

Maybe you could somehow get them to watch CNN some of the time instead of Faux News all of the time....

[sop]

41. I wonder how many of those telling others not to get the vaccine already received it themselves?

We know Trump and Murdoch got their shots as soon as possible, and probably the whole rightwing media anti-vaccine bunch as well.

[LaMouffette]

42. This is EXACTLY what it will take to burst the bubble for these Trump/FoxNews cult members.

They will need to experience Covid personally, either through a family member or close acquaintance getting it, or by contracting Covid themselves. And even then, a good portion of them will remain in denial about the seriousness. or even the existence, of the disease.

The Delta variant, with its efficiency in spreading and with its targeting the unvaxxed, including young people, may be the most effective means of convincing people to get the vaccination.

[viva la]

43. I love that she just books it for your dad too.

I'm glad for you and the family!

But boy, think of what it takes to see the death numbers climbing to 600K, and... just not believing them? Is that what they think, that those people didn't die?

Maybe we just don't truly believe it till someone close to us is affected, but that seems... well, not really modern. Back before TV and radio and interstate travel, maybe we were mostly confined to information that we witnessed in our little villages. But... now?

[Jilly_in_VA]

44. As we like to say

in 12 step, "It takes whatever it takes". Or as my sponsor used to say, "Everyone's bottom is in a different place". And hey, happy for you and your mom. May she live long and prosper. Your dad too.

[TexasBushwhacker]

45. My "COVID-19 is a hoax" boss and his wife have booked a cruise in December

I hope they'll get vaxxed, even if it's on the down low.