Some people in Missouri are getting vaccinated against Covid-19 in secret, doctor says

[dalton99a]

https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/29/health/vaccines-in-secret-missouri/index.html

Some people in Missouri are getting vaccinated against Covid-19 in secret, doctor says. They fear backlash from loved ones who oppose the vaccines
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN
Updated 6:29 AM ET, Thu July 29, 2021

(CNN) The Covid-19 vaccine has become so polarizing that some people in Missouri are getting inoculated in secret for fear of backlash from their friends and family who oppose vaccination, a doctor told CNN Wednesday.

"They've had some experience that's sort of changed their mind from the viewpoint of those in their family, those in their friendship circles or their work circles. And they came to their own decision that they wanted to get a vaccine," said Dr. Priscilla Frase, a hospitalist and chief medical information officer at Ozarks Healthcare in West Plains, Missouri.

"They did their own research on it, and they talked to people and made the decisions themselves," Frase told CNN's Anderson Cooper. "But even though they were able to make that decision themselves, they didn't want to have to deal with the peer pressure or the outbursts from other people about them ... 'giving in to everything.'"

In a hospital produced video, Frase said one pharmacist at her hospital told her "they've had several people come in to get vaccinated who have tried to sort of disguise their appearance and even went so far as to say, 'please, please, please don't let anybody know that I got this vaccine.'"

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[tanyev]

1. You do what you got to do, Missourians, but you might want to rethink that state motto.

Don't show me! Don't show me!

[lagomorph777]

3. The "Fuck you!" state

[Aristus]

2. How will they explain to their neighbors why they didn't die of COVID-19 like good patriots?

[BeckyDem]

4. rofl

+1

[BeckyDem]

5. I believe it.

K&R

[Wounded Bear]

6. Small victories, but I'll take it...

nice to see some sanity leaking through the wall of ignorance.

[barbtries]

7. fuck that!

openly get the shot, explain and encourage. fight for it!

Very happy to report this morning that my oldest grandson, the last holdout among my immediate family, told me yesterday he's ready to get his jab. He was reluctant and lives among people who poo poo it. His reason was it's not approved yet. Every time I talk to him I urge him to get vaccinated. Pretty sure his father and stepmother do the same. It sunk in.

[Rhiannon12866]

8. Good grief!

There is now shame in taking precautions against getting sick and dying??

[BannonsLiver]

9. I don't care if they do it on Main Street in the nude wearing a MAGA hat

Unlike some my first impulse isn’t to shame the converted, or count up the I told you so’s. I’m just glad they got it.

[ZonkerHarris]

10. whatever it takes

[Sunsky]

12. Good for them

I don't care if they take out a full-page ad or wear a disguise to hide their identity. As long as people get vaccinated, I'm okay.