Why COVID-19 Makes It Hard To Remain Friends With Our Anti-Vaccine Phoebe Buffays

[Nevilledog]

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https://www.wonkette.com/why-covid-19-makes-it-hard-to-remain-friends-with-our-anti-vaccine-phoebe-buffays


Vaccine resisters are ruining our lives while greatly shortening their own. It's not a good deal for anyone. Polls show that rational people have had enough with morons who'll eat horse paste before taking an FDA-approve vaccine.

According to a recent Buzzfeed article, friendships are breaking up over the vaccination question, which isn't an actual question unless the answer is “duh." When I first read this, I wondered who's friends with these assholes? You probably assume most anti-mask, anti-vaccine crackpots are like Cliff Clavin from “Cheers," and no one liked that guy. That was the joke. Carla would happily embrace a vaccine mandate if it kept Cliff out of the bar.

Actor Jennifer Aniston, who has a professional history with friends, revealed in an interview with InStyle that she's “lost a few people" because of their anti-vaccine position. No, they aren't dead (yet), but she's stopped socializing with them.

ANISTON: [T]here's still a large group of people who are anti-vaxxers or just don't listen to the facts. It's a real shame. I've just lost a few people in my weekly routine who have refused or did not disclose [whether or not they had been vaccinated], and it was unfortunate. I feel it's your moral and professional obligation to inform, since we're not all podded up and being tested every single day. It's tricky because everyone is entitled to their own opinion — but a lot of opinions don't feel based in anything except fear or propaganda.

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[hlthe2b]

1. I don't know whether to be depressed that the show was so "on target" and prescient...

or that the show likewise took a Q-anon-like defense with a resultant attack on science (represented by Ross).

The article is spot-on, though, with the unfortunate comparisons to today.

[crickets]

2. Excellent op-ed. Bravo to the civilized comment crowd.

I especially enjoyed the astonishingly polite "my Star Trek is better than your Star Trek" thread that wove its way through the conversation.