Posted on: Sep 8, 2021 03:58PM
Posted on: Sep 8, 2021 03:58PM
trishyla wrote:
Has the Pandemic substantially impacted your life as a current or former cancer patient? Please post your stories; heartbreaking, frustrating, even uplifting.
If you post anything about treatments, cures, vaccinations, hospitalizations or deaths, please back it up with research from accepted, credible sources. Your Uncle's neighbor's third wife who posted a crazy conspiracy theory on Facebook is not a credible source.
Angry, passionate, sad are all acceptable, disrespectful is not.
Sep 23, 2021 02:35PM serenitystat wrote:
Seriously, if name calling is your only issue with the thread, why are you wasting your time here? Let it go.
Sep 23, 2021 02:39PM sadiesservant wrote:
Sincerely hoping we can move on folks... opinions have been expressed (ad nauseum). I think we know where everyone stands. 
Sep 23, 2021 02:42PM - edited Sep 23, 2021 02:46PM by trishyla
Again, SimoneRC, you have invoked me, the OP, as a reason to chide others for their very justified anger. I created this thread as a place to rant about all things Pandemic, while not being disrespectful to any member of this community. Sometimes those rants express anger and frustration in way that you do not find acceptable. Fair enough.
But my viewpoint is that I can no longer be civil to those who refuse to be civilized. Their right to be a jackass is superceded by our right to live in a safe society. They endanger my family, my friends and my community with their intransigence. At this point all gloves are off.
Edited to add:
You are correct, Sandy. I have only asked that we all be respectful of the other members of this community, not to the world at large. Which probably doesn't matter, as I doubt any of them are following this thread.
Sep 23, 2021 02:48PM serenitystat wrote:
In actual COVID-related news, the man who assaulted the nurse hasn't been found yet. The nurse is on leave to recover. Vaccinations at the pharmacy are suspended because she's the only nurse. It's in a town SE of Montreal.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/sherbrooke-police-assault-covid-19-vaccine-nurse-1.6185016
Sep 23, 2021 02:49PM serenitystat wrote:
Apparently, they're hitting their limit.
Sep 23, 2021 02:54PM - edited Sep 23, 2021 04:18PM by exbrnxgrl
Well, it's confession time. I am not a name callernor do I swear, in general (Not perfect, but trying 😬). My parents never swore and rarely engaged in name calling so I followed in their footsteps. However, my mother always said that you can think whatever you want. So that is exactly what I do to blow off steam and frustration. I still freely express my thoughts but make every attempt to keep my words civil when I do so. For me, name calling rarely seems to accomplish anything but raise the temperature of a situation but that's just me. My mind has been very busy since the arrival of COVID.
alicebastable, thanks for the good wishes. I know you have faced more than one cancer but shouldn't that be illegal😉
Sep 23, 2021 03:27PM serenitystat wrote:
Good move here 👍.
Sep 23, 2021 03:30PM alicebastable wrote:
exbrnxgrl, I don't want to see anyone join the Crap Magnet™ Club! Membership must be kept as low as possible because it's an elite group. 😄
Sep 23, 2021 03:33PM simonerc wrote:
I am very grateful for the largely safe and largely effective vaccines that are so readily available to everyone over the age of 12 in the US. My community has readily embraced them and I have not seen a single act of Covid related unkindness in my community. Quite the opposite, actually. Our community has rallied and supported individuals in need as well as local businesses.
Exbrnxgrl, I couldn’t agree with you more!
Sep 23, 2021 03:41PM serenitystat wrote:
I would love that vaccine access, kindness, and support extend beyond our communities.
My immediate community is highly vaccinated, but it doesn't keep me from looking to those who are disadvantaged.
