Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Who's vaccinated (and not) ?

[Jenny Guy (jenstermeister]

Fred, the answer to the question why are some people are unvaccinated is,
of course, not a simple one. There are many different reasons. But I feel
that, if at this late date you're still simply puzzled by us, you are
probably so firmly in your camp that any reasoning or data wouldn't have
meaning to you. I'm always happy to engage in a discussion, but I'm wary of
people who say they want to understand my thinking, but are really just
holding their breaths until I comply.
I learned this lesson in the mid-80's from people who earnestly asked me
explain feminism... turned out they were trying to be polite, but if they
didn't know by then, they really weren't interested.


On Sat, Sep 25, 2021 at 9:31 AM Fred H Olson <fholson [at] cohousing.org> wrote:

> I do not live in cohousing.  Our inner city street of single family
> houses has long had a "block club" for our about 40 houses on 2
> blocks. We have a similar mission to cohousing but not nearly as
> intentional and level of communitas.
>
> Today we had a block club meeting in person in my front yard with
> chairs spread about 6 feet apart. At 10am it was unusually cool - in
> the 50's F. It will warm up later and is forecast to be near 80 F on
> Monday and Tue. MN weather!  We may go to Zoom for our next meeting.
>
> There were only 7 people (about half our typical numbers) It felt like
> a good turnout given the temp and minimal agenda.  We adjourned after
> about a half hour.
>
> I am very disappointed that so many people in general have declined to
> be vaccinated prolonging the epidemic and putting other people at
> risk.
>
> Covid vaccination status of other people can not be easily observed. I
> happened to ask for a show of hands of people who have been
> vaccinated. Two people did not raise their hands making it obvious who
> has not. I was surprized. Asking people to raise their hands if they
> have NOT been vaccinated would be awkward.  Both acknowledged their
> status. I later talked to one.  So it served as a way to start a
> conversation. My conversation with a trusted neighbor who happens to
> be African American may have helped her decide to get the jab.
>
> Fred
>
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>      Email:        fholson at cohousing.org      612-588-9532
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