Being unvaccinated also quickly became a political statement (starting as an ideological decision instead of a medical decision helped that along). Anti-vaxxers made life hell for others at every opportunity, trashing and blocking businesses, blocking hospital access, weekly anger-filled marches, constant violent and profanity laced confrontations (including with doctors and nurses, even those caring for them or their loved ones). And much of this wasn’t at the height of the pandemic, it was after restrictions had been winding or had already winded down.
These aren’t the people that get to turn around and demand respect and understanding, wax poetic about intolerance, or pretend they were victimized in any way. They made a choice and made it political, and then made it everyone else’s problem.
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