05-01-2021, 04:32 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-01-2021, 04:45 PM by LeafieGreens.
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What makes this whole pandemic challenge for society so interesting is that it is basically impossible to approach the subject matter with zero emotion. Because every single person reading this has had their lives affected in some way by the virus. Some of us have lost friends and family to COVID-19, so of course it is easily triggering to see someone passionately arguing against vaccinations.
My wife was supposed to sign a form for her job by April 27 saying that she would be vaccinated. She works 100% remote and we found out that the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 has a section protecting her from mandatory vaccines if she is a remote worker. So she brought that up with her HR department, with links to the specific clauses of the law. They said they would get back to her. They never did. Yesterday her company CEO sent out a mass email telling everyone to make sure to get vaccinated. They are also forcing everyone to come back to the office 100%. It's ridiculous. So now my wife is out in limbo, so we made sure that she has a good paper trail of asking questions and showing due diligence. We will see what happens. My guess is that they will just let her stay unvaccinated. Or they might fire her. She has some auto-immune health issues and that is the main reason she is wary of the vaccine. Her little sister also had a bad reaction to a vaccination as a child and ended up needing surgery and has a nasty scar on her arm.
This is why compassion is needed around COVID-19 and vaccinations. Everyone is on a different path and has different motivations for why they are doing things. To try to presume another self's motivations, however misguided they seem, is a precarious path.
I often refer to this Buddhist saying regarding the three gateways. I would say that it applies to those posting in this very thread:
Before speaking, let your words pass through Three Gateways:
At the first gate, ask yourself “Is it true?”
At the second gate ask, “Is it necessary?”
At the third gate ask, “Is it kind?”
If you start your post from a point of compassion for your other selves you can't go wrong.
My wife was supposed to sign a form for her job by April 27 saying that she would be vaccinated. She works 100% remote and we found out that the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 has a section protecting her from mandatory vaccines if she is a remote worker. So she brought that up with her HR department, with links to the specific clauses of the law. They said they would get back to her. They never did. Yesterday her company CEO sent out a mass email telling everyone to make sure to get vaccinated. They are also forcing everyone to come back to the office 100%. It's ridiculous. So now my wife is out in limbo, so we made sure that she has a good paper trail of asking questions and showing due diligence. We will see what happens. My guess is that they will just let her stay unvaccinated. Or they might fire her. She has some auto-immune health issues and that is the main reason she is wary of the vaccine. Her little sister also had a bad reaction to a vaccination as a child and ended up needing surgery and has a nasty scar on her arm.
This is why compassion is needed around COVID-19 and vaccinations. Everyone is on a different path and has different motivations for why they are doing things. To try to presume another self's motivations, however misguided they seem, is a precarious path.
I often refer to this Buddhist saying regarding the three gateways. I would say that it applies to those posting in this very thread:
Before speaking, let your words pass through Three Gateways:
At the first gate, ask yourself “Is it true?”
At the second gate ask, “Is it necessary?”
At the third gate ask, “Is it kind?”
If you start your post from a point of compassion for your other selves you can't go wrong.
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