Dying in the Name of Vaccine Freedom | NYT Opinion

In the video above, Alexander Stockton, a producer on the Opinion Video team, explores two of the main reasons the number of Covid cases is soaring once again in the United States: vaccine hesitancy and refusal.
“It’s hard to watch the pandemic drag on as Americans refuse the vaccine in the name of freedom,” he says.
Seeking understanding, Mr. Stockton travels to Mountain Home, Ark., in the Ozarks, a region with galloping contagion and - not unrelated - abysmal vaccination rates.
He finds that a range of feelings and beliefs underpins the low rates - including fear, skepticism and a libertarian strain of defiance.
This doubt even extends to the staff at a regional hospital, where about half of the medical personnel are not vaccinated - even while the intensive care unit is crowded with unvaccinated Covid patients fighting for their lives.
Mountain Home - like the United States as a whole - is caught in a tug of war between private liberty and public health. But Mr. Stockton suggests that unless government upholds its duty to protect Americans, keeping the common good in mind, this may be a battle with no end.
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[@lucyking6344]

Hi, I'm Lucy, one of the producers with Opinion Video who made this film. I'd love to know your thoughts on the video, and what public officials and communities could do to convince more people to get vaccinated. Leave your comments below and I'll do my best to respond!

[@Deniz-qh6qz]

I do not think sane officials can do more than they are. The battle to fight disinformation is limited to what democratic rights it can infringe upon. Education and social welfare as well as equality are key factors to overcome disinformation, but these things are seen as anti-american in almost all red states. This means that people will continue down a death spiral and will be held back by the iron fist of the government. It is sad but it is reality.

[@MrJdebest]

Make a list of the anti vaxxers who have died of Covid. Radio host Valentine and Pressley are recent victims.

[@alisardo1119]

What about people who got hospitalized and did get vaccined?😎

[@EdwardGrangerwebdev]

I don’t think there is anything left to do. We’ve said all we can say. It’s the whole “lead a horse to water” scenario. This has been a very hard time when it feels like millions of people just to don’t care about each other.

[@rickross4223]

It would be interesting to see a report about vaccine hesitancy among minorities in more left leaning areas. For whatever reason, reports like this seem to fixate on right leaning white people who are not vaccinated.

[@RizzieMcGuire678]

Here in Thailand, we barely have any vaccines, people are desperate to get vaccinated, and less that 10% of us are vaccinated. It feels very unfair that Americans just shoo it away when so many of us would have it in a heartbeat.

[@Sweetswede15]

@@rdpmackie covid is the plague we needed to get rid of people with low iq

[@Andypandieful]

🥲

[@MattSezer]

It was like there here too when we only had a 10% vaccination rate. Now everybody who wants to get vaccinated has.

[@shengao5219]

@@rdpmackie if only that is how vaccine program works! As a healthcare worker from Canada, please just go and get your vaccine now. This fall will be way worse than current situation. There is nothing wrong with protecting yourself with some modern medicine. You won't refuse topical antibiotics treatment like polysporin if you get a cut right?

[@mimao.5150]

@@rdpmackie imagine being so brazenly slow LOL. Wild! 😂

[@imthevictorr]

So Christopher's parents in their 70s who were vaccinated and got covid are still alive but Christopher who wasnt vaccinated and got covid died.

[@k.k8791]

Interesting, am wondering why !

[@missmoxie9188]

That really sucks

[@rei_cirith]

sauce?

[@ambroosbroes1250]

@@rei_cirith the video you just watched is the source... unless you are talking about sauce in which case, you really can't go wrong with a good ketchup

[@alihilly1]

If only there was some way to prevent these unvaccinated deaths lol

[@jrocmfdeal918]

I hate how politicized this pandemic has become.

[@Mr.Meerkat95]

Only in the states. I’ve never seen it politicized anywhere else to this extent tho.

[@YourName-jm7lz]

Trump made it this way so let his sheep followers do as they want.

[@chytstorm]

@@YourName-jm7lz The sheep are killing other sheep and the wolves.

[@markmywords5342]

@@YourName-jm7lz Exactly it was all Trump's fault. Hey remember when Kamala said she would NEVER take ANY vaccine produced under Trump? Also how the left said Trump was politicizing masks just because he didn't mandate them? Orangemanbad caused ww2 as well.

[@girlnamederin3339]

@@markmywords5342 oh man I just love sarcasm. Delicious!

[@taylorlover4244]

I hope these “my body my choice” individuals maintain the same energy when talking about abortions and the bodily autonomy rights of pregnant people.

[@MrHarumakiSensei]

I am consistent with my "my body my choice" stance for all medical decisions.

[@lizzieb6311]

Then clearly you do not disrespect those who choose NOT to take these vaccines. Is this correct?

[@Aj-sn1dp]

@@lizzieb6311 Not taking vaccines directly effects other people so no

[@jaex9617]

We both know that's not happening. 😑

[@kat3ph0bic61]

@@lizzieb6311 Being "my body my choice" doesn't mean you can't have a personal opinion on these things. Personally I am pro choice... but I would judge you if you don't get a vaccine

[@oriond1934]

It’s Easier To Fool People Than To Convince Them That They’ve Been Fooled.

[@dantecanava5370]

Sometimes the devil tricks the most unwise people.He masks all reality of the people that can't percept it.

[@dodonodens8802]

Yes

[@dodonodens8802]

I got 2 doses of it and the second dose I got a bad headache, numbness, and I keep stay in bed for a day

[@divahc1]

@@dodonodens8802 A day in bed is better than dead.

[@ilovegoodsax]

Yours isn't an original quote. It's author is Mark Twain who you should knowledge and give credit to.

[@MzNoir_Rain444]

If you don’t trust those in the medical profession then why go to the hospital to the same people you distrust?

[@aliashfaque1746]

The irony is real

[@sugwilliams6257]

What was disturbing too is that 50% of the hospital staff weren't vaccinated, how utterly frustrating for the 50% that are, caring for 90% of unvaccinated patients, having to work alongside 50% unvaccinated, like being attacked on both sides.

[@catherinenimey5397]

@@sugwilliams6257 why do vaccinated people worry about unvaccinated people if the vax works?

[@richardvinsen2385]

@@catherinenimey5397 because it only works if enough people are vaccinated

[@jakekilemade3313]

I dont think its the doctors or nurses they dont beleive, its the scientists

[@garypellerin5576]

If you don't like being told what to do then a hospital is one of the last places you want to be.

[@britanynoel8345]

So true. Then all of a sudden they are taking all the drugs/medicine. (Respiratory therapist)

[@garypellerin5576]

@@britanynoel8345 Christopher's legacy is going to be a mountain of medical bills for his family to deal with.

[@martincassidy4839]

A Doctor made a very clear point today. The lady said, most of the people who don’t vaccinate are people who would had being vaccinated as children for smallpox and most other diseases. The last part she said was only for these vaccines none of them would have been born as their parents would not have existed.

[@dianeshelton9592]

To be honest they should not go, they didn’t believe Drs about vaccination why go to the Doctor when they get sick. Stay home and die at home glorying in their freedom and choice.

[@keepinghealthy3332]

@@garypellerin5576 Tear up the bills and send them back for failure to give Christopher Hydroxychloroquine or Ivermectin to save him.

[@tx2128]

I was a new RN in September, 2020, and I started on a covid-19 stepdown unit. It was a trial by fire. I'll always remember being part of this history.

[@lambsaucehunter9316]

Cool story

[@jmfia2391]

​@@lambsaucehunter9316 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@FrostekFerenczy]

@clarencestoddard1447 - I don't get my medical information from a fraud media group whose owner drinks their own urine.

[@jonny2911]

omg you’re a hero lol

[@DavidHernandez-kd6mk]

When did we start taking Medical advice from Politicians? This country has gone nuts.

[@tamfuwing1]

Politicians, conspiracy nuts, neighbours, friends, the local blowhards, determinedly ignorant and blinkered pastors, the list goes on... As long as they are not scientists they must know what they are talking about.

[@iciajay6891]

It has always been full of stupidity.

[@phillysportsmedia2825]

When did right wing nut jobs have a larger voice and silence medical doctors because of medical freedom

[@tracker4854]

I doubt they come up with the advice. They have a group of people working on whatever subject. These politicians just repeat what is told.

[@slimjim4ever]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mp6uo5-HbZiFrpY

[@westerntrend]

The situation is entirely different in the Philippines... People are lining up to get a shot but there isn't enough of it.

[@rory9698]

It's exactly the same situation with rich kids becoming a useless nuisance to society and kids from poorer families exceling in academics and succeeding above everyone else.

[@edjames9849]

Send them mine.

[@paulangelopineda2534]

this is true. i personally had to wake up 3am in the morning just to have a chance to get vaccinated.

[@microbiologeest]

Ironically, people in poorer countries have better science education. I guess privilege makes one dull.

[@theresaakins2317]

The people in the Philippines are intelligent and use critical thinking skills unlike here in America.

[@elizabethgrailepallogan5174]

im living in a country where we have shortage of vaccines coz everyone wants to have it if you don't want it just give it to us.

[@Flipper86]

Wish it was that easy. . .

[@cliffa2901]

@@Flipper86 no problem.

[@alexanderprice2116]

I'm very sorry

[@patrickstarr8907]

Just wonderin, which country are you at.

[@deathmoverz]

Everyone? 😂😂😂

[@BAsed_AFro]

>265,000,000 Americans are no longer boosting (if they had any in the first place). Now what?

[@nobodyburgen4594]

The pandemic is essentially over. The version of COVID going around is highly contagious but not dangerous- which is the perfect situation for the disease, resulting in it not mutating further.

[@BAsed_AFro]

@@nobodyburgen4594 Where can we see poof of that the well over 70M Americans that had zero covid jabs were "being hospitalized and/or dying at higher rates"?

[@oliverbird6914]

@@nobodyburgen4594 you keep telling yourself that

[@annalieff-saxby568]

Well, there's your problem right there: "I don't like being told what to do". This is the wilfulness of a child. I don't like being told what to do, either; but not to the extent of dying to prove my point.

[@jandrews6254]

Don’t tell me what to do!!!!! Cut off your nose to spite your face🤦‍♀️

[@swedishmake-upgeek5650]

Exactly this!

[@Matira269]

@@jandrews6254.... and he did manage to cut off his life as well.

[@julieowen5874]

Oh brother!!! Give me a break!!!

[@DamienSheppard]

I'm totally fine if you are an adult and don't want to be told what to do....Just stay home....No exceptions. The individuals "personal freedom" ends when it endangers someone else's life. Call it whatever slippery slope -isium you want....I really don't care- You individual freedom stops when it affects me....Non-negotiable. I don't know why we have to continually placate these people.

[@andreab.1906]

I see they chose to go to the hospital though with all that sciency stuff and unknown medication being given to them.

[@bert422]

That's the point that buffles me the most

[@peaches2220]

Yeah, right? How come they willingly put on the oxygen mask..who knows, it could be a gas mask..

[@Druuna55]

yeah I don't get it, why don't they pray covid symptoms away? Suddenly science has to come to their rescue, lol

[@melissas7589]

interesting point....

[@melissas7589]

@@peaches2220 made by soviets and chinese no less. smh.

[@barbarabreunis7788]

And both of his parents were vaccinated and got Covid-19, yet I feel they did survive. He didn't.

[@joewoodchuck3824]

There are a few breakthrough C19 cases, but to assume those few translate to everyone is insane.

[@JohnDoe-dn9yo]

@@joewoodchuck3824 way more then a few champ get your facts straight and regurgitating the same wording you hear and see on your local news

[@sarahno4748]

@@JohnDoe-dn9yo the rate of hospitalization due to a breakthrough case of Covid is less that 1% in the states that are actually bothering to send in their data.

[@sarahno4748]

@@joewoodchuck3824 It's the same faulty logic people used to say we should defund the police. (Yes there needs to be change in how incidents are investigated and punished). But, to say that because of the tragic cases of excessive force we've seen that we should then get rid of all police officers is just stupid.

[@Kinypshun]

@@sarahno4748 That's not what "defund police" is. With that, I can say that it is the most moronic slogan ever invented.

[@JoeBlack-s6i]

Now here we are 2 years later. How do you all feel?

[@BAsed_AFro]

🦗🦗🦗🦗 🦗 🦗 🦗 🎶

[@juratory8876]

I mean, I got vaxxed and boosted for COVID-19. I caught it early last year on account of my aunt having it and was down for about a week. Howeve, I managed to bounce back that to some Paxlovid, plus the virus wasn't as bad due to the vaccine. Had I not been vaxxed I would be on a ventilator with fluid building up in my lungs, js

[@BAsed_AFro]

@@juratory8876 So, fully vaxxed and boosted but you still caught covid, aye? You don't find that the least bit strange?

[@BAsed_AFro]

@@juratory8876 I’ve heard from countless individuals that regret getting the jabs, who stopped getting more. And I've talked to hundreds that have had zero, and not even one regrets their decision. In fact, the vast majority agree that not participating in this is one of the best decisions that we’ve ever made in our lives.

[@BAsed_AFro]

@@juratory8876 While you're here... realnotrare Look it up!

[@21millionreasons]

You have a right to swim in a swamp just dont cry when a gator rips you apart.

[@kennedystapleton2279]

B+ comment, just the right amount of twist

[@rustyshackleford5542]

But they’re dragging other people into the swamp with them.

[@vinnytheplayer5500]

@@thesnappingturtle1816 no

[@cyte5148]

When I compare it to something I usually say "It's like if someone gets poisoned, and you hand them the antidote, but they refuse to take it."

[@cody42693]

@@cyte5148 That's literally what it is lmao

[@BR-dc3jn]

“I don’t like people telling me what to do” Someone is going to tell him to pay a huge hospital bill.

[@brianmelendy1194]

Nope. Can't pay. He's dead.

[@LinkRocks]

The thing is no one is telling him what to do because as of right now we don't have a federal vaccine mandate. These people are insane.

[@TheLispri]

Let everyone live their own life and let everyone die their own death he should have said.

[@winterrr3234]

Oh? I thought there was free health care 🤔

[@TheLispri]

@@winterrr3234 not in this country. The vaccines are free though.

[@tal-lancer]

Conservatives: 'Everyone has the right to choose' This will be news to abortion rights activists

[@tedriddick3717]

What I don't understand is. They say that they don't want to have their freedom taken away. That's why they don't get vaccinated. But they end up in the hospital, CONFINED to a bed, with an oxygen mask, strapped to their face, for weeks! Isn't that losing your freedom?

[@chloegrobler4275]

@@razorhead8569 if anti-vaxxers and deniers that have been dragged kicking and screaming just listened when the first wave hit, then we might not have had a delta strain.

[@melrankin3682]

@@razorhead8569 ....97+ % of those being treated in hospitals at this present time are UNVACCINATED..! When those who are fully vaccinated do contract COVID 19, the severity of their symptoms and the length of time it takes for them to recover is drastically reduced.. hospitalization is unnecessary ..and they LIVE.

[@jenniferwellman5311]

Exactly, they don’t give a crap about the baby after it’s born anyway.

[@tidalboxer]

They ate up their leader’s rhetoric that made this a political issue. They dug their heels in and now they’re paying for it. Ignorance kills.

[@bea1365]

Well this hasn't aged well......

[@SA-yd1xk]

Its amazing how the politicians are vaccinated and keep telling the people they don't have to be vaccinated.

[@ThatZenoGuy]

They took a saline shot, not the vaccine lol. Nobody of actual power has had it.

[@MT-yj7sc]

They don’t tell people not to get vaccinated🤦🏻‍♀️. Oh my goodness! Get real! They are for people having the right to make that choice! Get your facts straight☺️

[@t1gerface716]

Which politician is telling people not to get vaccinated?

[@justinefloria9760]

How many of them got the placebo? What their saying is they chose the vaccine and other have the right to choose.

[@gilph3]

@@justinefloria9760 probably none except the kooks. They’re not stupid enough to want to give up power that easily

[@annelise6864]

As a nurse working at an infectious disease ward: of the many patients I’ve met who were vaccinated and still got COVID, the large majority of them had a mild version of it. They might as well just have had a bad cold.

[@curlyfried3117]

That was me, except I’m not vaccinated. COVID was nothing more than a mild cold for me. Only lost my taste and smell. That was the worst it got.

[@killmerambo]

this is what people need to understand, u can get covid even when ur vaccinated BUT it isn't as dangerous if ur vaccinated.

[@walmartgoodgas572]

„still got covid“ U stupid? Ofc u still can get it. The symptoms are just not that bad.

[@petewick8627]

I had it. Unvaxxed. Barely noticed a thing

[@petewick8627]

@@killmerambo I’m not vaxxed and I barely knew I had it. 😁

[@geneshifter]

With freedom comes responsibility. Some people wanting one without the other is the problem.

[@moonshoes11]

I find it odd that they cry about freedom, when they are also free to choose to be vaccinated.

[@Roman-yg2bf]

@@moonshoes11 kkonaw

[@Hartleymolly]

i’am in MS, I do not know 1 person that is not vaccinated. My brother had vaccine and still developed covid. My 96 year old grandfather went to the hospital, but never developed covid, and is fine.

[@falliblepossiblygullible2920]

Exactly what I told my friend when she said she won't vaccinate but was mad that establishments are beginning to require proof of vaccinations. At some point a trade-off must be made. Freedom of choice is not the same as freedom from responsibility or consequence.

[@amybethl9321]

Yes, I have a responsibility to protect freedom.

[@CommunityTab-]

This didn’t age well

[@heathercampbell2948]

I wonder how many of the people that “I ain’t wanna put nun chemicals in my body” how many of them eat fast food, drink soda, smoke cigarettes, get their nails done, hair dyed, eat pre packaged food etc etc etc.

[@lynnbetts4332]

Or take horse de-wormer.

[@tiffanylyons4474]

Exactly! Just patently stupid and never a cogent argument as to why they did not do what they should have done! Seriously, the vaccinated are making people sick?!! Just breathtakingly stupid .

[@bmarie8965]

True. One thing this pandemic taught me was to be more health concious

[@DOI_ARTS]

Drink beer and canned foods ha ha

[@emiliaroma5543]

Well said

[@Potsygvf]

“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubt and the stupid ones are full of confidence.” - I forget

[@Pfsif]

I don't see ANY intelligent people full of doubt. What planet on you on?

[@malcolmthompson7769]

@@Pfsif the basis of obtaining knowledge is being full of doubt. Socrates talked about this a while ago. Plato even wrote a book about it.

[@ksenos69]

Nice! And it's from the one and only Charles Bukowski!

[@ksenos69]

@@malcolmthompson7769 Διαλεκτική "Try to find the answers through questions" --> Dialog. Nice point Malcolm!

[@DeA2875]

The idiots reproduce at 3x the rate of intelligent people also

[@kyleoar9083]

"Don't tell me what to do with my body" - the same people that want to enforce anti-abortion laws on women.

[@bitzoic4357]

So delusional they don't even see their own irony

[@dark14life]

And then they go with that "my body, my choice" BS when it comes to masks. Abortion isn't contagious. Covid is.

[@elvinvega9363]

@@bitzoic4357 Abortion; is killing someone else.

[@wicked_deftlady]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@tofupower64]

@@elvinvega9363 Right on, Elvin. You took the words outta my mouth.

[@BAsed_AFro]

The heart of Africa with >1B people also had little to no jabs. Are you trying to say that they are all “conservative right wingers” as well?

[@chelseaaguilar2525]

I feel for those doctors,nurses, all staff that have to deal with this.

[@imuw5408]

they don't care they're too busy dancing on tiktok

[@cebruthius]

@@imuw5408 And giving interviews to NYT

[@lilyvaughan228]

@@imuw5408 That’s insulting to anybody who even remotely understands what nurses, doctors and all hospital staff do.

[@imuw5408]

@Lily Vaughan good, nobody cares you can't handle words. and those bloodletters and enablers you're talking about aided in culling people, through their superstition and ignorance in their own God complexes.

[@Black.Spades]

@@imuw5408 Well for sure more could be dancing on TikTok if there was a possibility to refuse Covid related healthcare to unvaccinated people.

[@user-ol4cv3vv2i]

At this point they just don’t want to admit that they were wrong

[@lexquezon9009]

Yeah, it's all about saving face. The Herman Cain Award subreddit does a good job showing how these folks think and behave when they have COVID-19.

[@whatsmolly5741]

@@lexquezon9009 got a few examples for you. Doctor calls anti vax husband to inform him his wife just died from covid, his immediate response is "no she didn't". Anti vax woman with severe complications from covid is listening to the doctor explain that she is most likely going on a ventilator, she freaks out and says "no I have a traumatic experience because my sister was put on a ventilator and died the next day" come to find out this woman had her sister, sisters husband and 2 children die from covid, still anti vax......

[@DemonratsRevil]

@@whatsmolly5741 if you think one family has had 4 or 5 people die from a virus with a 99.98 percent survival rate, you clearly are missing something. They either had comorbidities or they just flat out died of something else. My mother in law died after a 4 year battle with cancer. Her cause of death was listed as covid 19 because the hospital makes more money off that than cancer. Everyone, doctors included, admitted she died of cancer. She never had covid and she died of brain cancer. If you can’t see through this lie, you also probably vote blue.

[@tonyferrez01]

@@DemonratsRevil so, you are saying that people that get COVID, DON'T DIE FROM COVID? 🤔 that means that you have proof on hand of what those 700,000 so far really died from, right?🤔

[@karanvirsingh8072]

@@tonyferrez01 correct

[@ThePipeMonk]

Most Americans don't even know what actual personal freedom means.

[@MisstressMourtisha]

Pretty f scary sh we live in

[@anita-qq9iw]

Maybe if the government hadn't stopped vital medicines like ivermectin then thousands of lives would have been saved. in poor countries like India who are greatly overpopulated the death rates are lower than America, why? because they are giving out to families kits containing Ivermectin, Zinc, Vits C n D. Look up death rates of covid worldwide. Oh guess what, England who are not having any lockdowns have huge shipments of monoclonal antibodies, (a drug that's been on the market for years) plus New version of ivermectin (not quite as effective, but which the drug companies can make big bucks from, so now they're allowed. The crisis of the pandemic has been manipulated into a money making racket.

[@michelewalburn4376]

No they don't. They only listen to the evangelical Godists who only want their money.

[@anita-qq9iw]

@@michelewalburn4376 i'm not evangelical, but i know when I smell a rat and all these pharmacies run by billionaires and pushing the vaccines, When there are safe drugs available,will have to one day answer to God.

[@relaxingsoundmusic3743]

@@anita-qq9iw have you taken ivermectin?

[@2525besty]

I have to wear a mask ,face shield for 13 hrs at a time and people complain about wearing a mask for a few minutes while shopping. Smdh.

[@gaytwinksfortrump]

Becus it’s mental abuse

[@derekharp2805]

13 hours!!! Wow you are a real hero..

[@brianmelendy1194]

@@gaytwinksfortrump How so?

[@saiyanofsteel]

@@derekharp2805 More of a hero then the snowflakes complaining about wearing masks will ever be.

[@reecehickman5573]

@@saiyanofsteel says the one afraid of a virus with a 99.8% survival rate

[@pie830]

Taking the phrase “Give me liberty or give me death” to a whole new level……

[@wesleycaldwell6909]

Why is that a whole new level? It meant the same thing when it was said the first time.

[@geraldstephens6612]

Has nothing to do with liberty; has everything to do with death.

[@jwonz2054]

Christopher Green was a true American. RIP

[@johnchiu4370]

Scam of the century kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYbQdoJ_esR7b9U

[@lcozzarelli]

@@wesleycaldwell6909 not the same thing. This report is about ‘give me liberty AND give me death’

[@RoseEyed]

The fact that people don't seen to understand how stats or varients work is a clear indication that our education system have failed. Edit: Thank you to the people in the comments for provoking my point even more

[@higgaroc]

As a teacher, I thank you for this comment. This is about education design.

[@word42069]

the root of the problem is poor education. Lack of reasonable skepticism, critical thinking, and knowledge of history.

[@jacksonrelaxin3425]

@@higgaroc heh, good thing your precious union fought for you to not have mandatory vaxxed huh? Gonna be wild watching this all come crashing down later this year.

[@codacreator6162]

By design.

[@codacreator6162]

@@word42069 the wholesale attack on the Liberal Arts and Humanities as fluff is what got us here. Along with the tendency of business toward the elimination of qualified teachers in favor of glorified babysitters, common core and prepackaged curriculum. American education (including higher education);was the envy of the world. Then we stopped funding it in favor of creating the world’s first billionaire class (unless you count the Robber Barons of the late 19th and early 20th centuries). Unrestricted Free Market Capitalism only works theoretically if everyone is conscious of and concerned with the rest of humanity (which means it doesn’t and never will), otherwise it ends with one person with everything and everyone else a slave.

[@procastination_is_my_passi4182]

I'm a PCT who survived three waves of the pandemic. It was absolutely horrible. I worked at the tele/med-surge unit which was quickly transformed to the COVID unit. We went from having 1-2 codes a week to having nearly 3-4 codes a day at the worst of this pandemic. I usually had 2-3 other pct's on the floor with me, but this pandemic has created such a major under staffing issue, that I was often left as the only PCT on the floor; that meant that I had to help tend to 30 patients (minimum) every single shift, which, for those unaware, is 12 hours per shift. I'm pre-med and am working towards applying for Med School, but this whole pandemic has taken a lot out of me and I'm so worn out. Mind you, most PCT's are only getting paid 13-15 dollars as our base salary, and honestly I don't think it's worth it having to sacrifice my mental and physical health for a population that did so little to assist health care professionals when we were the most vulnerable and overworked. People were asked at the very least to wear a mask and to limit social gatherings, yet they failed to even do such easy tasks, while we were out here being over-worked, underpaid, and seeing our patients die such horrible deaths every single shift. I'm tired and I'm bitter and I'm quitting next month so I can take a break and re-allign myself.

[@montanagal6958]

What city do you work in if you don't mind sharing? I did not see what you saw in Colorado at my hospital. In fact, the news and reality shared a VAST discrepancy... but I heard a travel nurse who went to NJ describe the conditions you saw. She said most were nursing home patients. Because we know diseases don't stop at state borders, I am still trying to understand what exactly happened. Thank-you.

[@procastination_is_my_passi4182]

@@montanagal6958 Phoenix, Arizona

[@caroline4323]

It must have been a horror. And when you hear somebody talking anti-everything... We really haven´t evolved much as species, have we? Take care of yourself first... Good luck.

[@bea1365]

In the UK is was the opposite. In our Trust, at the "peak" there were 22 Covid patients split over 2 hospitals. Out of 4 hospitals on standby to take Covid patients 2 were stood down very early on. In Coventry they only had 2 patients in ICU. Derby didn't have the deluge they were told they'd have. Hearing similar stories from other Nurses in other Trusts. What we are seeing now though is lots of C19 injected people coming in and getting C19 again and again, worse each time.

[@marklampo8164]

Makes ya wonder how you can close hospitals with all this "dying" going on; closing hospitals because they don't make enough money with all the sick people! Hospitals blame "people who don't buy enough insurance!" It's not the plague, its the tightwad workers buying too many avacado toasts!

[@Dslayer62]

American's choose the weirdest times to act like they have free healthcare I swear

[@chapman1569]

I wondered the same thing. Will insurances refuse to pay because they didn't minimized their risk by getting the vaccine? I dont know much about the health care insurance in the USA, but I am sure COVID will affect the business of health care insurance .

[@UrsusCanis]

Baffling because the vaccine is one of the only things that IS free

[@toastedjoe1013]

Hospitals in the U.S. shouldn't let these morons in to begin with. Let them die at home and spread it to their families. We don't need crazy conspiracy theorists voting in the next election.

[@MrLawalker]

Hahahahahahaha

[@ritabrito5040]

Definitelly!

[@ML-nj4qi]

“The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.” Albert Einstein

[@gregl6759]

@Christy A Very true, people actually believe these propaganda videos while applying zero logic or understanding to anything more than what they see in videos like this.

[@francisphillips53]

Well said Mr. Einstein.

[@gregl6759]

@@francisphillips53 Yep, people are led by hatred towards strangers for things they don't even understand. If you believe the vaccines are free then you're probably pushing the stupidity lol.

[@shellminator]

@@rubykennedymedia it's not new and it's not gene therapy.. you are just another fox news victim of #fakenews..

[@richardpierpoint1415]

@@rubykennedymedia Post something which backs-up the horsesh1t you're posting or stFu - blagodaryu vas, KKKretin...

[@emmaf5374]

I’m from Australia, but is this state pro-life? I don’t understand the logic that in one setting your body, your choice (vaccine) - but also- your body, my/the government’s choice (abortion)

[@bretttade2604]

Yes, Emma, you are understanding that correctly.. An alarming percentage of people here in America whole-heartedly believe the statement you just posted. It's incredibly heart-breaking to watch this hypocrisy play out every day over here.

[@eggsybenedict7014]

Don't try to understand their logic, you'll do your head in. Convenience is enough logic for the bible thumpers.

[@chesterwilberforce9832]

Oh, for sure. the far right is full of hypocrisy and contradictions. "I won't be told what to do but I will tell you what to do."

[@alisonm2796]

There is no logic to understand.

[@jmrrrdann3369]

You’re comparing apples to oranges.. sorry

[@misterdeadbeat4050]

And all the people who wouldn't take it were right

[@mboiko]

It's true, but I don't think you're allowed to say that.

[@AardvarkDK]

@@mboiko Here in Denmark the vast majority of people got vaccinated, and now the streets are practically deserted. We went from around 6 million Danes to less than 100,000. My parents, my siblings, their children, my girlfriend... all dead from the vaccine!

[@sarbrevin8050]

i know people who didnt take it and died. were they right?

[@mboiko]

@@sarbrevin8050 ...and how old were those people and how many comorbidities did they have? If they were older or had comorbidities of course. But for many others especially for the young, it was a big mistake. We were told the COVID vaccines would stop transmission, that was not true and they knew it.

[@sarbrevin8050]

@@mboiko nope they never said that Covid vaccines would stop transmission and neither did they say you wouldnt get infected. what they did say is that when infected, it would not be as bad as being unvaccinated

[@louiseerbslisbjerg7854]

That´s how a country that prioritises money over education, can end up.

[@sueblack5794]

They have the same exact access to information we have access to and they chose conspiracy theories. Sometimes idiocy is a choice.

[@mathru96]

That's deep. And scary.

[@Hello_SM]

Lmao

[@blackhercules1753]

Capitalism is a helluva drug.

[@socuegon4355]

Or, ignorance over knowledge

[@donvoll2580]

Good day from Ontario. I'm 70, severe asthmatic , when I was 14 my family doctor told me not to smoke, I could have because of my right. Now having a hard time breathing I am glad I listen to my doctor Yes had both shots. Thanks

[@monochromebunni3887]

Very well put!! Even in the video Chris himself explained exactly why you should be vaccinated. Christopher's 70 year old vaccinated parents survived having covid, and he did not.

[@BasicBeachCommunity1]

Yes. I had asthma and had to try the shot after being ill last March...it was worse than asthma

[@donvoll2580]

@@BasicBeachCommunity1 G day . so long did you have it. I'm quite severe. Thanks

[@johnp139]

So you have a hard time breathing and you DIDN’T SMOKE? Contradicting argument.

[@donvoll2580]

@@johnp139 Yes I figured out it came from my mother's side, her twin 1st cousin"s died at 63 Thanks

[@kvcp]

My oldest friend asked me a few days ago if I was afraid of Covid. I told him "I am not afraid of dying, but being in a hospital for weeks with every kind of tube attached to me and potientially on a ventilator... that scares me. I am also afraid of being responsible for someone else's death whether i know about it or not. I don't want to be the reason someone else catches it"

[@lolobanshee6846]

My God.... You can still pass it to others.

[@tazer9735]

The vaccine only reduces your own symptoms. So now you are unknowingly passing it to others. At least the unvaccinated know when they are sick and can take the proper precautions

[@vchafab]

@@tazer9735 Right?! If we are unvaccinated, we get symptoms and stay home because we don’t feel good. The vaccinated still carry the virus but don’t have symptoms (directly from Moderna and Pfizer, as well as in the vaccine inserts), so who is really continually spreading this virus?

[@Bigcrusha16]

@@vchafab well. If everyone or at least 80% of people got the vaccine, it won't matter if nobody is showing symptoms, spreading won't be all that big of a deal will it? It will also reduce the likelihood of another variant after Delta.

[@Bigcrusha16]

@@tazer9735 that won't matter if everyone vaccinates.

[@mcgreen8124]

I’d like to know what you ‘pro-vax’ people think of this experimental jab now? Prior to this jab, all my fam and friends were healthy. Now I’m at a head count of 7 with heart attacks 🤔 No one will acknowledge the pink elephant. Thoughts?

[@mboiko]

The US and China created COVID which then killed over 7M worldwide, Big Pharma made a Fortune, and the Media including the NYT played an Evil Game of shaming/blaming an entire population...who in the end turned out to be correct. Remember over 80% received at least one COVID vaccine in the US, so many now have a very uncertain medical future awaiting all of us. The liability is unimaginable so there will be no "acknowledgment". In the future what you will hear from many is "But I didn't know..." After the war in the 30s/40s that was the excuse they used as well. History will not look back kindly on the role many played in this pandemic, as this video will not age well.

[@Unknown-q9v9zu]

@@mboiko real

[@mboiko]

@@Unknown-q9v9zu This video didn't age well at all...and my reply I can't even see. You have to love that Google/NYT censorship.

[@smith3329]

It's hard to imagine what our health care professionals must face every day.

[@jamescurran6277]

All those people with health problems from obesity, alcohol, and smoking. I know what you mean.

[@lilmoe4364]

Doesn't get it ^^^

[@smith3329]

@@jamescurran6277 business as usual

[@jamescurran6277]

@@lilmoe4364 what don't I get?

[@jamescurran6277]

@@carmenj5045 again, using your logic we should not treat people who drink too much, eat too much, or smoke.

[@gringochucha]

"One of the best things we have is our natural, God-given antibodies." Ok, ma'am. Now could you please explain how those antibodies work?

[@billvill61]

She's actually correct...to a point. That point is, of course, the moment at which your antibodies encounter a novel virus, especially one that has been manipulated by man and then mutated further on its own.

[@prentisslewis1539]

We do but this is something that was created were our bodies can’t even build up antibodies to fight it. And that’s scary

[@florentcastelli]

Those God-given antibodies keep attacking my own body. I guess that means I deserved it as a kid?

[@lohansubramaniam6839]

@@florentcastelli You've got an autoimmune disease?

[@jukkl]

@@billvill61 Well not really. There are no god given antibodies if you encounter novel virus. They are produced eventually by plasma cells, but in the meantime the virus is destroying your body. Thats why vaccination is so important. So that there are "vaccine given antibodies" to encounter the virus.

[@guthrie_the_wizard]

We direly need to teach “Critical Thinking & Rational Skepticism”, “Financial Literacy & Wealth Development ”, and “Practical Ethics & Citizenship” as required courses in all high schools.

[@Arlae_Nova]

I think it's also something government just does wrong in the US. From what I've seen from the other side of the pond is that communication from both state and federal government is extremely poor.

[@anthyman1]

We really need "Healthcare literacy" too. So many people can't navigate our ridiculous healthcare system or effectively recognize their own illness and communicate with a doc

[@middle-earthtroll5024]

There's not enough time in the day for that, kids need to learn about calculus, sewing, and sports.

[@truckercarlson2333]

Those are words that scare republicans. Ain't happening

[@Arlae_Nova]

@@anthyman1 it would probably be more efficient and effective to change the healthcare system at that point haha

[@johnnyboyle4811]

Freedom of choice, what more do you want. Mandates are a slippery slope.

[@lhj276]

many vaccines are mandated

[@johnnyboyle4811]

@@lhj276 only for travelling to certain countries.

[@freedommatters7677]

To what?

[@Frugal_fitchic]

I’m from the Ozarks. I think people are basically fearful of the government, distrustful of science and base a lot of their decision making on their religious beliefs and political leanings. It frustrates me to live in this area.

[@vvolfbelorven7084]

Why do you think that is?

[@c1d342]

Distrustful of science?...what

[@elizabethhenning778]

This kind of begs the question tho. _Why_ are they fearful of the government and distrustful of science? And are you sure it's fear and not a screw-you? I assume they are Christian and Republican, but Christianity isn't distrustful of modern medicine and neither is Republicanism.

[@iashakezula]

Hang in there

[@mollycule2792]

How is it different from part of African American communities that don’t trust the medical community?

[@bighawk3778]

I don't want a poison in me...Goes home drinks wine and has a cigarette 😂

[@afrida842]

LITERALLY! These people are crazy lol

[@reecehickman5573]

@@EugenePrendi exactly, liberals have become the authoritarians

[@afrida842]

@@EugenePrendi oh boy you seem to be oblivious. And apparently i’m the one who has no clue🤔 the amount of anti vaxx family/parents/peers that I have seen that have been disgusted with their loved ones CHOOSING to receive the vaccine is insane. I have seen this first hand. I’m not sure what conservative planet your living on, but you sure as heck are missing something my man.

[@afrida842]

@@reecehickman5573 it’s all “my body my choice” until it comes to abortion, so yeah yeah yeah you and your fellow conservatives can keep talking.

[@riseofazrael]

@@EugenePrendi I mean yeah, if these people are willing to die from something that is preventable I say let them die.

[@jauipop]

It’s sad and sometimes makes me angry that in a country like the US has such polarising views on vaccines because it’s soooo available to everyone there. I’m in South East Asia where vaccines are so hard to get and we’ve been in a constant lockdown for many many months. People here can’t even get it easily even if they beg for it.

[@andreitt]

Yeah, in the same boat. I have zero sympathy for those Muricans who died unvaccinated.

[@nickc3657]

It’s infuriating for us Americans, too. Knowing our government agreed not to share vaccines with any other country, despite having more than we know what to do with. It’s despicable. I’m really sorry, and I hope you and your country can get vaccines ASAP ❤️

[@Th3Passerby]

Im from the Philippines, me and my whole family and relatives are already vaccinated.

[@absaloj]

That’s what I tell my parents. I’m from Guatemala and these resources aren’t available for all. Yet in United States people pass it voluntarily. I wish people like Chris would trade places to go into a different country and see how other people live like. So sad. Makes me upset sometimes. I can’t believe it.

[@kedajones2874]

I'm thankful to be an American and to have these rites, I hope other countries find a way to be vaccinated.

[@christinewatson1989]

Checking in from June 2022 with "sudden adult death syndrome". This aged like MILK.

[@jordanm3834]

Yeah and they called us unvaccinated the stupid ones 🐑🐑🐑🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@LisaMarieDC]

There's no such thing. Stop watching fox news.

[@FrostekFerenczy]

SADS UK was formed in 1998. Do you think the vaccine went back in time too?

[@ClubstepMonsterOfficial]

@@FrostekFerenczyFauci has a Time Machine powered by 5G don’t you remember?

[@MindEyeMediaVR]

Gee, with this kind of devotion to personal freedom, you'd think that abortion rights and access to contraceptives would be firmly secure. :-/

[@a.b.5502]

Honestly tho. These people were even using the phrase "my body my choice" during protests. The same phrase that they made fun of when it came to abortion.

[@marionogueira6211]

People with no logical arguments will just say whatever whenever it fits what they believe in.

[@JellyBean-lo4sl]

@Channel225 - so anti death penalty too then? Yeah, probably not.

[@pop2537]

@Channel225 who’s the fetus gonna tell? it’s parents?

[@ammortal]

@Channel225 Until that fetus can survive without it's mother, it's the mother's body. Her life, her liberty, her happiness.

[@thesarkive7746]

The further a society drifts from the truth the more it will hate those who speak it

[@joesmith9616]

this applies to the unvaccinated individuals who are being persecuted by government to get a mark of the beast against their will to participate in society. This is biblical. I am a Christian KJV only and refuse that shot till the day I die. I trust Jesus to heal people, not the things of this world, not the government.

[@tomaskuli177]

No one cares if you get vaccinated, just stay away from the rest of us.

[@destroyrobots]

@@joesmith9616 Please tell us more what the bible says about vaccines.

[@anthonyclark7118]

@@joesmith9616 I don't think it's the Mark of the Beast... But the parallels are too close for my comfort

[@davidlevi2237]

@@tomaskuli177 are you a science denier? Why are you doubting the vaccine?

[@billyrubin2001]

I don’t know. I’ve been vaccinated since I was a kid back in the mid sixties. What’s all the distrust with vaccines?

[@SAHamel_]

Exactly, billy rubin, we've been vaccinated for chicken pox, measles, whopping couch, polio, etc. and played our part in stopping the spread of these. Lined up at school and vaccinated.... Get' er done people or suffer this virus for the rest of your life and your children's. So selfish of the naysayers; crippling our country.

[@ontheheap]

People have lost their minds.

[@molls127]

dumbassery

[@molls127]

@@SAHamel_ good on you shirley. the world needs more like you. just because someone’s older doesn’t mean they have to be old fashioned

[@ritadamayanti2087]

I think it's in the air. Nothing better too do

[@doubletappinhillbilly]

If that shot is so strong & good then why worry about what im doing ? Your covered by the clot shot right ?

[@BAsed_AFro]

🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗 🦗 🦗 🎶

[@JessicaHenriquez]

This is so hard to watch. My mother died back in December and she didn’t have the option of getting the vaccine, but she would have taken it if it was available. It’s heartbreaking to see these people because they could have prevented if. Yes people are getting sick, but the odds of dying are highly reduced when vaccinated.

[@Luubelaar]

I'm sorry for your loss. May your mother rest in peace.

[@ray24051]

Sorry for your loss if people had taken this virus most serious your mother would have still been with us.

[@notasdumbasumightb]

Reasoned with? Of made to th ink like you? Genuine question. Blessings

[@MICHAELJAMESBAYNE]

@精神 暴動 You are a monster! How dare you say something like that to a person who lost her mother?!

[@MICHAELJAMESBAYNE]

I am sorry for the loss of your mother.

[@Akshay3402]

"The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence." - Charles Bukowski

[@laurie896]

Stupid isn't the right word 😒

[@jezebelrebel250]

And yet...White House members and staff are NOT required to take the vaccine. Isn't that interesting? This video wants to push mandates but our leaders aren't setting the example. I wonder what they know that we don't.

[@susrev88]

@@laurie896 selfish, lack of solidarity, entitled, etc

[@ullanorakk252]

@@laurie896 I would use "less educated". That doesn't make you stupid. It's just a fact that the less you know about something, the easier it is to make up your own mind. I wouldn't trust any scientist that doesn't have doubts.

[@PennyLane-wc3iq]

Dunning-Kruger Effect in full force.

[@kernyboydraws85]

Dude: "i dont like being told what to do" the Grim Reaper: "oh word?"

[@Melanie-kg2pw]

Hahahahaha! 💯

[@asuka-ryo]

💀💀💀......him probably

[@xkv8ter]

👍🏼🤣

[@Alex-ms9em]

Hahah

[@jameskelvin6720]

Kernyboy Draws......I laughed so hard! Lol lol lol lol!!!

[@catman1050]

So what are the producers of this video saying now?

[@terrenceroll3848]

"get another booster"

[@YukariAkiyama]

@@terrenceroll3848you’re clearly not super ultra pro max boosted. I heard they give you a vegan donut on your 26th booster

[@angkhoa1216]

@@YukariAkiyamaWeird i thought vegan are antivaxxer

[@chrisdelaplante5515]

Yep, good question.

[@SeaScoutDan]

1:35 Getting the vaccine is a choice. Not getting the vaccine is also a choice. Choices have consequences and risk. He made his choice and he is sticking with it.

[@renzoreba]

A situation that was completely avoidable by a simple jab that you can get at any Walgreens or CVS for free...

[@ayeaye1363]

If only he knew that he'd die any time soon he'd have chosen the other option.

[@poyomoney4110]

Yeah and he also looks like he wasn’t living much of a healthy life 🤷‍♂️

[@phatnum17]

@@renzoreba Completely avoidable? That’s saying that the vaccine 100% prevents death..and with the recent spike of breakthrough cases and deaths occurring even in the vaccinated populace would prove your statement as false. Still way too many variables.

[@michaelm.3641]

He said that almost as if its the justification for the choice. Having the right to make a choice doesn't absolve you if you choose a stupid or terrible option.

[@FacheChanteDeux]

Marybeth is a hero in this dark storm. If only her courage and wisdom was contagious.

[@moirainabox4367]

It could be, I hope some kid with anti-vax parents watched her and decided to get vaccinated. It's what we need.

[@Sumthingabouther]

People like Marybeth make me hopeful 🤍

[@hconf]

Pun intended??

[@adriangeh6414]

Antivaxxers are immune to that sort of thing. Their double-layered tinfoil hats protect them from the 'lies, lies, nothing but lies!'

[@TheForeheadOfDoom666]

Don't get the vaxx it's dangerous you've been warned. Don't feed into their propoganda. For starters think how much this thing is politicised.look how past SARS MERS vaccine failed. Look how these shots are still under trials. So many side effects and so much profit to be made.

[@gigistoner8004]

"I have two parents in their 70s. Both had the vaccine, and both got Covid." Yeah, but sir, are they the one's in the hospital hooked up to all of the machines? And now, after seeing the end of the video clip, dead.

[@crissd8283]

He was and should be free to make his own decisions about his life. He choose to live a slightly more risky life by not getting the vaccine and he paid for it with his life. That is his choice and I will not criticize it. People skydive, build their own airplanes, hike across the country, race cars, ride motorcycles, Scuba dive, etc. All are choices and all increase your risk of serious injury. The government doesnt stop you from making these choices and they shouldnt force you to take any drug, vaccine, or even therapy you dont want. I have a relative that is arguably insane, 50 years ago she would be on a funny farm. The government will not force her to see a therapist or take any medication and while I would like her to get help, I support the government not forcing its help upon her. The homeless face the same issue, they dont know what is best for them and the government keeps letting them make poor decisions. If the homeless have the rights to make poor decisions that can hurt other people why can't people decide not to get the covid vaccine?

[@marcy5285]

@@crissd8283 The commenter didn’t imply that anyone should be forced to do anything. It’s merely pointing out that due to this man’s ill-informed decision, he has cut short his life by approximately two to three decades. It’s sad, really.

[@gigistoner8004]

@@crissd8283 "I have a relative that is arguably insane..." Are we sure the "relative" isn't you?

[@saviozanon1907]

@@crissd8283 but when someone skydives, hikes, races, goes scuba diving etc they are putting their own life at risk. It’s very different When you catch an airborne contagious virus, you’ll spread it, putting other people’s lives at risk. That’s violating other people’s freedom of living a healthy life. Besides, the longer we take to artificially build immunity (through vaccination), the longer it will take to restore economic productivity because of the safety measures necessary to stay alive, such as keeping distant and avoiding any physical interaction. Summing up, not getting vaccinated keeps you vulnerable, hurts or kills people around you and is bad for the economy too. Furthermore, homeless people are subject to the same laws as us. I don’t understand which freedom to make poor decisions you’re talking about. For example, if they get drunk and hurt you, that’s a crime and they, by law, should be judged according to what they did (and it’s the same the other way around), right?

[@gianmarconeri4408]

@@saviozanon1907 PREACH !! 🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@jessedevilbiss8436]

Never got vaccinated, never got sick. What's really going on?

[@nenmaster5218]

Answer: Watch Hbomberguy.

[@freedommatters7677]

"Never stopped at the stop signs, never been sober, never stayed on the right lane, never worn a seatbelt, never stopped texting Haven't died yet!!!" 😆😆😆😆 -what you sound like

[@freedommatters7677]

"Never locked my doors, never experienced a burglary" "Never parked away from a fire hydrant, never let any buildings burn down" "Never not thrown bricks down the building, but it never landed on anyone's head" "Shined a laser pointer in the sky, it never blinded any pilots flying"

[@litolumibao5967]

same as here

[@hanaj]

I’m gonna need all these libertarians to pay for their hospitalizations. Your choice, so pay for it.

[@enico1150]

Your choice if you overeat ,become obese and have all sorts of heart issues. It's your choice if you drink and you have liver problems. We won't treat you. It's your fault if you take drugs and you overdose, too bad! It's your choice if you smoke and get cancer, you will be denied care. Ok, if that's how you want to have GOVERNMENT deal with medical care let's do it!! About 25% of people will qualify to get any care at this point. Oh, I forgot, it was your choice to drive fast, your choice to climb a mountain and fall, your choice to be a daredevil. Wow! Just wow!! Under your logic, the "Bigger" man on that hospital bed should not have been allowed in since being overweight can bring up a bunch of health issues. Where does it stop???

[@lellensmanuel]

@@enico1150 Are heart disease patients or cancer patients overtaxing the healthcare system? Are any nurses complaining about being exhausted from taking care of obese patients?

[@lellensmanuel]

@@enico1150 My surgery was canceled because of the number of COVID patients in the hospital, not the number of heart attack patients.

[@Jleigh225]

@@enico1150 pretty sure taking a free vaccine shot is easier than changing your entire behavior around eating and other lifestyle factors. The effort required to reward benefit is a big factor in the original comment.

[@FixedFace]

exactly! its about time all these irresponsible egoists are taken care of. fat ties and jun kies are next in line, it will be glorious 👏👏👏

[@NSRDevelopment]

"You can lead a man to knowledge, but you can't make him think."

[@monicawilliamson2512]

How are you today mr. Roger?I like what you wrote, how true. Lol

[@dapperdan8085]

my thoughts exactly... liberals have a hard time learning.... just look at the mess this country is in..., it only took 10 months.

[@IMPOTUSx2]

@@dapperdan8085 your pathetic deflection joke means nothing. what mess? last year was a COMPLETE MESS thanks to covidiot-45 & the qult45. liberals are the reason why this country isn't bending over to the uk!

[@holger_p]

Actually, you can lead a man to everything, may it be knowledge, or fantasy. And sure you can make him think, but it's harder.

[@mitri5389]

a man who takes his knowledge from the propaganda machine that jeff own's is not a knowledge person in the slightest.

[@idea1istic]

@1:49 "it was eerie to hear Christopher insist on his individual freedoms, even as he struggled to breathe." the irony is unreal. how are you free when you're stuck to a hospital bed struggling to breathe?

[@ronaldagresott8436]

And then, how are you free when you're dead? I feel bad about it but Christopher's dead it's just natural selection, he could've prevented it but he didn't wanted to, it is really stupid.

[@Theendofeverything7036]

Exactly

[@creativemadness6758]

He’s permanently free now.

[@serenityssolace]

@@ronaldagresott8436 Death is the ultimate form of freedom.

[@lawrenceiverson1924]

One thing about the Delta. It's gonna up the average IQ of America by at least a point or two LOL

[@alisongray1067]

Has the reporter seen the calamari-like blood clots being pulled out of the veins of those who died after the covid jab?

[@BarefootedNurse]

Probably not. This was made to hype up those who don't believe in personal freedoms. I was hospitalized Jan 1st this year with the flu and pneumonia. Much worse than the covid x 2 that I have had. IF the vaccines work, THEN WORRY ABOUT ONLY YOUURSELF AS YOU ARE "PROTECTED" BY YOUR JAB.

[@arnoldusuitenweerde4595]

Toxic Remdesivir for treatment

[@THATGUYJT]

These people act like toddlers being told to eat their peas and carrots

[@hughmann1118]

Waaaaaaah! You're not the boss of me!!!

[@mysteryandmeaning297]

Its a choice jerks not to take experimental vaccine. They took a chance leave the dying alone.

[@THATGUYJT]

@@mysteryandmeaning297 what are you talking about

[@elizaclem]

@@mysteryandmeaning297 Why would the choose to listen to politicians over physicians, though? 95% of physicians are vaccinated. They won't even listen to Trump now. Explain that.

[@13325poop]

@@mysteryandmeaning297 Its FDA approved. Get your next excuse together honey. Just go back to the list of talking points....1) its too early to approve 2) Pharma paid off FDA..... and on and on. Im sure youll settle on a new excuse.

[@TheFoxTailPalm]

20 years ago: My mom: Do you know how many starving children in 3rd world countries would love to have this food?! Me: *crosses arms and whines* Today: Me: Do you know how many sick people in 3rd world countries would love to have this vaccine?! My mom: *crosses arms and whines*

[@chloegrobler4275]

stay strong.

[@darkale658]

i saw a comment that said, "how many boomers who made fun of kids for eating tide pods are now injecting horse dewormer into their arms?"

[@AlazlamDurai]

Have you tried the "here comes the aeroplane" approach?

[@Defied_-vw2jz]

Whats the point of freedom when your dead..

[@suzanafidanska6559]

What is the point to fight for a freedom if you sentenced yourself to dead?

[@PepTalkTillYouDrop]

Bs. Go get the vaccine and live others alone.

[@gaiagreen2690]

The point is that they died so they could meet their dead relatives who also died of COVID, highfive them and proudly say: "We really owned those libs, didn't we!" And then they rot happily, in the name of maga liberty.

[@SnowbirdHunter]

@@gaiagreen2690 it is freedom that allows you to express that belief here, be thankful, just let others enjoy their freedom in their own way.

[@harveytaylor7189]

@@suzanafidanska6559 what freedom?

[@normajeanray]

Do you also have a video about all the people who's been harmed or died shortly after being vax'd? And the damage masking these children have done?

[@melcrose]

Mary beth had both the courage AND THE INTELLIGENCE.. to get the vaccine.

[@jacksonrelaxin3425]

AND THE INTELLIGENCE to inject a genetic therapy experiment with zero liability of injury, death, or currently unknown long term side effects. Imagine trusting the corporate news media Lulz

[@timonschneider6290]

@@jacksonrelaxin3425 Its not genetic therapy and it is not plausible that there are any side effects. Of course some side effects may be unknown as of yet but the must be unknowable right now, that is after 12 months or so, or extremely rare. We know that because Billions of people have been vaccinated safely and effectively. Who are you trusting then? Some other corporate news medium? Some expert?

[@timonschneider6290]

It is clear that there are lots of smart people who did not get vaccinated because their cognitive biases and distortions, their societal surroundings and their mindset kept them from what is the currently known to be the most rational move. Some of these people are stupid, some are very smart but deceived by misinformation, disinformation and societal overvaluation of "personal freedom".

[@Infiny92]

@@jacksonrelaxin3425 "genetic therapy" L.O.L.

[@coleengoodell7523]

@@jacksonrelaxin3425 Unfortunately we also don't know what getting this virus does either. What are the long term effects? It's been an unknown from the start. Was covid developed in a lab? There have been mutations that we are still trying to figure out. One thing is certain, covid 19 and the Delta variant all have RNA within their cells. Many people have become long haulers and they don't know how long. Lung, brain and bone damage (permanent) has been documented for those who have recovered after a severe case. I would rather a vaccine than have a lab made virus invade the cells of my body.

[@prentisslewis1539]

He doesn’t like being told what to do but they told him to wear that breathing mask or your going to stop breathing, I bet he listened to what them doctors had to say

[@kimkitty3914]

That’s different

[@craignobles8285]

REALLY??? You’re comparing giving someone oxygen to pumping some sort of brand new, experimental chemical into their body??? As far as I know, there have been very few negative side effects from breathing oxygen. SMH.

[@jasontaylor1627]

The only difference is now he is dead and six feet under along with the rights he so proud to die for.

[@rebekahmcabee7025]

@@craignobles8285 actually giving somebody too much oxygen is a bad thing, it’s called hyperoxia or oxygen toxicity and can cause blurred vision, dizziness, swelling of the lungs, muscle twitching, trouble breathing, seizures, and even death. Also the patient you’re referring to died, so I don’t think not getting the “chemicals” really helped him either…

[@TitaniumTurbine]

@@kimkitty3914 It’s not different. He chose to not listen to doctors for months and then when he caught COVID and started begging for doctors to save him from himself, he decided to listen then.

[@herusaleron6793]

“Christopher Green died 9 days after this interview. He was 53 years old.” Listen to the words said there.

[@tammyelizabeth5157]

No one cares any more. The numbers have become a numbness. Or they are compared to another illness that has similar numbers...so why worry? We aren't panicking over THAT illness. We aren't finding a vaccine or cure for THAT illness. That illness will still exist long after Covid is gone. Cancer & Heart disease. Yeah... Its sad also. That's not taking into account the numbers of murders per year. Because we are always best at killing each other.

[@suehowie152]

@@tammyelizabeth5157 People are working on those illnesses every single day..

[@Thunder_Dome45]

@@suehowie152 I'd like to see proof that they aren't just going to work and having bar-b-ques instead of research. How long can you look at a cancer cell and get anything out of it. If they don't know what causes cancer and how to stop it by now, they never will. I think they are playing limbo in the labs instead of working.

[@jromeo8247]

53 and OBESE.

[@dagreat230]

@@Thunder_Dome45 they do

[@FesteringRatSub]

So when will this documentary maker be held responsible for spreading fear.

[@safeeffective385]

The entire jab agenda was predicated on playing on the various human fears to try to gain our compliance, and not truth-based facts.

[@BecxyBoo]

It's a reality that millions of people died as a result of not getting vaccinated against Covid, I'd call that spreading the truth...

[@musaxcoco2833]

“Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” -George Orwell

[@Sam21998]

I love George Orwell and 1984, also Yuri Bezmenov.

[@angelofdeath275]

i really hate how powerful propaganda is 😞

[@musaxcoco2833]

@@angelofdeath275 “If people cannot think well,others will do their thinking for them.” -George Orwell

[@ranchhoddas7353]

1984 and Animal Farm...❤

[@mannymm25]

Quoting Geroge Orwell is soooooo original and insightful

[@2sons1lv]

Yes his parents are alive. I googled Christopher green obituary and it says he is survived by his parents, wife, kids, brother.

[@StretchFletcher]

Do you trust Google?

[@Angel-zk5gi]

@@StretchFletcher I can guarantee you're anti vaccine. I'm I right?

[@goldleader6169]

@@StretchFletcher what size tinfoil hat do you wear ?

[@dutchmankamstra96]

Christopher Green probably was the one who gave his vaccinated parents COVID! Seriously, these people cannot connect the dots. Do they ever use their brains? Do they ever question their beliefs?

[@hedydd2]

@@dutchmankamstra96 The answer is no. Just like any other 'religious' belief, they have 'faith' in something. Something that will not help them or others survive, yet they refuse the things that will.

[@saint6563]

"Don't Want To Be Told What To Do": Well now Doctors & Nurses are telling you want you can or cannot do 24/7. Congrats!

[@bostonblackie9503]

You want a reperator? Sorry we sent it to a third world country were people do want resperators. Their politicians are begging for them to be sent. Darwin's theory is winning!

[@debbiej.2168]

He doesn't have to do anything any more.

[@thorazine0076]

Why wasn't govt, telling people to take vitamin D? Providing Ivermectin and other drugs as alternatives... answer money, greed.

[@pattygould8240]

The fact that he answered a question about vaccination with his political leanings says it all.

[@SolarCowboy]

Nailed it.

[@doesntmatterwhat6448]

@@jasonr2321 Exactly!

[@nikkismith2858]

What are early treatments for covid 19??

[@fotonmom]

Some get hydroxychloroquine...or Ivermectin. But even with a docs script, you cannot just go to the pharmacy and get it filled. They will refuse. Maybe that is the better question..why would they refuse something you could treat yourself with at home when symptoms come up?

[@fabienneyvos]

@@fotonmom because it s part of the contract between governments and Pfizer & Co.. No treatment but their Vax should be allowed.... It s a huge scam and it s criminal..

[@1927su]

Funny how they are all for “personal choice” , except when you might be doing something they don’t like….

[@jaydamalley3398]

Retro-actively poisoning the well, are you? How classy. Where did you get the impression that the people in this video are like that?

[@brooketaylor6226]

Like killing an innocent human?

[@Finny869]

These are the same people who are willing to eat horse deworming medicine because their cousin 5th removed heard it works from trumps Twitter, but won't take a vaccine that almost 3 billion people have gotten.

[@Thesavagesouls]

@@Finny869 TDS still ?

[@CD-in4qe]

EXACTLY! Stay on their “narrative” like good little sheep. Just don’t question and ask WHY to anything on AGENDA 21.

[@moonbbyst]

Of course, vaccinated people can get sick as well. They just have lower chances of getting serious symptoms that leads to hospitalization. Thus, not overcrowding the hospitals for people who really need it.

[@Ken-vn7mx]

Thus, I am a brainwashed sheep and when the government and media organizations move the goal post all the way from 2 weeks to slow the curve, to just get a shot, to oopsie the shots don't work as well as we said so time to mask up again and maybe you'll still die, I will still shill for them in KZbin comments. Baaaah, Baaaah. Enjoy being you, at least try anyway.

[@shanias.3915]

If overcrowding in hospitals is the issue women also need to stop getting pregnant during this pandemic and save those rooms for people who really need it. I can't stand seeing pregnant women during a pandemic!

[@untitledC64]

the dumb part is that people who need hospitalization are the ones who dont want the shot

[@darrellwilliams1714]

@@shanias.3915 that's about the dumbest thing I've ever seen written lol

[@darrellwilliams1714]

@@untitledC64 exactly. They don't want to take medical advice to stay out of the hospital, but are happy to take up space in the hospital for their stupidity.

[@bruceparker9012]

What a difference a year makes! Can we revisit the truth now?

[@athena3865]

Thank You!!!!

[@ClubstepMonsterOfficial]

Yes, the truth is the vaccines are safe

[@bruceparker9012]

@@ClubstepMonsterOfficial Yes, agreed! I’m so looking forward to the next booster. I hope you are too.

[@ClubstepMonsterOfficial]

@@bruceparker9012 Let me guess. You think everyone who takes the vaccine is going to die?

[@chrisdelaplante5515]

@@ClubstepMonsterOfficial Yes safe and effective, get your booster !

[@juliettemacreanah9526]

It’s detrimental to teach people about rights without teaching them about duty too..

[@spacetoast7783]

Righties are allergic to personal responsibility.

[@sandippatel8584]

You have hit the nail on the head! Every American this days wants to talk about rights, I have not seen a single COVID related video that talks about our duties. There can't be any rights without duties!

[@cjlaity1]

Sorry, but freedom isn't safe. It's messy. If you want everything to be safe, adopt fascism.

[@JustTheTruth-Please]

@@cjlaity1 People who whine about freedom but refuse responsibilities have the minds of children. Only children think they are to be given things with no strings attached. Read the preamble to the Constitution, Americans HAVE responsibilities to the country that gives them this freedom you whine about. So, stop telling other people to adopt fascism until you figure out how to be an American.

[@cannabiscraftsman1278]

@@cjlaity1 freedom has little to do with the covid vaccine yet all of you who refuse to help america get out of this pandemic use “freedom” as an excuse.. some parts of the world are fighting desperately to get vaccines while us americans ALL have access to FREE vaccines, yet you refuse to get it. you are some truly selfish, nasty people that are killing yourselves and others

[@edoq78]

here in the U.K. we had the HIV awareness slogan ‘don’t die of ignorance’ - it seems that large parts of the US need it now

[@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460]

The people who need that most can't read apparently so it would do no good. They are gleefully stupid and that's why they're dying. If you refuse to do the smallest thing to save your life, then your death isn't a tragedy.

[@xaviervalentine2815]

People out trading STDs like Pokémon

[@satkrapp7697]

Halp knowledge is always danger.

[@TheydyGodiva]

Funny enough, during the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the late 80s and early 90s, people were more than willing to mask up and keep their distance from anyone they thought might be sick. People took HIV seriously, almost to the point of being overly cautious. But now? Nope, people can't seem to be bothered.

[@chairninja]

They love dying of ignorance it's an American tradition.

[@iKingRPG]

"with freedom comes responsibility"

[@travman1987]

I wonder why Sweden isn’t in some sort of crisis right now? Must be because they aren’t very educated maybe? Oh wait…. I wonder why Israel is doing so bad with cases given that they have more jabs than anyone else? It’s odd that a vaccine that hasn’t even been out a year is already needing boosters lol.

[@braxtondamico3599]

They forget that part, rather often

[@a.alphbond9003]

@@travman1987 His vaccinated parents in their 70s had covid and are still alive. “you can’t logic someone out of a position they didn’t logic themselves into”

[@gvazdikasrudas5528]

mostly sick people are overweight or have other illness. And the ones who screaming for masks and vaccines are the ones with junk food in their shopping carts

[@TheShapingSickness]

@@travman1987 anti vaxxers are obsessed with Israel because they don't understand how to read charts. Most of the hospitalizations are vaccinated because almost everybody is vaccinated. Use your brain. If you compare hospitalizations now and a year ago it has dramatically fallen.

[@safeeffective385]

Biggest "I told you so" in the history of all former "I told you so's!" combined.

[@NatRants]

and yet here i am alive and well. as is everyone else i know who didn’t take it 😅

[@Wazpoppin525]

Both his parents got the vaccine and got COVID with probably mild symptoms. Yet he is sitting in the hospital on his death bed and his parents are at home…. Can’t make this mess up.

[@MrJoint888]

Man

[@burpeesquad]

Man passed away 9 days after the interview

[@thomasdarling2553]

It's a pretty low bar when "at least it's not a q anon convention" is a compliment

[@jimcielencki1212]

It is interesting because it feels like anyone who got the vaccine was considered forced to get it. I got mine and it was my personal choice to get it.

[@pocketdirt338]

Well , if your forced with the choice to lose your job or take it what would you do?

[@talesoftheredpill7542]

@@pocketdirt338 I'll lose my job

[@krystallvinter7438]

Same here. I was asked if I wanted to get the vaccine, and I said yes without hesitation. I don't understand the people that don't want to get vaccinated.

[@Default012]

Good for you. Go update the blog because nobody asked.

[@devinstallworth1558]

yea yall getting vaccinated cause your favorite bar told u too

[@estatuadechozo]

Im unvaccinated and alive. The best part of it is not getting myocarditis.

[@ClubstepMonsterOfficial]

Im vaccinated without myocarditis.

[@gokaren420]

There is medication for covid but doctors deliberately withheld them.

[@gokaren420]

​@@ClubstepMonsterOfficialFor now.....I pray you don't get any illnesses from the next many boosters

[@ClubstepMonsterOfficial]

@@gokaren420 99.999% don’t

[@pamelapamper]

​@@ClubstepMonsterOfficialkeep on boosting, if u don't get myo at least u'll get a rare cancer, don't give up until u get to the finishing line of death lol

[@better_together-w4m]

We used to say, “survival of the fittest”; however “survival of the smartest” is a more accurate statement today.

[@charlytaylor1748]

Well I'm not getting vaxxed. So just wait long enough and all us stupid ones will die off.

[@better_together-w4m]

@@charlytaylor1748 , I’m glad you have that choice.

[@tristananleu4677]

No, fittest. It doesn't mean who is physically fit. Means who is the best fit for the world. These idiots should not be taken to hospital. They are not fit for the world. But we are too nice as people.

[@charlytaylor1748]

@@tristananleu4677 "not fit for the world" "we are too nice"... who does that remind me of?

[@anuhasjayawardana8981]

You don't have to be smart. You just gotta have more two brain cells.

[@AlexBernard]

This is so close to a The Onion video it's not funny. "I'm still not 100 percent sold on the inoculation." Wheezes man dying of Covid-19 from his deathbed.

[@riseofazrael]

These dummies always vote and reproduce at a faster rate than the rest of us. We are doomed to a completely preventable apocalypse that we won't be able to prevent because of the aforementioned dummies.

[@TheHauntedKiwi]

Oh, it's PLENTY funny.

[@mastaw]

@@TheHauntedKiwi death is not funny.

[@marel6279]

Yeah I know- ever since tRump was President The Onion just has so much competition with everyday news channels/docs for idiocy.

[@franug]

Incredible

[@kathycrawford4652]

as a child in the 60's we had to have shots to go to school. our parents never questioned it they just said yes. now everything is political and politics is killing people.

[@DanaAshlie]

You'll make a good little serf.

[@christiansoto9755]

good, it'll thin out the herd of stupid people

[@captobvious2671]

Not like any "vaccine" they ever had in the 60's. More like GMO Cell-Hacking. Also please check our VAERS. Or not. But Please....don't blame us for the mayhem about to ensue.

[@yapandasoftware]

Democrats and globalists are killing people.

[@theneedle6785]

How many vaccines was that, gramps? 2? Just read the CDC schedule. It's comical.

[@tracie62]

This isn't aging well is it 🤣

[@tismeagen684]

As my old dad used to say " there's none so blind as those who refuse to see".

[@jeffbush7764]

wise quote...unsure as to context whether you're referring to the right or wrong side...

[@brianmelendy1194]

Smart man.

[@DemonNitrix]

​@@khenbornagain Lol, Have you ever taken a vaccine? Yes, you have. Why is it? Because even at childbirth you are given medicine so you don't get any diseases, Such as every child or at least here in America and most modern places giving children hepatitis B vaccine within first 12 hours after birth. which acts as a safety net, reducing the risk of getting the disease from you or family members who may not know they are infected with hepatitis B. We take vaccines because Natural selection has made it so that we can be able to think, reason, and use our brain cells to make vaccines so we can live, and be healthy. crocodiles swallow rocks to help them with their digesting. This isn't a natural trait, they learned that from millions of years, and by doing so they would be able to digest food faster and more efficiently Because if they don't digest food in time they can die. And the last thing I want to say, would you rather die or take a vaccine that will help you live and make you feel better? Ofcourse you are going to chose death.

[@DemonNitrix]

" I have a 98% survival rate, I’m super healthy, have a strong immune system," Said every ignorant person. Everyone thinks they are the best and most healthy but when reality hits, you will wish you did everything you needed to protect yourself. Because of improvements in vaccine making, the covid vaccine took a shorter time to make... And what vaccine doesn't have side effects? People have been taking the flu shot for years and some people have side effects while others don't, Even so, the flu shot benefits outweigh the risk of you getting it... Plus how can you not trust the covid vaccine when it's legit 95% effective at protecting you from getting the virus, while also being 99% effective at stopping you from being sent to the hospital for a serious case. And imagine this the flu shot is 66% while the covid vaccine is 95% effective, If you still don't trust it, That's on you. Plus people being immune to the virus doesn't mean they can't spread the virus... Even if you are vaccinated you are still required to wear a mask since you can still spread the virus to unvaccinated people. And how is the world experiencing "Biblical Natural disasters" Have to do with the vaccine? We are experiencing this because ignorant people like you, Are polluting the planet And putting co2 in the air by burning fossil fuels, while has caused a rise in global temperature, And they won't stop being they think they are "Immune", Which they are wrong because climate change won't affect only one person, It will affect everyone. People "Freedom" Are getting themselves killed, the only people who shouldn't be forced to get the vaccine are people who are allergic to any of the substances used in it or people who can get serious side effects after taking it. And I get that you are trying to make people feel like they have "freedom" And choices to not take the vaccines but you are legit killing them. How hard is it to just get a vaccine? Something that will help us get out of this pandemic so we can finally return to normal...

[@fastertrackcreative]

@@khenbornagain You realise having immune system means nothing against the virus, right?

[@huntstyle]

I prefer the freedom of breathing without a ventilator, but that's just me. 🤷‍♂️

[@dr.pepper1545]

Type in A Call for an uprising and watch his videos to see what is going on. You're welcome.

[@Ginronmaster1994]

and the freedom for new strains of this pestilence to not develop within the unvaccinated

[@jdt3594]

I refused the vaccine and will never take it and I have that freedom too. I didn’t even get sick once. I’ll be just fine without that poison

[@SonOfAB_tch2ndClass]

Give it a minute!

[@supgizmo5021]

I prefer intelligent people who can do basic maths and question government and the media but that's just me

[@catk4942]

What's insane to me is that I live in an area with extremely high vaccination and my whole extended family is vaccinated. I don't know a single person who's died of covid. It's a crazily different world in Mountain Home

[@mehraj2729]

Anti vaxxers will totally ignore this comment

[@snapjackal]

It's nice being safe and right at the same time, isn't it?

[@michaelgrinston1995]

Hello how are you doing today

[@joeymay2650]

I live with a family that is completely unvaccinated and I can’t think of a single person who has died of covid

[@LemonsRage]

@@joeymay2650 Let's hope that stays that way but this pandemic will probably only be over when the majority has gotten sick or become vaccinated.

[@axelrobles6444]

Is it bad to not feel anything for these people anymore??

[@LisaMarieDC]

@shoahshanagoldberg-shekels5253 but you're the one spreading lies and propaganda. The irony is so deep even you don't see it!!

[@nosuchthing8]

I feel for their children. Why they thought it made sense to listen to randos and ignore doctors is beyond me.

[@axelrobles6444]

@@nosuchthing8 right