Honestly, it feels like I wrote the last blog last week and it's been a month. Whoa! I hope you are all enjoying the summer without too many fires as it is burning here in B.C. My summer is all about releasing traumatic grief that disrupted my neuron pathways to my legs and we are making small improvements on the uphill, rather than the roller coaster of forward-backward.
First, let me state I am not an anti-vaxxer. I do support people's personal choices as long as they are being responsible and respectful of others in that choice and not putting them at risk. My children and grandchildren are all vaccinated. I vaccinate my dogs...but on a schedule I feel is appropriate in agreement with my VET. Rabies vaccination is something for traveling you can't get around. Bordetella is a protocol for dogs if you are boarding them. Vaccines typically don't stop you from getting a disease but keep you from getting seriously ill or dying. My dogs all had Bordetalla from being boarded and fortunately, they were mild cases because they had the antibodies. The whoop-type cough freaked me out and my Vet said to watch them and if it gets worse bring them in for treatment. It cleared up with the issue.
BUT, I am disturbed by the media's intention to pit unvaccinated and vaccinated against each other. These threats of vaccine passports are nothing more than Fascism and control as they will not do anything to prevent the spread of COVID variants. Negative tests show whether you are active or not. A much better way to assure we minimize the spread of COVID when traveling. Are vaccines important, of course, they are but this bunch we have were released because of Emergency approval? We are the human trial guinea pigs en masse. As I am fully against animal testing it's up to us to test this. mRNA technology has so many positive implications to fight a disease that we have yet to defeat. Cancer is one of the big ones. None of us wants to be in the collateral damage that goes along with new protocols though but when it's time it's time.
Nobody can decide what is what regarding mixed vaccines, with those that were told they could mix their vaccines after all the flip flop on the Astra Zeneca (what age group is safe). Those who are supposedly guiding us change their minds like their socks which leads to further mistrust in the group who are questioning if these protocols will work. Never mind that if you in fact mixed your vaccine's many countries won't recognize their validity. That is seriously a huge lack of common sense given you can catch and transmit the COVID when you are vaccinated. The only thing that would work for me would be negative Covid tests to assure in those moments before and after plane rides you were COVID negative...I had to repeat that...Negative tests for COVID....
My spiritual teacher didn't vaccinate up to this point because of health sensitivities. Her husband did and fully vaccinated he got COVID. The vaccine's job is to help your immune system recognize the pathogen and fight it off and these protocols, although been in the works for years work differently and we don't have long-term data as of yet to their ability to do the job long term or for how many variants?? Ergo, Pfizer, wanting people to have a third booster to combat the variants. The Lambda variant is being reported as being capable of escaping the immune responses from the vaccines. Ah, Dahhhhhh....this virus (as are most viruses) is a cold virus, highly intelligent and is constantly working to mutate around the protocols made to stop it. Have you asked why there hasn't been a cold vaccine. Wouldn't that be amazing but too many varients to get there to this point. COVID is changing that. The great news on data that is becoming available is that in fact, the vaccines are being successful in keeping those that get COVID are not as sick and hospitalizations are less, deaths greatly reduced. But it will be a while yet before we have enough info on the long haul with the vaccinated getting Covid.
So your vaccine passport if it was to go through and not be knocked down by our vigilant human rights lawyers will be a useless Draconian/Facist tool that does zippity do dah but allow Big Brother more tracking of you...ah no thanks...A negative test before and after travel should suffice. Ok that is my third repeat. LOL
WHO in the news today says they don't want boosters to go out to high-income countries until the developing countries have at least one vaccination.
I am a nurse and understand viruses/bacteria etc. I read a headline in the news about the next variant after Lambda could be the worst...Well if you understand viruses they want to survive and thrive so they use the current protocols (vaccines, drugs (think bacteria and anti-biotics) in play against them to change so they can do just that. It is important to keep yourself and your immune system healthy. Why doesn't the government, WHO, CDC promote revving up your immune systems with nutrition, exercise, meditation, sleep, stress-reducing techniques in conjunction with their Vaccine drive? If they did that we would certainly have healthier individuals able to fight off the virus in better ways, maybe not suffer from long haul effects (this is going to take more time to find out what is going on with that)
So the bottom line is if you are not vaccinated be responsible for wearing a mask in public, in groups, keep your hands washed, and socially distant from those not in your existing bubble's. If you are vaccinated remember you can still get it, be asymptomatic and spread it to...so don't be complacent. Wear the mask as it helps...I love my mask as since COVID my sinuses have been their healthiest ever...no cold, no flu symptoms, no runny nose. I will keep vigilant as these new varients are going to get very interesting.
I can't see this coming around until 2023 as there is so much we don't know yet. And by then the data on so many levels will be enough to give us a good picture of what will work and what isn't going to long term. The good news is we have so much money and so many great minds working on this pathogen we will bring it to heal/heel. I have zero doubt as Science combined with Spirituality always prevails and out of this, we will have a better understanding of how to deal with more deadly pathogens as they escape from the millions of years of frozen grounds being exposed to Climate Change. This virus came to teach us many things so let's assure we look after each other in the best ways possible as we are all One!
So keep a positive attitude, be responsible for yourself and others as you can and get your immune system into the healthiest state you can. And remember we all signed up for this and together we will prevail and thrive. AgelessThrival Baby!! I love you!