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Nov 24, 2022Liked by eugyppius

They’ve forgotten— I haven’t

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N95s are bravely making their appearance again at the Whole Foods. Their wearers are nearly always pale, flabby and lacking in vitality. Asians of all stripes are also hanging on to their masks with a doggedness which makes one doubt stories of high IQs.

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i'm in coastal central California and this entire state has consumed the cool aid. i was recently "shamed" when attending a home book club gathering for very first time, when i naively admitted to not being vaxed. one person angrily went off for a good 5 minutes on the betrayal, the threat of causing death to those vulnerable, etc. horrifying. and many people are still wearing masks while riding bikes, jogging, or walking in the brilliant breezy fresh air. insane.

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Nov 24, 2022·edited Nov 24, 2022Liked by eugyppius

Still excommunicated. Still not spoken to, or of. Vaccines still safe and effective, and only refused by fools and monsters. They'll go to their graves knowing this, white-knuckled on the narrative.

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I’m thankful for Eugyppius and this stack.

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American celebrations are gay. We have Trafalgar Night (killing Frenchmen) and Bonfire Night (Catholic trying to blow up Parliament before being caught and tortured before a horrific execution). Sitting down and having a nice meal, drinking green milkshakes and narrowly winning an English-English civil war are 100% the reason America is in decline and why we're going to win the football tomorrow.

Death to America!

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Five siblings all in their 80s never stopped gathering for turkey just because a little Sicilian descent govt official said to do so. We remain unvaxxed too, of course.

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Nov 24, 2022Liked by eugyppius

your survey question list is missing: "Behaving in a sane and rational way as usual."

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Happy Thanksgiving! There is a missing answer: " I don't know. I live a life completely separated from them. "

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They hold firm to the propaganda and quickly shut down any suggestion or discussion of an alt view. They’ve moved on and don’t want to hear it.

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I am American (born German, but naturalized many decades ago). I had to vote "Not American / show results) because none of the other choices were applicable. I have no hyper-vaccinated friends or relatives who excommunicated us. Friends and relatives who got vax'd? Sure, but all of them had realistic attitudes about it: Either the vax they took would protect them or it wouldn't, and whether I, my wife, or my (grown, 20-something) children were vaxed made no difference to them. Yes, there are some reasonable people in this world.

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Nov 24, 2022Liked by eugyppius

i forgot to thank you for all you write. i really enjoy your articles and info and its refreshing to have such encouraging info. happy harvest season and a big hurrah to all my fellow unjabbed humans. resist and persist. much love.

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My large, extended family did not succumb to the madness. We had a “super-spreader” family Thanksgiving in 2020. A few people got the ‘vid and survived! We have a couple outliers. They keep quiet or don’t attend. We’ll gather this afternoon, my unjabbed almost 86-year old mother being the oldest in attendance. Several people in their 70s. We are grateful

and fight on!

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As an American, I would answer the poll, except I have no hypervaccinating relatives/friends. Even my relatives who did get the jab were never vax or mask nazis.

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Nov 24, 2022Liked by eugyppius

Here in New England there seems to be a general relaxing of the utter fear but as a matter of faith most still insist their now obviously erroneous beliefs regarding Covid social protocols were somehow proven true. Mask wearing outside is still widespread here in Massachusetts.

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It was encouraging to see the poll is favoring “forgotten their prior insanity” now. I won’t know for sure until I talk with my father, who inspired this piece after my Thanksgiving phone call with him last year:

• “Letter to an Agree-to-Disagree Relative” (https://margaretannaalice.substack.com/p/letter-to-an-agree-to-disagree-relative)

Anyone who is dreading banal conversation with Covidians may wish to draw a few questions from the following to spark healing, awakening dialogue:

• “30 Questions for a Narrative Believer” (https://margaretannaalice.substack.com/p/30-questions-for-a-narrative-believer)

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