Why I Choose to Live Fully

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Grandma Stella shares her personal reflections on vaccination, emphasizing her trust in science and her desire to live life fully, travel, and hug loved ones without fear. She explains her reasons for getting vaccinated, not to please the government, but to protect herself and others and to reclaim a sense of normalcy.
Author

Stella Tawfik-Cooperman

Published

November 26, 2021

This post was shared by my friend, and so much of it speaks to my thoughts.

Yes, I’m fully vaccinated, with the additional booster, and no, I don’t know exactly what’s in it, and neither do you. Neither this vaccine, the ones I had as a child, nor in the Big Mac, or hot dogs, or other treatments—whether it’s for cancer, AIDS, the one for polyarthritis, or vaccines for infants or children. I also don’t know what’s in Ibuprofen, Paracetamol, or other meds; it just cures my headaches and my pains.
I don’t know what’s in the ink for tattoos, vaping, Botox and fillers, or every ingredient in my soap, shampoo, or even deodorants. I don’t know the long-term effect of mobile phone use or whether or not that restaurant I just ate at really used clean foods and washed their hands. In short…

There are a lot of things I don’t know and never will… I just know one thing: life is short, very short, and I still want to do something other than just going to work every day or staying locked in my home. I still want to travel and hug people without fear and find a little feeling of life ‘before’. As a child and as an adult, I’ve been vaccinated for mumps, measles, polio, chickenpox, and quite a few others. My parents and I trusted the science and never had to suffer through or transmit any of these diseases. And, I’m vaccinated, not to please the government but: * To not die from COVID-19.
* To not clutter a hospital bed if I get sick.
* To hug my loved ones.
* To not have to do PCR or antigenic tests to go to a restaurant, go on holidays, and many more things to come…
* To live my life.
* To see and hug my family and friends.
* For COVID-19 to be an old memory.
* To protect us.
I copied this text; feel free to do the same…❤️