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Many True Blue Democrats Are Unvaccinated
Many unvaccinated people have medical or accessibility problems. Please stop calling us names.
I’m a far-leftist Democrat who can’t get vaccinated without risking serious health problems. This leaves me at peace with my decision, but in the painful company of I-won’t-wear-a-mask Republicans and all the right-leaning critics of pandemic restrictions. They are not my people, but it feels like they’re the only ones who won’t judge me because I’m not vaccinated.
Being an unvaccinated person in heavily Democratic Chicago is an extremely lonely place to be.
Opinion pieces, blog posts and articles are published every day that express little understanding of those who haven’t gotten a vaccine injection. They include disgust with our ignorance and outrage at our selfishness. These pieces either plead with or order us to come to our senses and get vaccinated.
I have my own plea: please be respectful of those who are not vaccinated. The majority of us are not pro-Trump right-wingers who believe our liberties are more important than mask-wearing or too stupid to understand science.
The majority of us are unvaccinated because:
- Our work hours are so long that we can’t get to a vaccination center…
