I told her I wasn't. Then she proceeded to inform me that the other people we were meeting were also unvaccinated. I was annoyed with myself for answering her question and for her insensitivity for asking it. I also said, "I've done research and listened to doctors and scientists including the one who invented the mRNA methodology and…
I told her I wasn't. Then she proceeded to inform me that the other people we were meeting were also unvaccinated. I was annoyed with myself for answering her question and for her insensitivity for asking it. I also said, "I've done research and listened to doctors and scientists including the one who invented the mRNA methodology and based on that, I am comfortable with my decision." I wish I had said, "the status of my health is a private matter" but I was shocked by the question because I wouldn't have asked it.
Hard to think of a good reply when you’re suddenly confronted with the question! As a healthcare professional I have been thinking to reply with “HIPAA explicitly forbids that sharing of personal health information and I take that very seriously” but of course it doesn’t prevent me from sharing about myself, so I’ve gone with “I have the I highest measurable level of antibodies” which is true.
I would be interested in hearing ideas from more people. My husband used to go with “I’m all set!” (until he got vaccinated… 🙁).
That's good advice. I like that. I did tell her that I recently had a very thorough blood test to determine my vitamin D level among other things and that I was perfectly healthy. Is your husband okay after the vaccination?
So far so good, thank you for asking (other than a herpes outbreak during the immuno-suppressive period two weeks following the injection) and fortunately not falling for the booster scheme.
Try giving them an incredulous look and say "Aren't you?" You haven't answered the question, but they'll miss that and by turning the question back on them they'll assume your status is the same as theirs. Most people will think they heard the "Of course!" that usually precedes "Aren't you?" even though it wasn't actually said.
It's a technique used to great effect by politicians and others who want you to believe they're on your side, but also don't want anyone to be able to say they lied.
Yes, answering a question with a question sometimes works. I wish my question would have been: "What makes you ask that question?" Then I would've likely found out her intent behind asking me about my vaccination status. My hunch is she wanted to discuss the status of the other people who were joining us before they arrived. Sort of like the way mean girls in high school talk about other people behind their backs.
Or I could have said, I have a major problem getting injected with something made from the body parts cut from live babies. Wonder what she would have said to that?
She'd probably short-circuit and have a conniption. You could go into further detail with regard to the fact that they harvest these cells not from dead, aborted fetuses, but from live, viable babies, without anesthesia.
I told her I wasn't. Then she proceeded to inform me that the other people we were meeting were also unvaccinated. I was annoyed with myself for answering her question and for her insensitivity for asking it. I also said, "I've done research and listened to doctors and scientists including the one who invented the mRNA methodology and based on that, I am comfortable with my decision." I wish I had said, "the status of my health is a private matter" but I was shocked by the question because I wouldn't have asked it.
Hard to think of a good reply when you’re suddenly confronted with the question! As a healthcare professional I have been thinking to reply with “HIPAA explicitly forbids that sharing of personal health information and I take that very seriously” but of course it doesn’t prevent me from sharing about myself, so I’ve gone with “I have the I highest measurable level of antibodies” which is true.
I would be interested in hearing ideas from more people. My husband used to go with “I’m all set!” (until he got vaccinated… 🙁).
That's good advice. I like that. I did tell her that I recently had a very thorough blood test to determine my vitamin D level among other things and that I was perfectly healthy. Is your husband okay after the vaccination?
So far so good, thank you for asking (other than a herpes outbreak during the immuno-suppressive period two weeks following the injection) and fortunately not falling for the booster scheme.
Try giving them an incredulous look and say "Aren't you?" You haven't answered the question, but they'll miss that and by turning the question back on them they'll assume your status is the same as theirs. Most people will think they heard the "Of course!" that usually precedes "Aren't you?" even though it wasn't actually said.
It's a technique used to great effect by politicians and others who want you to believe they're on your side, but also don't want anyone to be able to say they lied.
Yes, answering a question with a question sometimes works. I wish my question would have been: "What makes you ask that question?" Then I would've likely found out her intent behind asking me about my vaccination status. My hunch is she wanted to discuss the status of the other people who were joining us before they arrived. Sort of like the way mean girls in high school talk about other people behind their backs.
Brilliant, thanks!!
How about "I don't believe in idolatry"?
Or I could have said, I have a major problem getting injected with something made from the body parts cut from live babies. Wonder what she would have said to that?
She'd probably short-circuit and have a conniption. You could go into further detail with regard to the fact that they harvest these cells not from dead, aborted fetuses, but from live, viable babies, without anesthesia.