I'm sorry (well, clearly not THAT sorry), but I have little sympathy for most of the anti-vaxxers. You can only tell somebody a gazillion times. If at that point, they consciously decide over a lengthy period of time to avoid it, then they (like your very determined friend) are bound by all that is fate and logic...to get what they get. I used to get my ex-wife out of jams far too frequently. Eventually I guess she decided I was the jam she needed out of. And finally I said to myself "Just...step out of the way..." And I did. I'm happier and better off for it. She crashed hard, but eventually got her shit together. And life goes on...
[...or in some cases doesn't, but we're not anybody's superman, nor are we their mama.]
What anti-vaxxers mean to me on one ol joke (sorry if this joke is known on us):
Guy find a fella kissing his wife on the couch. Kick the fucker out. Wife says fella forced the kiss.
Next week guy gets home again and find the wife gazing at the zipped out bird of other fella sitting on the couch with a curious look. Kick the fucker out. Wife says fella exposed himself out of the blue.
Third week and guy gets home to a third fella fucking his wife on the couch. Kick the shit out of the fucker and boot him out. Wife says fella raped her.
Guy know he has to do something about it, and do it fast and mercyless: sells the couch.
(Yeah, know its a shitty joke, but an acurate analogy)
I'm sorry (well, clearly not THAT sorry), but I have little sympathy for most of the anti-vaxxers. You can only tell somebody a gazillion times. If at that point, they consciously decide over a lengthy period of time to avoid it, then they (like your very determined friend) are bound by all that is fate and logic...to get what they get. I used to get my ex-wife out of jams far too frequently. Eventually I guess she decided I was the jam she needed out of. And finally I said to myself "Just...step out of the way..." And I did. I'm happier and better off for it. She crashed hard, but eventually got her shit together. And life goes on...
[...or in some cases doesn't, but we're not anybody's superman, nor are we their mama.]
What anti-vaxxers mean to me on one ol joke (sorry if this joke is known on us):
Guy find a fella kissing his wife on the couch. Kick the fucker out. Wife says fella forced the kiss.
Next week guy gets home again and find the wife gazing at the zipped out bird of other fella sitting on the couch with a curious look. Kick the fucker out. Wife says fella exposed himself out of the blue.
Third week and guy gets home to a third fella fucking his wife on the couch. Kick the shit out of the fucker and boot him out. Wife says fella raped her.
Guy know he has to do something about it, and do it fast and mercyless: sells the couch.
(Yeah, know its a shitty joke, but an acurate analogy)