We live in a spoon-fed society. With the appearance of COVID-19 in the the world — what is essentially a mutated flu virus — we are beginning to see the effects of this. I would like to make the case that these effects extend further than the body, but into the mind and soul of humankind.
I am not against vaccinations. I am not the sort of person who will deny the helpfulness of medical science, indeed I am advocating for a stronger awareness of science, with a recognition that in the grand scheme of things, all of what we’re doing is largely experimental. Great strides have certainly been made in all fields of science in the last hundred years, but we don’t really have a way of knowing the long-term effects of many of these advancements. Humans in the next millennia will look back on what we do in this century, and offer critiques we can only guess at now. Are we through vaccination creating a race of superbugs; or are we creating a species of super-weak humans? As of yet, we really can’t know. However, we can take a lesson from the short-term effects of the society that we’ve built thus far.
I would suggest that the larger problem with vaccination culture is not on the physical level, but on the mental. Because humans are not merely being sold a shot, they’re being sold an idea. The idea that they can have good health delivered to them in a needle — never mind all of the other choices they make on a daily basis that profoundly affect their wellbeing, not only on a physical level, but on an emotional, spiritual, mental level. Take this shot, and you won’t get sick. Go to this school, and you’ll have a good career. Drive this car, wear these clothes, and your friends will like you more. Go on this diet, and you’ll look the way you should. Take this pill, and you can have sex without having children. Take this other pill if you forgot to take the first, and you can deal with the consequences. Say this prayer, and you won’t burn when you die.
We are so easily indoctrinated. The more individuals accept the idea that they don’t have to think for themselves, the more easily this happens. There isn’t a problem with getting vaccinations, there is a problem with thinking of vaccinations as a true solution. Because if we buy that idea without thinking, we’ll buy others, and worse. We are slowly being conditioned to believe that others will think for us, others will make the decisions that determine our future. And what sort of future will it be, when the individual can no longer function without direction from the corporation?
I’m not telling anyone to not vaccinate. I am imploring each individual to not stop at a shot in the arm. Your life is built upon more than the medications you take. Exercise, spend time in the sun, read a good book, turn off the television, put down your phone, look your friend in the eye when they talk to you, sit in the quiet of nature, speak kindly to yourself and others. There are scores of decisions that you make each day that have a more profound and far-reaching impact on your health as a human being than whether or not you get a flu shot. There are no quick fixes for true problems. You are free to believe otherwise, but you may end up having a hard time when something comes along that there isn’t yet a shot for. And I must ask the question: do you believe what you do because you’ve thought it through, or merely because others have taught you to believe that way?
thoughtfully,
— Joel