Incapacity

The issue of vaccines exacerbates our differences and makes them visible to us, whereas most of the time, to live in society, we avoid mentioning what separates us so as not to come into conflict. So when I heard Christian Dubé (or was it Francois Legault ?), earlier this summer, urging every Quebecer to convince another to get vaccinated, I thought in my heart that it was mission impossible. With the opponents of the vaccine, we are not on the ground of reason, but on that of faith, that is to say of a belief that escapes empirical reality. You cannot “convince” such a person to change their mind. So I feel very helpless to try to do it. I have found nothing better than to frequently mention having received my two doses and anxiously waiting for my children to receive theirs, in the hope that, by some strange osmosis, my words will cause someone to be vaccinated. . On the other hand, when I hear that the care provided to COVID patients – vaccinated or not – will have a negative impact on the survival of people with cancer for the next ten years in Quebec, my feeling of helplessness turns into a feeling. injustice. I cannot accept that people still refuse to be vaccinated and that they monopolize medical resources that are needed by others. Having cancer is a terrible ordeal and a source of great anxiety. The greatest comfort for many sufferers is knowing that their disease has been detected at an early stage and will be treated diligently. Having to live with delays caused – in large part – by caring for unvaccinated people is unnecessary suffering, and understandably arouses the ire of patients and caregivers. However, there seems to be no solution to this problem: we are prisoners of our condition, which is to live in society.

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