parental vaccine

For more than two years, I have been exhausted by the sudden epidemic prevention. Although Chengdu has never experienced a city closure, I myself have only experienced a closed community for a few hours. I have not experienced round after round of nucleic acid testing, and there have been two vigorous building tests, both of which happened once. But the closure of the city, queuing up in the middle of the night to do nucleic acid, and various other cold coercive measures, like the sword of Damocles, hangs forever above the head. There are many things that I dare not do or cannot do, I dare not travel long distances, and there is no marathon to run, but it seems that I feel more tired and tired than I did at that time.

I received two shots of the vaccine in May 2020 so that I can participate in the Lanzhou Marathon in June. Later, the marathon was cancelled and the vaccine was given in vain. According to my villain attributes, if I don't do this, I will definitely stand firm until the last moment. I believe in science, not anti-vaccine. However, the data of domestic vaccines are not transparent and are always secretive, making people untrustworthy. In addition, according to my logic, as soon as a diagnosis is confirmed, the building and the community will be closed. What is the role of the vaccine? Just to prevent the possibility of infection in tens of millions, at most tens or hundreds, I feel like making a fuss. In particular, my mother's range of activities is around the community, and my father can't go downstairs several times a week at all. Therefore, although the village chief of my hometown called Chengdu to urge vaccinations, I never took them there.

Until recently, a new wave of epidemics has bloomed everywhere. Seeing that "dynamic clearing" is unsustainable, it seems that the government has begun to let loose and prepare for policy adjustment. One day last week, I went to the pharmacy to buy medicine, saw the promotion of "New Crown Test Strips", and bought three of them. This is actually a very clear signal. You must know that in the past, when you bought a cold and fever medicine, you had to register with your real name, and even pharmacies banned the sale of antipyretic medicines in order to keep all suspected cases in the hands of the government. Now, it intends to allow self-testing, which means it intends to allow you to hide.

That is, from that day on, I started putting parental vaccines on the agenda. Once the policy turns to "coexistence", China will surely usher in an unprecedented round of shocks. Young people may not have a problem, but the elderly are very dangerous. This is a painful experience all over the world, especially Hong Kong.

But I am still hesitant. First, I don’t know how effective the vaccine is, and second, I don’t know whether my parents’ bodies can withstand the impact of the vaccine, especially my father. Although it is claimed that the domestic vaccine has the least side effects, but who knows, it is they who have the final say. Just looking at their propaganda, not only the side effects are small, there are almost no side effects at all. However, at the beginning, only the young and middle-aged were beaten, and the elderly and children stood aside. In the early days, I saw some help posts on Weibo, and some people were diagnosed with other deadly diseases after being vaccinated. These people were attacked and suppressed without exception. Of course, as a member of Scientology, I understand that chronological order does not represent a causal connection. However, it is also because Scientology, no matter what the result, wants to see open and transparent research and popular science. Unfortunately not, many things are not.

Until one day, when I chatted with Ximei, she sent me the data from Hong Kong, saying that even if it is a domestic vaccine, it is better than no vaccine. I saw a lot of popular science people say this on Weibo, so I decided to act immediately.

The next day, I took my mother to complete the first needle. Because my father had to rely on a wheelchair to travel, I went to survey the terrain, parking spaces and other information in advance. Fortunately, I went, otherwise, my father would have run away in vain. The vaccination site is located on the second floor of a commercial building that has not yet been delivered. There is no elevator and wheelchairs cannot reach it. I called the consultation number of another vaccination site, and the other party said that she was not there, and she did not know if there was an elevator there. Maybe the general telephone consultation is about whether it is suitable for vaccination, and no one asks this. Then I called the community and asked if the other two vaccination sites they announced had barrier-free access. A few minutes later, I got a reply. They were all on the second floor, and there were no barrier-free passages, but the staff on site could be asked to help lift them up. Nani? Lift it up, like the slider of Mount Emei? No, I don't accept it, it's horrible, what if the wheelchair falls apart?

At that time, what I thought was, forget it, I will take him there when I slowly find out where there is an elevator, or if the vaccination is on the first floor.

I asked other people in the WeChat group, and the old X said: You boycott, don't get the Chinese vaccine, it will kill people. I have known old X for more than ten years. From the very beginning, he could not hear me speak ill of the party and the state, and often persuaded me: You immigrate to the United States. But Old X is a good man, he cooks a good dish, and often sets up a table by himself, inviting everyone to come and eat. Then he said, you can go to their community to fight, it is on the first floor. I asked him the time, but he couldn't tell. Okay, I'll check it out myself one day.

Then I called 12345, and I said it was not a complaint, but a suggestion. Next time, this kind of public service should consider accessibility, otherwise, caring for the disabled and the elderly is empty talk. The operator was cold and asked if he needed a reply, and I said no. But I still got a reply the next day, a very humble man who speaks Mandarin. It was explained that it was a temporary vaccination site, rented by someone else, and it was impossible to install an elevator. People are not necessarily willing to rent places with elevators. The elderly or the handicapped with inconvenient legs and feet are lifted up by their staff. I said oh oh, yes yes yes, of course there must be difficulties. If you do your best, you can't do it. After all, if you build a road now, you can't pass the inspection if there is no barrier-free passage. In the end, he thanked me for my advice, and I thanked him for his hard work. It’s really hard work. In the past two years, the hardest workers, besides the medical staff, are the grass-roots epidemic prevention personnel. Everyone who gives orders is bigger than their officials. Every order is an imperial decree and cannot be disobeyed. Fortunately, most Chinese people are accustomed to obedience just like them, but when the forest is big and there are all kinds of birds, it is inevitable that they will encounter difficult people like me.

In addition to explaining their difficulties, his reply call also provided important clues, that is, another vaccination point where I had made a consultation call before was on the first floor, and there was no need to climb stairs. This shows that the two community staff I consulted earlier had either incomplete or incorrect information, or else, there would be no such thing as the latter.

It was also that night that Ximei updated the news. The research results of the University of Hong Kong showed that the three-needle Kexing protection rate and death protection rate are almost the same as the three-needle Fubitai, which can reach more than 97%.

The next day, I quickly took my dad to get the first shot. Of course, we still inspected the scene first and confirmed that the vaccination point was on the first floor. Then go back and pull him. When I parked, I saw an old man coming out of the massage shop next to him, and a shadow flashed behind the glass door.

It was a weekday, there were few people and the staff were very nice. My dad's blood pressure was measured three times. The high pressure was 180+ in the first two times, and the low pressure was above 100. I know that it may be because of nervousness. I have just transferred from the car to a wheelchair, which is physically and mentally exhausted. I moved him to a chair and took a ten-minute rest before taking the measurement. The female doctor comforted him softly and made him relax. The other one tried to chat with him to divert his attention. Where can my father chat, he can't understand. Fortunately, this time it really returned to normal. A few minutes later, he finally received the first dose of the new crown vaccine in his long life of more than 80 years.

While waiting in the observation area, I heard the middle-aged lady next to the old mother chatting with the old mother. Why did your son say not to call you to fight? I thought to myself, that son was probably going with me, and he was a little bit rebellious, or at least a little skeptical.

The car's fuel tank alarmed, and I stopped by to refuel on the way back. No. 92 is 8.74 yuan per liter, which is the most in my life for more than 40 years. The last time I refueled was before the Russian-Ukrainian war, and it only cost more than 6 yuan.