My elderly mother was in a nursing home in January 2021 when the vaccine nurses came for her with the COVID shot. She firmly declined it, saying "It's my right to say no," as she proudly told me by phone. I was so relieved. My daily phone calls with her at the nursing home always began with one important question: "No vaccine, right?" be…
My elderly mother was in a nursing home in January 2021 when the vaccine nurses came for her with the COVID shot. She firmly declined it, saying "It's my right to say no," as she proudly told me by phone. I was so relieved. My daily phone calls with her at the nursing home always began with one important question: "No vaccine, right?" before we shared anything else. Since late 2020, I had shared with her many of the horrors of the newly released vaccine, but I was unsure if she would remember. I will always be so proud of her for standing up for herself, no matter how weak her physical frame was. She was able to come home a few weeks later and spend another two years with us.
My elderly mother was in a nursing home in January 2021 when the vaccine nurses came for her with the COVID shot. She firmly declined it, saying "It's my right to say no," as she proudly told me by phone. I was so relieved. My daily phone calls with her at the nursing home always began with one important question: "No vaccine, right?" before we shared anything else. Since late 2020, I had shared with her many of the horrors of the newly released vaccine, but I was unsure if she would remember. I will always be so proud of her for standing up for herself, no matter how weak her physical frame was. She was able to come home a few weeks later and spend another two years with us.