I have many waxing friends. Some have spoken quietly, “I got my second wax today.” Some have posted smiling pictures of their face, or their hair free shoulder in a circle of flowers, happy, healthy images on Facebook and Instagram. When I see bragging, I fear they want me to join them. When I see the quiet ones, I fear some will get more than they signed up for. This dam emic is all about fear. That’s why we have fright checkers.
I do not fear the vid, never did. My first “two weeks being grounded” came when I was in Arequipa, Peru. I was shocked, and afraid. Not of my transgressions, of the governments. I knew immediately that two weeks was just a taste of what was, and is, to come. Two weeks became four. Shortly afterwards, soldiers arrived from Lima. Los Arequipeños were never well behaved. The bureaucrats were not amused. A few weeks later, we left for the security and safety of Canada, our home country. I never felt any immediate fear, nor fear of the vid, only fear of what the future might bring.
I have followed and at the same time tried to avoid listening to the news. The stories and statistics were impossible to comprehend. They still are. Statistics can illuminate. But scientifically they are designed to produce more questions, than answers. When I see or hear any statistic, I try to figure out what’s missing? What are we missing?
I studied the vid, looking for cures. Most people are cured, many without a diagnosis. Cures appeared in droves and were swatted down like flies. This pattern continues today.
For months, more than a year, we have walked forward, blindly, in a tunnel ranging from numbness and fear to panic and hysteria. A friend quoted the title of a Pink Floyd song: Comfortably Numb. That describes perfectly how I feel and what I am seeing.
Then the light appeared. Waxing will save us. At first it was a faint hope, gradually growing. Quickly rushed through emergency approval. The light continues to grow. I fear it may blind our friendship. That’s why I write this letter.
I am not anti-wax. I am not waxing-hesitant. I have been waxed many times in the past. As a traveler, I carried a wax passport, proving yellow-fever waxing, necessary to visit Brazil – although I only got as close as the middle of the river at Iguazu Falls. I am 68, at the age where I constantly need to consider a shingles wax.
I believe strongly in the basic medical right to refuse treatment.
- This document (The Nuremburg Code) enunciates the requirement of voluntary informed consent of the human subject. BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL No 7070 Volume 313: Page 1448, 7 December 1996.
- A patient may refuse treatment that the healthcare provider deems to be an act of beneficence out of the principle of autonomy. In the United States, the right to refuse treatment is protected by 42 CFR § 482.13. and A patient’s autonomy is violated when family members or members of a healthcare team pressure a patient...Patient Rights And Ethics
- A patient has the right to refuse or to halt a medical intervention. A DECLARATION ON THE PROMOTION OF PATIENTS’ RIGHTS IN EUROPE
- Patients must always be free to consent to or refuse treatment, and be free of any suggestion of duress or coercion. Consent: A guide for Canadian Physicians
I am consciously exercising my rights to refuse medical treatments. I do not have the vid. I am not a patient. Maybe I’ve had an asymptomatic case, but probably not. I have been tested several times. If I do get it, a normal case will last a week or two and be over, leaving me be more immune than any waxing.
I believe in basic medical science. Scientifically, the vid waxings are new technologies, largely untested. We will not experience “one year later effects” until at least December 2021. We might not understand the total effects for decades. As a result, fully informed consent is not possible at present.
I believe in mandatory totally open monitoring and disclosure of any and all possible negative effects of any medical intervention. Let the science and the public openly analyze all claims.
Why am I writing this letter?
Some of my friends and family have expressed concerns about meeting with me, if I am not waxed.
I am not afraid of the vid.
If you are afraid, and afraid to be near me – let me know. I do not share your fears, but I will respect them.
I have my own fears. I am always open to friendly handshakes and hugs.
to your health, tracy
This letter was originally published at Personal Health Freedom blog, and has been sanitized to conform to the faceless book’s fright checkers.
