Young adults are getting the coronavirus vaccine behind their QAnon parents’ backs.
SlateWhen she went to get her first dose of the vaccine, Ariel told her parents she was just going to get groceries. “He then confronted me in my room asking if I was OK with taking this ‘experimental drug.’ ” — Samuel, age 21, Toronto For Jordan, age 24 in Montréal, Quebec, it was his parents’ belief in QAnon and the fact that he’d already had COVID that made him hesitant to get vaccinated. “My mom was and still is mad at my dad for getting the vaccine and calls him a sheep, so I don’t feel like telling her,” said Robin. “I am hoping I can blame the government, say that I am being ‘forced’ to get vaccinated, and that way they might see me as a victim rather than someone who is going against their wishes.” Of course, this strategy might not work in the U.S., where vaccine passports are banned in some states. He says that if his dad were offered that vaccine today, “he would not take it.” When it comes to dealing with family who are down the rabbit hole of conspiracy theories, Rothschild suggests that in order to get them out, they have to see you as someone who isn’t going to debunk or argue with them.
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