Countries around the world simultaneously experienced a cataclysmic shock. Borders were suddenly closed, air traffic stopped, and people were isolated in their homes. The launch of an experimental mRNA injection for a worldwide health emergency was presented early in 2021 as the only way to get out of this frightening situation.
We were told to take the jabs to avoid catching the Covid-19 virus, a terrifying disease where you cannot breathe, and you might die. Having this newly developed mRNA injection was the panacea for unbearable isolation, lockdowns, mask-wearing, and not being able to work or go to school and, most of all, so you would not pass it onto your loved ones.
President Biden promoted it.
But it’s here and it’s spreading and it’s gonna increase…We are looking at a winter of severe illness and death for the unvaccinated – for themselves, their families and the hospitals they’ll soon overwhelm.
CNN 16 December 2021
In unison, leaders around the world relayed similar sentiments to their people. They declared, “Get vaccinated. It’s safe and effective. Save your life and the life of others.” Powerful messages.
And that’s when the real trouble began. Covid-19 and its supposed remedy, the mRNA injection became highly politicised. Rolling up your sleeve for the needle soon became a compulsion. The pressure was on to have them. Reports from around the world conflicted with what we were told, which was contrary to accepted medical practice until then. Some began to question the authorities. Was it safe to take? Was it effective against a virus? Stress levels rose as people grappled with what to do. Who is telling the truth? Doubts crept in. People took opposing sides.
It was common where one family member was very worried and had the jabs and wanted everyone else to have them. Another member of the same family, however, believed the virus was nothing to be fearful about. They thought it was no different, to any other bad ’flu or other viruses mankind has always dealt with. They refused these injections, preferring to build up natural immunity instead. The gulf between people widened as the division intensified. People on opposing sides avoided each other.
In 2023, health professionals, are becoming aware of the calamitous impact Covid-19 and the mRNA vaccine have had on relationships and people’s mental health.
A UK based Consultant Clinical Psychologist Alex Desatnik warned,
In the midst of a lockdown, when one person is saying it’s all a great hoax, and the other thinks it’s one of the biggest health challenges humanity has ever faced, you have to discuss it.”
CNBC
Psychologically, people feel they are still on shifting sands. Relationships remain fractured. The aftershocks of the Covid era are complex. The repercussions yet to be fully realised. More questions are asked than answered.
A NZ health professional has reported how the number of mortgagee sales, lost careers, depression, suicide, PTSD, loved ones dying alone, vaccine injuries, separated couples and families, have rocked much of society. The experience of intransigent conflict has destroyed even longstanding relationships.
The Priory Group is the leading provider of behavioural care in the UK, caring for around 30,000 people a year for conditions including depression, anxiety, drugs and alcohol addiction, eating disorders and self-harming. The well-known private mental health hospital, The Priory, carried out a recent survey:
The strain of the Covid-19 pandemic on relationships has been laid bare in a new poll which shows one in four people believes their relationship with their partner has worsened.
With concerns about the future, financial insecurity, home working and in some cases the health and mental health of children and other family members, more than a quarter (26%) of all those adults questioned said their relationship with their partner had deteriorated either ‘considerably’ or ‘somewhat’.
This figure doubles amongst poll respondents in London, with more than half (53%) of couples saying their relationship had suffered.
Those over 65 were happier, according to Priory’s poll[1], with just 10% saying their relationship had deteriorated, compared with 70% of those aged 18-34 for whom the pandemic has had significant economic and emotional effects.
The study revealed nearly half surveyed had felt overwhelmed during the pandemic.
The results of the Priory’s survey also flagged concerns about the nation’s overall mental health, with 1 in 3 (34%) saying the pandemic and lockdown had been “the most stressful and anxiety-ridden period of their life”. Around 1 in 4 (24%) said the state of their mental health had been further exacerbated by fear of job loss, or fears about their finances as a result of a job already lost. Nearly half (49%) said stress and “feeling overwhelmed” during Covid-19 had made it difficult to do their job properly.
https://www.priorygroup.com/media-centre/how-covid-19-has-taken-its-toll-on-our-closest-relationships#:~:text=With%20concerns%20about%20the%20future,considerably’%20or%20’somewhat
Holly Ellyatt, a CNBC correspondent, has listed many reasons for the increase in mental health issues.
Disagreements over Covid restrictions, child vaccination and even the very existence of the virus have seen some relationships pushed to breaking point, according to family law experts and psychologists. New York City divorce lawyer Lisa Beth Older said many of the disagreements she had seen lately have been specifically about Covid, with children a particular flashpoint.
Clinical Psychologist Alex Desatnik told CNBC that, “fractures, difficulties, conflicts — high-level conflicts — and relational stress … in couples is phenomenally high.”
The Covid-19 pandemic has taken an immense emotional toll on humankind, with people around the world dealing with the tragic loss of loved ones and heightened everyday pressures that have come from living, working and schooling from home. While many families have enjoyed spending more time together during the pandemic, there are some relationships that have failed to thrive during a period of unprecedented upheavals and uncertainties.
From arguments over Covid rules and restrictions to disagreements over whether children should be vaccinated. — have seen relationships pushed to breaking point during the pandemic, according to family law experts and psychologists.
Marital conflicts have definitely been on the rise since the pandemic. I have noticed a rise in the number of clients seeking a divorce. I get three to four inquiries a day for my services, whereas prior to Covid the inquiries were much less,” New York City divorce lawyer Lisa Beth Older told CNBC. She attributed the increase in divorce inquiries to couples having to work from home and spend more time together, with underlying conflicts and marital issues.
The most common conflict I see is where the custodial parents have different outlooks on Covid and how it affects their children,” she said. [For example,] anti-vaccination spouses involved in a divorce or custody dispute do not believe Covid exists, or do not agree that Covid poses a threat to the children, and so they believe that the children should be allowed to travel on airplanes, use public transportation, and go mask-less. The vaccinated spouse prefers that the child not travel or incur unnecessary public exposure to risks,” she said.
Alex Desatnik told CNBC that, aside from divorces, “fractures, difficulties, conflicts — high-level conflicts — and relational stress which we’re seeing in couples is phenomenally high.” He said the rise in breakups during the pandemic is not only due to differences in world views between couples, noting that couples or families can have differing political views and stick together. He also stressed that Covid had denied many people the social contact that would have enabled them to air their views with friends and family, and for these to be challenged.
All of these outlets were taken away,” Desatnik said.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/21/covid-has-put-pressures-and-strains-on-relationships.html
New Zealanders have experienced a tyrannical government that divided people. The division between family members is heartbreaking.
To jab should never have become a political compulsion.
NB. NZDSOS (New Zealand Doctors speaking out with Science) provide registration for NZDSOS Health Help Line for concerns raised by this subject.