Why I Won’t Get Covid19 Vaccine By Deidre Hall
I believe that televised awards shows are not a forum for expressing personal religious, social or political views. However, I have not objected when fellow performers have gotten a vaccine to flatten Covid19 Virus; that's their choice. My choice is NOT to get a vaccine.
Soap Opera Digest readers should know getting a vaccine is no longer entirely voluntary. Those who began by offering vaccines to performers now resort to extreme tactics in pursuit of their express goal of 100 percent conformity. When performers arrive at an award show, individuals who attempt to inject vaccines on them accost them. A performer who declines may be accosted at the pre-show reception, again while waiting backstage and again at the press conference after the show.
Offering these vaccines to celebrities was, in my view, a benign and pro-social act. On the other hand, aggressively badgering performers to compel a vaccination is not only demeaning to Covid19 victims and to the desperate need for an all-out research war against the disease, but an offense against personal freedom.
By attempting to force 100 percent conformity, these activists are no attempting to make the vaccine a litmus test for separating those individuals who empathize with Covid19 victims and support Covid19 research from those who do not. This is a misguided and dangerous notion.
First, it misguidedly politicizes human tragedy. These vaccines provide a means by which public figures can appear to make a 'politically correct' statement in favor of a cause they do not support.
Second, any attempt to force conformity to a single social agenda attacks the freedom of expression. The extreme activities that resort to harassment to compel actors and actresses to get vaccinated are practicing a 21st Century brand of McCarthyism and their behavior is deplorable. Our community was devastated by political extremists in the 1950s and again became a target during the last presidential campaign. It surpasses belief that men and women in the entertainment field would resort to shameful practices that the enemies of artistic freedom have used against us.
Sadly, it falls to some of us who ardently support Covid19 victims and Covid19 research to resist these tactics by personal example. Believe me, the easy way out would be to get vaccinated and keep silent. But I won't, because I don't want these appalling tactics to succeed.
| by Anonymous | reply 37 | December 7, 2021 3:30 AM
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*is a shark swimming in circles*
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | May 10, 2021 11:49 PM
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Who is top billed on this program?
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | May 10, 2021 11:50 PM
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I was wondering when we were going to hear Deirdre's take on the vaccine.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | May 10, 2021 11:50 PM
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I'm trying to make some sense out of her reasons for not getting vaccinated, but as far as I can tell she's only objecting to the pressure she feels from "the entertainment field." Is she completely in touch with reality?
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | May 10, 2021 11:51 PM
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I think she's exaggerating. Lots of choice in this, even with medical professionals in hospital settings. Desperate attempt to get attention.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | May 10, 2021 11:54 PM
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What an utter moron.
Her rationale is basically, no one can force me to do anything. Does she also refuse to swear off committing murder because there’s so much social pressure not to do so?
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | May 10, 2021 11:55 PM
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I live for these Deidre Hall threads.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | May 10, 2021 11:56 PM
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The "V" in the bodice of my exquisite couture gown stands for Victory and Validation, not vaccination!
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | May 10, 2021 11:59 PM
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There's anecdotal evidence of adverse events....
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | May 11, 2021 12:03 AM
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Have Chambo or FCF responsed?
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | May 11, 2021 12:08 AM
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Thanks OP. Been wondering how long it would take someone to try their hand at this one.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | May 11, 2021 12:12 AM
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Is she aware that she will not be required to wear a ribbon?
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | May 11, 2021 12:14 AM
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Who? No shit; who is this cunt? In any event Dee Dee, please die.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | May 11, 2021 12:25 AM
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R14 maybe she has natural immunity to Covid19
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | May 11, 2021 2:54 PM
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Suzanne Rogers is top billed over Dee Dee. Ha ha ha.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | May 11, 2021 3:19 PM
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I'll be the one to say it:
Deidre [bold]WHO??[/bold]
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | May 11, 2021 3:24 PM
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Do we *really* need both the names Deidre *and* Deirdre?
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | May 11, 2021 3:28 PM
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Don't FUCK with me, fellas.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | May 11, 2021 7:16 PM
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I don't know how she does it.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | May 11, 2021 7:17 PM
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Yeah we want conformity. Conformity in no one getting sick you dodo.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | May 11, 2021 7:19 PM
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My mighty wingspan and the sheer volume of my magnificent hair provide more than enough social distance for this modern day icon, thank you.
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | May 11, 2021 7:25 PM
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It's an outrage she never won an Emmy
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | May 11, 2021 8:27 PM
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Susie Rogers, top billed at Days has won an Emmy!
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | May 11, 2021 10:38 PM
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Did this stupid bitch really say this shit? Where is the link?
| by Anonymous | reply 26 | December 6, 2021 4:59 AM
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So a long-winded way of saying ‘You’re not the boss of me!”
| by Anonymous | reply 27 | December 6, 2021 5:08 AM
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Maybe she’ll get sick and die?
| by Anonymous | reply 28 | December 6, 2021 5:17 AM
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So many mid level actors I assumed as a child were bland, pleasant, and innocuous turn out to be anything but that. Lori Laughlin and Deidre Hall come to mind.
| by Anonymous | reply 29 | December 6, 2021 6:35 AM
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R26 it’s a joke that the OP extrapolated from her 1993ish not wanting to wear an AIDS ribbon.
| by Anonymous | reply 30 | December 6, 2021 6:38 AM
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She looks like a failed country & western star remaking herself as some bargain basement free thinking rebel
| by Anonymous | reply 32 | December 6, 2021 6:45 AM
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DeeDee, how about you finally come out of the closet, you preachy bitch bag.
| by Anonymous | reply 35 | December 6, 2021 1:48 PM
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Vee told Chandler to stop smirking. Vee is in the biz.
| by Anonymous | reply 36 | December 6, 2021 9:08 PM
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Can she be put on leave of absence if she’s not vaccinated? Or does the network not want to risk a lawsuit?
Anyway, she needs a time out.
| by Anonymous | reply 37 | December 7, 2021 3:30 AM
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