Anti vax Aunt WWYD

[Northernsoulgirl45]

I stupidly let it slip that I had had the vaccine. Since than I have been bombarded with multiple message telling me that I will be dead within two years and my kids will be orphaned etc if I have the 2nd dose of this poison etc etc.
I have done the research suggested by her but it hasn't converted me.
Initially I tried to reason with her but I am now so tired of it.
I have a disabled dh and two SEN Kids and work almost full time. I really do not need this shit on top of everything else.
So do I ignore, tell her to stop and potentially damage relationship for good or just tell her what she wants to hear.
WWYD

Would a kind person who loves you behave like this? I suggest not, which means I'd rather cut her off, so I'd tell her to take her idiocy elsewhere and stop wasting my time.

Tell her to stop, she is the one damaging the relationship not you. My best friend is anti MMR ( she paid for single vaccines) she gives her opinion to people if they ask, we never discuss it and our relationship is fab. Its fine for people to have differing opinions, you just agree to disagree and don't ever discuss it with one another.

Is there anything about this aunt you'd miss? Obviously you've only told us one side of her character. Is she otherwise someone you love dearly and enjoy regularly spending time with? Or is she someone you put up with because you're related.
On the small info you've given, I'd say she's one to sack off, and try to ignore at weddings and funerals.

So according to your aunt everyone who has been vaccinated will be dead within two years? At the moment the UK is up 40 million plus [ both vaccinations ] and rising, so how does she explain that within two years all these people will be dead? What about the rest of the world?

Is she going to be one of the few left alive because she refused the vaccine?

Tell her she is being a complete idiot, and walk away.

Yeah it is so hard as she is the last of that generation left but it really is a step too far even if done out of misplaced love/concern. She does genuinely believe it as truth sadly.
Tbh whatever I decide I think our relationship is not going to be the same and I worry about the same thing happening with other family members too.
By that I mean Aunt doing the same thing.

Just tell her firmly that you do not want to discuss it anymore. Do this every time she brings it up. No argument, don't engage in discussion about it- just tell her you do not want to discuss it

I do care about her dearly especially as she is the last of that generation and we have had good times in the past but tbh she has always had strong opinions on stuff and before the Pandemic due to living 200 or so miles apart only really met twice a year.

@Londonnight yes I will enjoy discussing population data with her 2 years down the line.

I’d make it clear I didn’t want to discuss it further, you’ve had the jab so what does she even want from you? You to believe her and then be terrified you’re going to die? What’s she trying to achieve by this.
And then I would just totally ignore any message that talked about it (and tbh I wouldn’t draw the line at blocking her completely if the bombarding continued, I wouldn’t tolerate constant messages telling me I was going to die).

@KFleming She is trying to stop me from having 2nd dose.

Right so I put my big girl pants on and I have messaged her saying that I no longer wish to discuss this topic and I will make my own choices concerning the vaccine for me and my family.
Thank you all.

Tell her you are not going to discuss the subject any more, and if it continues then go NC perhaps apart from birthdays and Christmas.

Sounds good. Staying firm and consistent is the best way.

She's sending you messages telling you you'll be dead in two years and you're worried about damaging the relationship???

@BrilloSolar yes you are right of course. I am not sure I will ever forget that.

Just thank her for her opinion, tell her you’ve got the message, and she has to STOP - NOW!

Why would she "thank her"? The woman is bombarding her with messages saying she'll die! I wouldn't be thankful for that and it doesn't sound like OP has been pleased to receive them, who would be?

It's good to be polite and I'm sure you did it reflexively. It's also good to know when to be firm and clear instead. "Thank you" muddied the waters on being clear this is unacceptable and needs to stop.

The surveillance report should be updated tomorrow; last week it noted 32 care home incidents and 190 from the past 4 weeks, see page 27: www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-flu-and-covid-19-surveillance-reports.
That's lovely low numbers compared with what we've seen, but still enough to get plenty of over 80s cases.

Prisons dropped to near zero, so we can guess when they were done by tracking back week by week!

Sorry, that was for another thread!