Homage to the Unvaccinated

I suddenly seem to be on a bit of a roll. Having just reposted Repent I suddenly recalled the Homage to the Unvaccinated I saw a few months ago; thought it would be a very good follow-up, decided ‘now’ would be a good time to repost it. I found what I hope is an accurate translation from the Romanian website “Romanian Posts English”

Other than to add... You know something? I might... just possibly...? Be a better person than I was ever led to believe. 🤔

Capt. Roy Harkness

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The letter Homage to the Unvaccinated was mistakenly attributed to French General Christian Blanchon, but it actually belongs to biologist and documentary maker Fernando López-Mirones.

French General Christian Blanchon took over and distributed the text Homage to the Unvaccinated which “Active News.Ro” also published, but, according to “profession-gendarme.com”, the author of the text is, in fact, the biologist and documentary maker Fernando López-Mirones.

In fact, no matter who is the author of this beautiful text, the most important thing is that it was published and distributed and reached many readers.

Fernando López-Mirones, biologist, documentary maker, was part of the jury of several international film festivals. His screenplay for the feature film Guadalquivir was nominated for the Goya Award for Best Documentary. On July 26, 2022, Fernando paid tribute, on his Telegram account, to unvaccinated people who did not give in to the harsh measures of social exclusion and discrimination.

We reproduce the text again, this time attributed to Fernando López-Mirones:

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“Even if I had been fully vaccinated, I would admire the unvaccinated for standing up in the face of the most pressure I have ever witnessed, including from spouses, parents, children, friends, colleagues and doctors.

People who have been able to display such personality, courage and critical capacity undoubtedly embody what is best in humanity.

These people are everywhere, in all age groups, at all levels of education, in all countries and in all areas of thought.

They are special; these are the soldiers any army of light wishes to have in its ranks.

They are the parents every child wishes to have and the children every parent dreams of having.

They are above average human beings in their societies; they are the essence of the peoples who built all cultures and conquered new horizons.

They are there, next to you, they look normal, but they are superheroes.

They did what others could not do; they were the fir trees that withstood the hurricane of insults, discrimination and social exclusion.

And they did it because they thought they were alone.

Excluded from their families’ Christmas dinners, they have never experienced such a harsh experience. They lost their jobs, compromised their careers and ran out of money…but they didn’t care. They suffered discrimination to an immeasurable degree, they suffered denunciations, betrayals and humiliations… but they continued.

Never before in mankind has there been such a rejection [de asemenea proporții] by other people; now we know who the invincibles are on planet Earth.

Women, men, old, young, rich, poor, of all races and religions, the unvaccinated, the chosen to sit in the invisible ark, the only ones who managed not to get beaten when everything was falling apart around them.

You have passed an unimaginable test that many of the strongest Marines, commandos, green berets, astronauts and geniuses could not pass.

They are of the same quality as the greatest men who ever lived, those heroes born among ordinary people who shine in the dark.”

Fernando López-Mirones