How can I deal with this kind of people?

[Radu97]

Hi guys! 

I have a sort of a problem regarding conspiracy theories regarding covid. Here in Romania more then 90% of people I know( including family) are non believers olin the pandemic. Every day when I hear the bs they tell me about vaccine chips, world domination, kabal controlling, making societies poor etc etc I try to explain them how a government works as I've watched Leo's Concious politics videos, how a vaccine is being developed as I've been doing research on the topic etc and they still don't listen. 

 

My family started buying hundreds of kilos of food like sugar, flower, tin cans etc because they believe the apocalyse will come. 

And when I try to reason with them and explain  that what they say is bs they tell me that they have friends who work at the hospital and these people who work on ambulances are told to just go and hang out in the ambulance and go around town just to give the impresion that they are working and identifying covid cases. Also a friend of my father told him that he has a friend who works at the mortuary of the city hospital and told him that all the info from MSM is bs and that all dead people here have died of covid even though they didn't test positive which at first glance is bs. 

I totally believe in the pandemic, in the efforts doctors make to keep the patients alive and in scientists who wokr day and night to develop treatment and vaccine so we can go back to normal again, but hearing all these kind of stories from peole from work, family, local store, gym etc it slowly enters your mind even though you know they are bs. 

How do I deal with these kind of stories and people cause its been 7 months of dealing with this and it's getting harder and harder. Am I going insane or are these people so ignorant that they don't realise it? 

Edited November 13, 2020 by Radu97

[PurpleTree]

well if it's 90% of people then you can't really avoid them or try to convince them of anything else.

maybe just try to practice awareness and patience and find online forums etc. such as this to talk about the real issues

or if you can't do it because it's driving you insane try to move to another more progressive city/neighbourhood or country.

[No Self]

Sounds like a difficult situation, though only a more acute version of the struggle of an average truth-seeker in a society that is anything but enlightened.

 

[Radu97]

I can't really move now as my financial situation dosen't permit me. I will go to London next year as I have a contract there signed to work but only next year as they are on lockdown now. And here as well we are partially on lockdown. No restaurants, no cinamas, theatres etc and we are not allowed to leave the house from 23-5. These restrictions has led people to think they are being controlled and combine that with all kinds of stories that covid tests are a fraud, that mortuary workers give false covid death certificates etc you have the recipe for desastre. There was a survey done by MSM network which showed that more then 40% of Romanians won't take the vaccine when it's available which is a high number. 

Edited November 13, 2020 by Radu97

[PurpleTree]

19 minutes ago, Radu97 said:

I can't really move now as my financial situation dosen't permit me. I will go to London next year as I have a contract there signed to work but only next year as they are on lockdown now. And here as well we are partially on lockdown. No restaurants, no cinamas, theatres etc and we are not allowed to leave the house from 23-5. These restrictions has led people to think they are being controlled and combine that with all kinds of stories that covid tests are a fraud, that mortuary workers give false covid death certificates etc you have the recipe for desastre. There was a survey done by MSM network which showed that more then 40% of Romanians won't take the vaccine when it's available which is a high number. 

Yea i'm sorry for you, that sounds very bad. I'm so glad in my country we're allowed to leave the house whenever we want, i'm in nature a lot during this pandemic. If the state forbids people to leave the house etc. then i can see how people go crazy and come up with all sorts of conspiracy theories. I think your government is also at fault here.

all you can do is 

until london.