Q&A: How has this affected your immediate and extended family?

Day 4 · 1:50:00 · Glen Motz · Shannon Holmes · Lisa Lavoie · Dean Allison

• 👨‍👩‍👧 Lisa Lavoie lost a brother to pancreatic cancer during COVID and a daughter needed a hysterectomy after cervical cancer, heightening her fear.
• ☠️ She calls the vaccine “a poison in us” whose long-term effects remain unknown and frightens her for her mother’s heart problems.
• ☀️ Her husband is a constant help and her children are “my sunshines,” yet she has gone from fully autonomous to dependent for daily tasks.

Allison asks about family impact; Lisa Lavoie describes grief, fear and reliance on her partner.

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Transcript

Glen Motz · 1:50:09

It does because I, I lost a brother for pancreas cancer during the COVID One of my daughters had cervical cancer. She's okay, but she had to have a hysterectomy.

Shannon Holmes · 1:50:25

So it frightens me.

Lisa Lavoie · 1:50:27

My mother doesn't do well.

Glen Motz · 1:50:29

She has heart problems.

Lisa Lavoie · 1:50:32

To.

Shannon Holmes · 1:50:33

And I'm afraid from the long term because this is a poison in us.

Glen Motz · 1:50:41

So we don't know what's going to happen in the future.

Lisa Lavoie · 1:50:48

It doesn't go away.

Shannon Holmes · 1:50:49

It's, it's in us. So my husband is okay. He's a great help Thank God I have him. And my children are probably listening to me today, and, um, they are my sunshines.

Dean Allison · 1:51:16

Well, just, I want to say thank you very much for taking the time to be here and sharing your experiences.

Glen Motz · 1:51:22

We really appreciate you. Thank you very much.