Unvaccinated and never had COVID - unlike Joe Biden

President's divisive and hateful rhetoric to push the vaccine was wrong

When I heard that Pres. Biden got COVID, my first instinct was to gloat. So, here it is: I have never been vaccinated and never had COVID.

And, unlike the president, I don’t live in a bubble with everyone around me getting tested to protect against infecting me. I go to gyms and restaurants and crowded events and only wear masks when required.

Emily Miller @emilymiller

I've never once been afraid of getting covid.

President Biden @POTUS

Exercise your freedom to live without fear. Get vaccinated.

In contrast, Biden is — in his words — “double vaccinated and double boosted” and isolated at the White House with his raspy voice. He claims he has “mild” symptoms but is taking Paxlovid.

Emily Miller @emilymiller

My decision not to get vaccinated does not affect anyone else’s health. Full stop. The #ScaredVaccinated are dividing our communities and the country.

After taking a victory lap with my excellent health and immune system, I thought of how Biden has spent the past year and a half deliberately stirring up hate and fear against those of us who chose not to get vaccinated. And then I got angry.

What other group would it be considered okay for the President of the United States to bully and demonize?

(All the links below are stories I’ve written on this all along.)

The president said we are to blame for the “pandemic of the unvaccinated.” He told Americans that the unvaccinated are “lazy” and defying their “patriotic duty”. Even worse, Biden said we were a direct threat: “Your decision to be unvaccinated impacts someone else.”

He basically called us killers last summer:

Unvaccinated people spread the virus.  They get sick and fill up our hospitals.  And that means if someone else has a heart attack or breaks a hip, there may not be a hospital bed for them.

If you’re unvaccinated, you put your doctor and nurses at risk — the same frontline, essential workers who put their lives on the line over the past year and have gone through hell. 

In December, he said we were all basically gonna die and take our loved ones with us.

For unvaccinated, we are looking at a winter of severe illness and death — if you’re unvaccinated — for themselves, their families, and the hospitals they’ll soon overwhelm. 

He told the unvaccinated that Omicron was so dangerous that:

You're at a high risk of getting sick. And if you get sick, you're likely to spread it to others including friends and family.

None of that was true. But that kind of hateful rhetoric drove the Scared Vaccinated — a term I created to describe those who are angry and mean to the unvaccinated — to treat us like violent criminals.

Below are some of the tweets I’ve been subject to since Biden started rallying and bullying the unvaccinated. If you are on Twitter, you can click through these and comment on them directly.

Dr. Peter Hotez, a self-declared “vaccine scientist”:

Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD @PeterHotez

@emilymiller @JAMA_current Ah, so there are 2 desired performance features of COVID19 vaccines: 1) prevent symptomatic illness, and 2) prevent documented infection and asymptomatic infection. The second feature means we can vaccinate our way out of the pandemic if enough people get vaccinated

“Republican” pollster Frank Luntz said I’m a child killer:

Frank Luntz @FrankLuntz

@emilymiller Your claim is objectively false. Being vaccinated prevents us from spreading it to people who are unable to get vaccinated.

Frank Luntz @FrankLuntz

“We’ve seen the prevalence rate of COVID positivity among children at @CHNOLA rise from 1% to 7% and now to about 20% over the past 30 days.” https://t.co/q8w14VMQ1w

Actress Patricia Arquette also said I’m killing kids but, and we are uninsured and hospitalized:

Patricia Arquette @PattyArquette

@emilymiller Unvaccinated people being hospitalized is an incredible financial tax on our healthcare system and the cost would be better spent helping taxpayers during a pandemic.

Emily Miller @emilymiller

Patricia, while you and others stayed home last year, I worked on the government response to COVID at the state and federal level. I’ve never had covid. I’ve never been afraid of covid for anyone but elderly and those with underlying conditions. #ScaredVaccinated

Patricia Arquette @PattyArquette

@emilymiller This is not correct. Children are gettin ghospitalized , dying and having long term health impacts. If you don’t want to get vaccinated or wear a mask stay home.

Professor Jeff Jarvis blamed me for his hospitalized father in Florida:

Jeff Jarvis @jeffjarvis

@emilymiller You and your unvaccinated, irresponsible, willfully ignorant, nihilistic ilk gave my 95-year-old, fully vaccinated father in Florida breakthrough COVID and *he* just spent 11 days in the hospital as a result. Your decision affects others.

This MSNBC producer who has 1.3 million followers on Twitter called me a dangerous liar:

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1

@emilymiller This is a lie. This is a dangerous lie.

A worker’s rights lawyer said I’m going to kill others:

Terri Gerstein @TerriGerstein

@emilymiller Unvaccinated, you are more likely to get the virus. You are more likely to spread the virus to others who may get sick & die. Ppl w/ other urgent medical needs are already being turned away bc hospitals are too full. Your decision to not get vaccinated affects *many* other ppl.

An ER doctor!

Graham Walker, MD @grahamwalker

@emilymiller Hi Emily, ER doctor here Yes. Risk of being hospitalized is low ⏎ But small % of MILLIONS is still a big number ⏎ Big number of hospitalizations overwhelms hospitals ⏎ Stroke gets slow care; dies or permanently paralyzed ⏎ Voila🪄, you've affected someone else's health

There are thousands more of these, but you get my point.

Biden’s video address today was supposed to convince the public that he wasn’t very sick...