I'm slowly getting better, thanks for the concern. It's hard to get anything across to them. We live all over the country and things are getting so stretched every time I speak to them they're completely different.

So many of them are deep level Qanon conspiracy theorists now. I can't speak to them for a second without them going into rapture, the storm, second coming, wildly bigoted complaining about Muslims or trans people. It's so frustrating to see them like this. They used to be kinda normal, probably still racist and stupid, but at least able to interact with the world normally. It's like watching a tiny version of the whole country just decay in front of my eyes, personalized because I've known them all so long.

I've tried the angle of asking nicely, like you have. They've written me off as a crank in league with actual demons. My only hope is some of my younger relatives beg their parents to get the shots, because none of them listen to me anymore. Thankfully my parents and siblings are all vaccinated since we're the more normal branch, but everyone else I'm so worried about.