John Shi:

Yes, it definitely has affected my personal life.

When the COVID vaccine started rolling out in early 2021, I was speaking to my father, who is, I would say, quite conservative, and I'm quite liberal, so very different political views. And he is in a high-risk group, so I thought he could — should take the vaccine, and adamantly refused that, and to this day has not taken the vaccine.

And so having the conversation with him about the COVID-19 vaccine was difficult. But around the same time, I heard about Braver Angels and attended one of the workshops, where they taught me some lessons on how to understand the other side and have a civil, respectful conversation.

And that has led me to talk with him more about the vaccine and other things and has significantly improved our relationship.

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