Get your family to vaccinate

A few weeks ago my grandfather started to feel sick. We were all hoping it was just a cold, but he wasn't getting any better after antibiotics so I got him an OTC covid test. It was positive.

My parents said that the line on the test was barely visible and that it was probably inaccurate. I argued that we need to call Sanepid (Polish equivalent of the CDC) to get him a proper test. They were initially against it because "what? You think I will have to quarantine and not go to work just because you want him to be tested?". After trying to convince them for hours they finally agreed and ordered the test. It was positive, again.

Since he seemed to be doing fairly OK at first, he would stay at home with us. I would not have to quarantine as per Polish law, because I am fully vaccinated and my test came back negative (that law is soon to change though, thankfully), but I still self-isolated so that I wouldn't endanger anyone else.

He wasn't getting any better, still. We hooked him up to an oxygen concentrator (not the same thing as a respirator, but that's what we had) and a nebulizer. We gave him all the meds he was prescribed. He got a bit better at first, but then his condition declined. Last time I saw him he could barely stand on his feet and his breathing was short and rapid.

My parents went to get tested. Mother came back positive, father negative (but he started showing symptoms since then).

Finally, Christmas, grandpa had such difficulty breathing that he asked for an ambulance. He was taken to a temporary covid hospital.

He called us daily but he was worse and worse. Eventually, we had trouble understanding half of the words he was saying to us. The doctors said that his condition was serious.

Today, we received a call informing us that he was put in a coma and is under a respirator. His recovery is highly unlikely. It is now probably just a matter of time until he dies.

My parents are anti-vaxxers, religious, radical right-wingers, homophobes, xenophobes, racists, you name it. And throughout the pandemic they went around the family arguing against the vaccine, against any forms of protection and quarantine, because "muh freedoms!". They would only wear a mask in stores, under their noses, of course. They would act high and mighty and called me stupid for having been vaccinated. After two freakin' years of this crap they still don't understand how masks work and how the vaccine works. Neither do most of the people in my workplace. And neither did my grandfather, unfortunately.

I'm so frustrated. My parents are now in tears, my grandfather will likely die because of the idiocy they've been spreading. I can't help but think that maybe if he wasn't being convinced against it daily, my grandfather would have gotten the vaccine. Maybe. And I wonder whether they will have learnt their lesson, but I doubt it.

I haven't seen my girlfriend for weeks because of all this as well. She admitted last night that her depression is getting worse and I'm helpless against it.

Sorry for the sob story, but I'm just so angry and sad, needed to vent.

TLDR: get your relatives to get the vaccine, show them studies, statistics. Sorry to be blunt but if they don't, they are a walking menace.

EDIT: Granpa passed away January 3rd ;( Thank you for all the support.