Unfortunately for me (and my family - who is hoping to keep me around a bit longer) the risks far outweigh the benefits.”
I caught the virus over a year ago, it was mild for me - so I am confident I’d be able to handle it again, but I’m not so certain I’d survive another post-vaccination round of Guillain-Barré Syndrome, which dates back to my childhood and has evolved to be progressively worse over my lifetime. Given my personal medical history and the side-effect profile of these jabs, my doctor has advised me not to get a shot at this time.
#The offspring band how to#
I know many of my close friends and family would’ve preferred to hear this privately first - and I apologize for the public nature of my disclosure, but I don’t know how to have this conversation multiple times. In the drummer’s introductory remarks on Instagram, he wrote, “I’ve got some unfortunate and difficult news to share. As some fans have noted, the Offspring’s frontman, Dexter Holland, is not likely to be without some strong opinions on the spread of COVID: He received his PhD in molecular biology from USC four years ago. Requests for comment from the band were not immediately returned. Wishing the entire Offspring family all the best as they get back at it! I’m heartbroken not to be seeing my road community, and I will miss connecting with the fans more than I can express in words.” “They’re doing what they believe is best for them, while I am doing the same. “I have no negative feelings towards my band,” he wrote. The drummer (pictured above, second from right) added that he is not posting out of anger at his bandmates’ policy, although he does write with some chagrin about a climate of “coercion” surrounding the vaccine. But in any case, he contends his lifelong history with Guillain-Barré Syndrome puts him at greater risk for side effects from a vaccination, before adding that he is supportive of anyone who resists getting the vaccine for any number of reasons, from fear of side effects to distrust of the medical and governmental establishment. Parada says in his posts that he previously had a case of COVID, and thus believes he has the antibodies. I also want to share my story so that anyone else experiencing the agony and isolation of getting left behind right now knows they’re not entirely alone.”
“I mention this because you won’t be seeing me at these upcoming shows. “Since I am unable to comply with what is increasingly becoming an industry mandate, it has recently been decided that I am unsafe to be around, in the studio, and on tour,” Parada wrote in a multi-part Instagram post. It’s not entirely clear from Parada’s posts whether he has been fired from the group permanently or just put on hiatus, but comments about working on non-band projects and “find(ing) a new way forward” suggest he doesn’t foresee coming back into the fold. He posted on his social media Tuesday that he’s been ousted from the group because he won’t agree to get the COVID vaccine.īeyond being replaced on an upcoming tour, Parada says he’s been told not to show up at the studio, either, even though he claims to have a legitimate medical reason for not getting the jab. Pete Parada, the drummer for the Offspring, has found out the hard way that some businesses - and even bands - are drawing a hard line on requiring vaccinations to come back to work.
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