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To Covid Vax or Not to Covid Vax

Firstly, I did not get Vaxed.
I wasn't brainwashed into not wanting it by Fox News or Qanon.
I feel it was pushed through too quickly. There hasn't been enough time, in my personal opinion, to know what the big picture will bring.

A few things bother me about the many arguments I have participated in and seen on here regarding this.
If a person wants to take measures to attempt to not get this virus than by all means get the Vax. Why do I have to get it for you to be safe from it??? This confuses me.

The last thing I saw mentioned the over crowded E-Rooms because of the un-vaxed getting the virus. Wouldn't this imply that we should also ban mass transit being as if a bus or train has a crash then more people than an E-Room can handle could need treatment??

It seems to be an easy choice either way you lean but proof dictates that it isn't that simple.
No one is arguing over the Flu Vax. Aren't people worried that if I don't get it then they may contract it even though they have taken that Vax??

Apparently I am missing a keystone in my tunnel because I am lost on this.
SW-User
The reason for encouraging vaccination is to stop or limit transmission. The more a virus reproduces, then the more mutations it will undergo, and more variants arise. The danger with the new variants is that changes may result in current tests, vaccines and other treatments not being effective. The new omicron variant carries a lot of changes compared to the original strain that vaccines were developed to, but it's not known yet what impact these changes have. It's possible that eventually the changes will result in a relatively harmless virus, compared to current strains.
@SW-User i am glad to read that some one here knows what they are talking about. the mutations are from it not being halted right away. and it could mutate into something even worse.
@Stillwaiting [quote]You really think the safety risk of the vaccines are higher than that severe covid?[/quote]
No, I was pointing out just the opposite. Refusing the vaccine has high risks; that's what I said.
@ElwoodBlues Sorry .. I meant to reply to a different comment than yours, phone was dropping on and off and I didn't catch it.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
What is disturbing is that no one wants to take liability for injuries or deaths from these vaccines, yet they are constantly pushing everyone to take them. Every single drug that has been put on the market for years and then withdrawn due to serious side effects including death was approved by the FDA and most have class-action lawsuits against the pharmaceutical companies that manufactured them. They were advertised heavily too. You never see a commercial for any brand of these Covid vaccines on TV, they would have to tell possible side effects and they are not willing to do it. What the pharmaceutical companies have done to get around that is to hire celebrities and social influencers to tell everyone to get the vaccine…social pressure from these people. I wonder how much money they’ve invested in doing this.
MasterLee · 56-60, M
@cherokeepatti seems like because it is.
hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M
@cherokeepatti As a general principle I don't get vaxed. I base that on the general ineffectiveness of what is called vaccines. MMR does not confer immunity, the flu vax is so ineffective they fall back on the old "It doesn't prevent it simply lessens symptoms" rhubarb. Ditto the covid vax. It can not be shown to have any effect on catching or dying from the virus. Given that the virus itself is not very dangerous and the fact that the vax is very dangerous who in their right mind would get vaxed now?
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@hippyjoe1955 I got para flu with flu vaccinations and it would come back several times till spring. I also developed rheumatoid arthritis about the same time in my mid-thirties which I suspect the vaccine triggered an auto-immune response. I never heard of anyone that I knew having fibromyalgia or lupus when I was growing up. See more and more of it now and with younger people
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cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@kandy No one will take responsibility for vaccine injuries or deaths all the while they are constantly pushing, pushing, pushing it. Not the pharmaceutical companies nor the CDC nor anyone else promoting it. That’s a HUGE red flag and I don’t know how people have ignored it so long.
Dainbramadge · 56-60, M
@kandy I think my reluctance to jump on the jab train was much like what you are describing.
therighttothink50 · 56-60, M
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The Greatest under reported story from 2021?
Children Are Dying From COVID, Lockdowns and Overdoses:
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2022/01/06/impact-of-covid-policies-on-children.aspx
Excerpt below from article above:
[Sacrifice the Young to ‘Protect’ the Old?
As noted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., never before has a society demanded that children take risks that might sacrifice their health in order to protect the old.11 It’s immoral and irrational.
Writing in The Defender,12 Dr. Robert Malone highlighted the second Physicians Declaration13 by the International Alliance of Physicians and Medical Scientists, dated October 29, 2021, which has been signed by more than 16,000 doctors and scientists, stating that “healthy children shall not be subjected to forced vaccination” as their clinical risk from SARS-CoV-2 infection is negligible and long term safety of the shots cannot be determined prior to such policies being enacted.
Not only are children at high risk for severe adverse events, but having healthy, unvaccinated children in the population is crucial to achieving herd immunity. The declaration also demands that health agencies and institutions “cease interfering with physicians treating individual patients.”
Three Things Parents Must Know
Malone writes:14
“Before you inject your child — a decision that is irreversible — I wanted to let you know the scientific facts about this genetic vaccine, which is based on the mRNA vaccine technology I created.
There are three issues parents need to understand: The first is that a viral gene will be injected into your children’s cells. This gene forces your child’s body to make toxic spike proteins. These proteins often cause permanent damage in children’s critical organs, including:
* Their brain and nervous system.
* Their heart and blood vessels, including blood clots.
* Their reproductive system.
* This vaccine can trigger fundamental changes to their immune system.
The most alarming point about this is that once these damages have occurred, they are irreparable:
* You can’t fix the lesions within their brain.
* You can’t repair heart tissue scarring.
* You can’t repair a genetically reset immune system.
* This vaccine can cause reproductive damage that could affect future generations of your family.
The second thing you need to know about is the fact that this novel technology has not been adequately tested. We need at least 5 years of testing/research before we can really understand the risks. Harms and risks from new medicines often become revealed many years later.
Ask yourself if you want your own child to be part of the most radical medical experiment in human history. One final point: the reason they’re giving you to vaccinate your child is a lie.
Your children represent no danger to their parents or grandparents. It’s actually the opposite. Their immunity, after getting COVID, is critical to save your family if not the world from this disease.
In summary: There is no benefit for your children or your family to be vaccinating your children against the small risks of the virus, given the known health risks of the vaccine that as a parent, you and your children may have to live with for the rest of their lives. The risk/benefit analysis isn’t even close. As a parent and grandparent, my recommendation to you is to resist and fight to protect your children.”]

Who is Dr.Robert Malone? The Chief Architect of mRNA platform technology.

Humanity's whistleblower – Dr. Robert Malone sounds the alarm
https://www.thedesertreview.com/opinion/columnists/humanitys-whistleblower-dr-robert-malone-sounds-the-alarm/article_e9c05e86-6ccf-11ec-9417-bbc21429de9c.html
The above article is probably the most sourced current article ever on Dr. Robert Malone.
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As for me,I am basically just a human being who does countless hours of research, I've done over 2000 hours of research on this "vaccine." I scour a countless number of articles every single day,and have listened to over a thousand hours of content regarding this "vaccine." I present people with information and let them decide.

What's at stake now is everybody's personal health, individual liberty and every human being's right to decide for themselves what goes into their bodies. Do the research, it takes thousands of hours and more, it should not be taken lightly.

Those who so easily acquiesce to the leftist propaganda and the corrupt government over reach deserve the tyranny that they will eventually exist under for the rest of their lives.
Shaveit · 61-69, M
@therighttothink50 Well written, however the leftist won’t take time to read that post.
They will begin reading and start to scroll down and see the vast amount of information and will be so intimidated the only thing they’ll be able to do is make some “smart” remark
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@therighttothink50 the media is complicit in this fraud and should be taken to account for it too
hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M
@cherokeepatti The media and big pharma are in this together. The media gives free advertising to big pharma because big pharma pays for advertising in big media. If the media turns on big pharma their source of revenue dries up. How many times have you seen "This program is brought to you by Pfizer" on CNN?
hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M
I didn't get the vax. I am old enough to remember some of the medical disasters of the past. However I did keep an open mind and I watched as the media hyped the virus as being this mass killer. I couldn't see the mass death. I couldn't find huge numbers of people that even had it. I kind of compared it to the 1918 flu when two of my family members died from it. Covid obviously wasn't that deadly. I also remember the swine flu panic of 1976 where people rushed out to get vaxed and wound up severely injured. My sister a nurse and my friend and emergency room doctor advised against getting vaxed so I held off. My brother in law got the vax and we buried his body two days later. My friend got the vax and lost part of his bowel. My cousin's daughter got the vax and had several heart stoppages as she was being airlifted to the major trauma center. Months and years later I still don't know anyone who was so sick they needed hospitalization let alone ICU or death from covid. I eventually had it and it was a mild cold. So what was all the panic about again?
Dainbramadge · 56-60, M
@hippyjoe1955 Holy cow man. This covid has really run you through the ringer as far as the shot goes. Damn so sorry about the lose to your family.
I had covid and had to spend 8 glorious days in ICU. They wanted to keep me longer for some odd reason but I went home with Oxygen I never used and meds. All went well.
hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M
@Dainbramadge Glad to hear you are on the good side of the green. Yes some people have difficulty with an illness others hardly feel. That is not reason to mandate and coerce people into taking an experimental vax that has not been thoroughly tested and/or the data from the tests being honestly reported and examined. I do fear for the vaxed as I am quite convinced that they have inflicted grievous bodily harm on themselves. Maybe not today but in the very near future their lives will be shortened. The wonder of the technology of the mRNA vax is a shiny bauble for many and they simply can't resist. However as time goes on it will be shown that being unvaxed was the wise thing to do.
Dainbramadge · 56-60, M
I am going to see if everyone gets notified when I do this and use it to summarize what this post accomplished for me.

If I some how missed responding to anyone I am sorry I really did try to cover everyone who participated. Even the mean people who showed up.

So I still am not sure I understand this herd immunity thing, not that a few went to great lengths to attempt to get me to understand.
No offense to anyone but to me it kind of looks like cooking the books. Make it look good on paper. But there is a good chance I am wrong with that assessment.

Some have made very convincing arguments that the vax is a far better thing than it is bad. For some reason I am still worried that I will be the ONE damn person I know that will have the bad reaction to it.

Over all Thank all of you who weren't mean for participating with me on this.
This is the sort of thing I log on here for. :-)
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@Dainbramadge There is a cognitive bias whereby we give less weight to what we percieve as random bad luck (getting seriously ill from COVID) and getting seriously ill from something we've actively chosen and had done to us ie, the vaccine
Dainbramadge · 56-60, M
@carpediem Thank you for participating in such a volatile subject, thanks to a few.
I already caught the Covid and recovered, not without incident. So I don't need to have the vax and they don't offer it either.
carpediem · 61-69, M
@Dainbramadge Very welcome. Good luck
There is no perfectly safe path in life; I think vaccination is better than facing Covid unvaccinated. The mRNA vaccines, after something like 1 billion doses worldwide, have had a really good track record. If you decide to get vaccinated, Moderna or Pfizer are the best choices - best protection & lowest probability of side effects.

My wife & I both got Pfizer as soon as we were eligible, and got our boosters recently. The original doses resulted in sore arms; the day after the booster we each had several hours of what felt like a very mild fever. This seems to be common for the booster 6 mo after 2 doses. It means your immune system has plenty of antibodies available to attack the booster.
Dainbramadge · 56-60, M
@ElwoodBlues I already mentioned this in another comment but it seems to fit here as well.
My dad, sis and brother inlaw had the Vax. I didn't nor my brother and his family or my kids or their mother and her husband.
Everyone got it except my sis inlaw, brother inlaw and sister.
I was the only one that had to be hospitalized besides dad and he passed from complications from it.
So I am sure there is data here that could be useful with my question but I can't see what I wanted to know from it. LOL
Main thing I think I should mention is everyone else said it just felt like the Flu and they just rode it out.
curiosi · 61-69, F
Not vaxed, I feel it is the best choice for me. Others should make their own choices. If it is a vax they have no need to fear me.
Dainbramadge · 56-60, M
@curiosi That seems to be the biggest deal at least the way I am feeling about it.
People wanting to make that choice for someone other than them selves.
It is still the home of the free right???
Life , Liberty and the pursuit of happiness.???
I was vaccinated before I had chemo earlier this year. I'll be getting the booster next week.
@WonderGirl1 Good. I am glad.
Dainbramadge · 56-60, M
@WonderGirl1 I can understand you as well as people in your situation definitely getting the Vax.
I hope for the best for you.
@Dainbramadge thank you.
MasterLee · 56-60, M
At the end of the day, if you have even a moderately good immune system, it isn't worth the risk of the jab when even if you possibly get it you have a 99.996% chance of recovery with little to no symptoms across all age groups.
Dainbramadge · 56-60, M
@1354swrdt Yup. That is the downfall of living.
MasterLee · 56-60, M
Dainbramadge · 56-60, M
@MasterLee " Five to one baby ... One in five .... No one gets out of ... here alive..." LOL
SW-User
Herd immunity once meant being immune to something by either vax or having the virus. Now, many wish to say that only a vax can give herd immunity.
What a vaccine really is has been redefined to fit what the new vaccines are and what they do.
People who are vaccinated are still getting the virus. They aren't "saving" any unvaccinated by separating them and locking them in their homes. What magnanimous B.S.!
Crowded E.R. rooms may be so in huge cities, but it's not happening in a lot of hospitals around here.
@SW-User It has nothing to do with feeling superior. That seems to be your gig. But some things are just true and facts.

When your car breaks down, do you go to a mechanic or some random on the internet?
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@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow blocking you now. Bye.
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you might like to know the Mrna vaccines are not a sudden discovery they have been in tyhe pipeline for nearly 30 years
Drew Weissman and Katalin Karikó strared work on this in the early 90's. it is more robust tech, and can be adapted very quickly to any new pathogen.

I have been vaxxed and recommend. the worst die effects,, seen in VERY few people
are NOTHING compared to what covid CAN and often does do to one.
hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M
@SatyrService Actually the side effects are quite common and the reason they have not been used on humans before is because every time they were tried on animals the animals all died. Nice idea don't get me wrong but humans are just not smart enough to get this right. Even the vaxes that have been given are useless because they focused on one spike protein. Guess what viruses mutate rather quickly and in covid's case the spike protein the vax was meant to fight no longer exists. So now the vaxed are just as vulnerable as the unvaxed with one major kicker. The vax contains a substance that shuts down the immune system of the vaxed in order to get inside the cells. Shutting down the immune system may seem like a harmless prank but the immune system does not turn back on and the vaxed is then vulnerable to all kinds of illnesses up to and including cancers. In the mean time the vax itself has all kinds of other side effects including miscarriage and still birth. My daughter's OBGYN told my daughter that she has never seen such numbers of still births. During her last shift at the hospital there were 4 still births. She usually sees 1 or 2 a month. She also told my daughter that from her experience getting the vax and then getting pregnant or getting the vax while pregnant will terminate the pregnancy. According to the doctor 100% of her vaxed would be mothers miscarried in the first trimester. There is no other explanation for this occurrence. The unvaxed moms miscarry at what is called a normal rate. Not 100%
Dainbramadge · 56-60, M
@SatyrService I have heard that the phrm. companies are studying the tech. they used for the vax as a way to treat cancer now. Also your not the first one to point out that it is NOT new tech.
Thank you.
If you don't get vaccinated, you don't care about the world or anyone in it...including yourself
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@DIABLISS research a bit and don’t be so lazy
@cherokeepatti I just checked your "facts" on my own. Not one thing is correct. and for the record...Epstein was a monster but not everything in his life was evil. All evil people do some good things...it is a fact of life. so bringing him up is just weird.
@cherokeepatti You are the lazy one! you got your false info from facebook. which is a breeding ground for misinformation and the transfer of stupidity.
SW-User
I'm not getting vaxxed. I had COVID back in a January (it felt like a mild cold at worst) and I have antibodies. I'm good, I don't need or want an experimental serum that hasn't been properly tested injected inside my body.
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@Dainbramadge I see you laughing there at my totally 100% serious post. Did you really pick those clothes to wear today? As a compassionate citizen who is responsible for everyone else around him, I would be remiss if I didn't inquire why you chose to wear those particular clothes today.....also, what did you eat for breakfast this morning? Did you have a healthy bowel movement afterwards? You need to eat something healthy for lunch....remember YOUR decisions could potentially affect those around you and its my job to tell you what's best for you, for the good of the collective.

Lol🤣🤪
Magenta · F
@SW-User Same. I stayed home, survived it. We now have better (natural) immunity than any vaccine can ever give us. The immune system is only made stronger. I also know many others who had it, stayed home, took care and recovered.
Dainbramadge · 56-60, M
@TexChik Like I mentioned in another comment.. I look at it like that Apple phone that was catching fire and even exploding. I will wait til there have been enough put out there that DON'T do that. LOL
QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M
[quote]Why do I have to get it for you to be safe from it?[/quote]
The general goal is to keep your local medical facilities from being overrun with anti-vaxers like has happened over and over during severe outbreaks.

[quote]The last thing I saw mentioned the over crowded E-Rooms because of the un-vaxed getting the virus. Wouldn't this imply that we should also ban mass transit being as if a bus or train has a crash then more people than an E-Room can handle could need treatment??[/quote]
If that becomes a frequent enough occurrence, we might - but in general mass transit is extremely safe.

[quote]No one is arguing over the Flu Vax. Aren't people worried that if I don't get it then they may contract it even though they have taken that Vax??[/quote]If the flu kills over half a million Americans despite us pulling out all the stops to limit its spread - you will definitely see flu vaccine mandates, etc.
Dainbramadge · 56-60, M
@QuixoticSoul You know what bothers me the most about mass transit??
Despite the availability and known benefits to having seat belts and airbags, mass transit doesn't utilize either. I have to wonder what is the motivating factor to not utilize these. Is it because data doesn't support the need for them because of low incident rate?
I am a black or white thinker. I don't try to be it just happens. To me, if seat belts and air bags are a benefit, then why not include everyone?
I may have just made a pro-vaxer out of myself with that analogy.

My experience so far with this virus is, for the most part, it is just a case of a flu type thing. You get it. You get sick. You stay home. You get better. Life goes on.
Given the law of averages and what my family went through with this, do you think that people are just over reacting? When I finally went to the hospital it was because my blood oxy had dropped to 84. My chest felt heavy and I was struggling to catch my breath. There was upper congestion that no matter what I did would not move. A week before that I was sick and felt like I had the Flu so I knew what it was because my dad went through this and was now in the hospital. But, when I got to the hospital and told them I had tested positive and all the other stuff that was happening they put me in a separate room with one other guy. I was panting for breath the whole time I was being checked in but the other guy seemed fine. I overheard him tell the nurse that he didn't feel well and his wife told him to go there.
So, to me, he was there just because he had Covid not because he was in dire need of hospital assistance. So did a lot of people do this as well?
Out of the seven other people in my family that got it I was the only one who needed to be hospitalized. My dad, one of three vaxed, was the only death.
I am sure someone smarter than myself could extrapolate some info from my personal stats that would mirror national averages.
wildbill83 · 36-40, M
blind obedience and submission to a compulsory law is more deadly than any virus and creates more victims than any war...

many people would believe anything they're told by a captor holding them at gunpoint, the government and big pharma is doing pretty much the same thing right now with a needle...

Personally, I'd rather die on my feet than live on my knees...
I am fully vaccinated and got the booster (Moderna) however I do not feel it is right to force the vaccines on people it should be a choice also I have seen many vaccinated people still getting covid so I understand peoples reluctance
Dainbramadge · 56-60, M
@ExperienceDLT My dad had been vaxed and still got Covid and died.
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No one argues about the flu vax because it was thoroughly tested and has been in use for decades, like all other vaccines. This one is not only using a relatively new technology but did not undergo the usual decade of testing that other vaccines and pharmaceuticals have in the past.
Dainbramadge · 56-60, M
@stratosranger Yeah, That is kind of how I was feeling too.
The bar was set too high at the beginning of it and I feel it promoted fast rather than good.
Beautywithin · 36-40, F
I've not had it and potentially could lose my job because of it, I will not be forced into it.
CestManan · 46-50, F
@Dainbramadge A while back there was some Jonas Brothers concert and it was a "vaccinated only" event.

WEELLLLL, just paint a dart board on my backside while I run around the vaccine clinic. ANYTHING to go see the Jonas Brothers!

Pffft gotta be shittin' me. 🙄
Dainbramadge · 56-60, M
@CestManan Jonas Brothers promoting the vax is reason enough to NOT get it. LOL
CestManan · 46-50, F
@Dainbramadge HA HA HA HA ain't that, ain't that the truth?
therighttothink50 · 56-60, M
Now we know the real reason illegals aren't getting vaccinated, lmao at all the fools who trust the vaccine manufacturers, the corrupt leftist media and the new world order leftist tyrants in power who tell you this vaccine is safe and effective. What a gullible bunch of willfully ignorant sheep, God help you all.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/12/wth-millions-migrants-denied-covid-shots-manufacturers-fear-lawsuits-side-effects/
JohnOinger · 41-45, M
I got Vaxed and got the booster shot I didn't want to die at a young age and lose my life because of the virus
JohnOinger · 41-45, M
@Dainbramadge I didn't get any side effects or reactioms from it
Dainbramadge · 56-60, M
@JohnOinger That's cool.
My neighbor was nervous about getting it. She got sick from it. I think it was mostly in her head.
hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M
@JohnOinger I believe you missed the word "YET". Sadly you are more prone to getting covid and much more likely to have heart issues should you decide to get active. BTW what were you trying to avoid by getting vaxed? Honest question. I had covid and therefore am much more immune to any variants than you and all I had was a very minor cold. Didn't even miss a days work.
graphite · 61-69, M
I got the vaccine and a booster shot. But it's not the place of government to order it and make people face consequences for not doing so.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@InHeaven also a good portion of members of Congress have invested in the stocks of the vaccine companies. Nothing shady about that, eh?
hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M
@InHeaven Interesting stat out from my home province today. The vast majority of 'unvaxed' covid cases are among people who got their first jab the day before they were diagnosed.
@hippyjoe1955 the ones who started this massive outbreak in Australia were the vaxxed anyway.
Gangstress · 41-45, F
I agree with that fact it was pushed through too quickly, even thought they know about the new strains, why haven't they made vaccines or are working on vaccines around them as we speak?
they aren't.

ugh I had to get vaxxed to attend a festival and for my parents, my dad has parkinsons and a very bad chest, so I couldn't risk it. And of course, they introduced covid passports here so couldn't really just put life on hold, if honest I felt I was put over a barrel with it all, there was so much fear mongering, it was hard to try and figure out what to do :(
@Gangstress So far, the existing well-tested vaccines protect pretty well against the variants. Interestingly, Pfizer has internally developed two vaccines, one for the Beta variant & one for Delta, just as an exercise so they will be prepared if an "escape" variant occurs.

[b]https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02854-3[/b]
Dainbramadge · 56-60, M
@Gangstress Man what a raw deal. Sorry you had to compromise your beliefs. That is not a good feeling but does happen from time to time.
Krieg34645 · 31-35, M
Viruses mutate that's why there are annual flu vaccinations. If people don't want to be vaccinated then that's their choice but then cannot complain if the virus hangs around longer as it has free range to mutate again and again.
Krieg34645 · 31-35, M
@hippyjoe1955 lessen the worst of the symptoms ie the ones that lead to death viruses are known to be hardy and difficult to effectively vaccinate against but if a vaccine can stop the Very worst symptoms then at least its doing something
hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M
@Krieg34645 Such a statement can not be shown to be true using statistics. Where that statement comes from is failed vaxes sales literature. There is no basis in science for those claims.
Krieg34645 · 31-35, M
@hippyjoe1955 I never stated a source only what I was taught about vaccinations in school and the nature of viruses.
Vaccines have worked in the past with different diseases example smallpox but it's never going to be perfect with something that can change and evolve. If I am wrong then please point me in the direction of your information I'd happily redact everything I have said.
TexChik · F
Fluvax had decades of testing and safe use . It is not forced . And it’s not very effective.

If you don’t get vaxed you lose your job because you will spread covid. If you are vaxed and get covid, you keep your job ???

Move to a red state, stop voting for socialists, and live your life in freedom
Dainbramadge · 56-60, M
@TexChik So, on a scale from one to ten, how would you rate your Covid experience??
TexChik · F
@Dainbramadge maybe a 2-3 after the steroid shot
@TexChik There was basic safety and human study testing in stages. The initial studies were in parallel, which helped moved them through faster.

The initial studies covered more than the required numbers for emergency use approval .. which had several thousand in the initial study. Each claim since, for teens and younger kids had additional studies conducted.

Normal approval process for vaccines does not take decades if effective and safe candidates are discovered early - especially not for emergency use approval. It might take 10-15 yrs and that includes having some failures in early screening trials. MRNA technology is a more targeted process than older vaccine types.
PTCdresser57 · 61-69, M
I will say the same thing I have said many times.
It is a personal choice but if you get it and get sick or die I feel bad for you but you brought it upon yourself.
The mrna has been worked on since the 90's and vaccines with mrna since 2013 so it isn't all that new.
As with all vaccines not one is 100% effective and all drugs...vaccines included...have side effects.
All viruses mutate...flu included...so updated vaccines are made to combat those mutations thus a new flu vaccine every year.
Vaccines give you protection from severe symptoms and/or death.
Dainbramadge · 56-60, M
@PTCdresser57 Well don't get me wrong I'm not arguing a point. I had a question with this post. Just something I thought people could help me understand better. It has sense turned into a battle ground for some who have comment. But they are like that everywhere so I'm not special.
But also, you say the small pox vax was 5 years old before it was mandatory. They had five years to study the long term effects of it not 6 months.
PTCdresser57 · 61-69, M
It is actually been a year Dainbramadge. If it was so dangerous why did former President Trump and his family get vaccinated?
Dainbramadge · 56-60, M
@PTCdresser57 HA ha ha. But that is still only ONE year as opposed to the five for small pox. Covid has a bite of catch up to do. LOL
bookerdana · M
And hes back,dp you think they can ban mass transit in major cities? With every vaccine a certain percentage MUST be vaccinated to achieve herd immunity and there are a few stories of diseases unheard of in modern times because of the autism proponents growing to such an extent
Dainbramadge · 56-60, M
@bookerdana I'm sorry and maybe this is why I am still unclear on this, I really don't get the herd thing. So, what I am understanding right now is that if you and 10 friends get vaxed I don't need too??? Because the majority of the herd is vaxed.
bookerdana · M
@Dainbramadge As I recall,being a major virologist🤣 that in conventional vaccines you need 75-80 percent vaxxed to achieve herd immunity but we're past that in some places but the variant changed the projection
Dainbramadge · 56-60, M
@bookerdana I just figure I can hold out, now that I have already had it and lived, til they get a more solid base on the whole thing. When they get it like the Flu Vax I may start to participate.
The issue here is far too many people today want to tell you how you should live, when they can't even handle their own messed up lives.

You need to eat your broccoli, because if you don't I will never be healthy!
SW-User
@PrivateHell I was informed by @PTCdresser57 that a compassionate citizen is responsible for the lives of others. Tell me PrivateHell, did you make decisions today that would benefit @PTCdresser57 and I? See, the world completely revolves around the two of us and we need to be sure that every decision YOU make for yourself benefits US. Get vaccinated, if you don't the virus may magically infect all 7 billion people on planet earth all at once and turn them into werewolf zombies. Also, we will need a complete and thorough report on everything you eat (never know how that might negatively affect us), the clothes that you wear, and if you can just sign this contract giving @PTCdresser57 and myself complete control over your life and your decisions and what's best for you, that would be great.....absolutely terrific. Don't worry, we promise to make decisions for your life that will 100% benefit us....mmmkay? Its our solemn pledge to you.....because we "care" about you!
The compassionate citizens brigade thanks you for your cooperation in letting complete strangers run your life.

🤣🤪

Also, you better eat that broccoli! If you don't, 7 billion lives may be negatively affected!!!!
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[quote]I feel it was pushed through too quickly. There hasn't been enough time, in my personal opinion, to know what the big picture will bring.
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That might be your opinion but it is factually wrong.

[quote]Why do I have to get it for you to be safe from it??? This confuses me.[/quote]

Simple, if you are unvaccinated you are more likely to spread it and provide a nice incubator for the virus to mutate and become more dangerous and pushing everyone 2 or 3 steps backwards.


Also unvaccinated people being hospitalized is slamming the medical system.


And ERs are equipped to handle large crashes, not thousands making frankly stupid decisions putting everyone including the staff at risk. You can't spread a car or bus crash.


The flu for the 1000 000th time is a completely different animal. Might as well bring up ebola for how relevant it is (meaning not at all)


Absolute best case scenario covid is 10 times more dangerous and we passed best case scenario a year and a half ago.
Dainbramadge · 56-60, M
@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow Asking a question and having an opinion are not meant to be factual or correct.
You did realize that this was a question right??
I mean you didn't jump the gun and only focus on part of the post so you could get your knickers into a bunch and jump on me right???
I know that isn't what happened like it did before.

Wait. Hold the phone. I just realized something that I should spend a second on.
It is entirely possible that I may have not been clear when I wrote this post.
So in lew of that I will add what may have had to been shared much earlier.
Unlike our past encounter which was pretty clear.

I love Trump but when he set the bar on these companies to come up with the vax for the covid I feel he set the bar to high. I "feel" that he was encouraging fast results rather than good ones. That alone is why I feel like I do about it.
No data except what I have seen myself in my life. No Fox news. No Facebook posts. Just that simple fact.
Now how can I be wrong by making a choice based on my own interpretation of a situation of a fact I saw myself????
I never said that I thought others should follow my lead because i am the know all be all.
Just stop looking to be the authority on this and try to answer the question best you can if you so choose.
But arguing and insulting people isn't exactly helping your views.
@Dainbramadge Generally speaking medical decisions are based on factual information. Or do you consult Reddit if you have a headache or break your arm?

[quote]I love Trump but when he set the bar on these companies to come up with the vax for the covid I feel he set the bar to high. I "feel" that he was encouraging fast results rather than good ones. That alone is why I feel like I do about it.[/quote]

Not sure why a declaration of love for Trumpy is necessary, but again you are just plain factually wrong. That is based on feels not facts, evidence or expert opinion. Hell even the FDA disagrees with you.

I mean if you are going to make medical decisions like this why bother with doctors at all and just treat yourself by randomly googling shit.
Dainbramadge · 56-60, M
@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow You are like a car wreck. Nothing good has ever come from looking but we still feel compelled to look just the same.

See, no matter what I say, on this or the other thread, you seem to fixate on the surface of words used and not the message and comment with what appears to be malice.
You may have good information or a viewpoint you would like to share but your lack of social tact causes others to not care about what you are sharing.

I haven't gone through your profile yet but I am going to as soon as I am done writing this. I am just looking for a connection to why you treat me, or others as well, like you do.

I explained, very simply I may add, how I came about my concerns regarding the vax. You attacked me for what appears to be me having questions and not just going with the flow.

Is that what is happening? Are you intimidated by people who don't follow the group? If so why?

Are you autistic by any chance? My nephew is and he has a directness that, if you didn't know him, would seem malicious.

Either way. I know there is a better way to pose my thoughts about this vax that may have been a more accurate example of my standpoint but even if I knew how to do that I still feel you would reacted just the same. I could be wrong.
Believe it or not I am looking forward to more interactions with you. If for nothing else, the attention I receive, good or bad, is better than none.
1354swrdt · 70-79, M
What about listening to people who are qualified in the field of epidemiology?@Nanori
Nanori · F
@1354swrdt I have, they said the same thing I told u earlier
1354swrdt · 70-79, M
You have obviously listened to quacks.@Nanori
1354swrdt · 70-79, M
Well the people I know who’ve been seriously ill from the virus or even have died makes one wonder that the vaccinations are worth having. Then of course I do not believe the tripe that is written on the Internet by people who do not know I think about it and believe conspiracy theories.
Dainbramadge · 56-60, M
@1354swrdt Yeah I wasn't influenced with my decision by the crap posted online or for that matter even the stuff from TV.
I just didn't like when Trump made it a big deal to hurry and find something that worked good enough.
Don't get me wrong I love Trump but he set a bar so high that it was going to encourage haste and maybe not good.
1354swrdt · 70-79, M
I would rather be influenced by facts @Dainbramadge
RebelFox · 36-40, F
Nothing is safe. We're all dying.
Dainbramadge · 56-60, M
@RebelFox Yes we most definitely are not getting out of this alive no matter how we cut things.
therighttothink50 · 56-60, M
...


“No One Has Ever Complied Their Way Out of Totalitarianism – This Is the Hill We Need to Die On” – Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Releases New Year’s Statement
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/01/no-one-ever-complied-way-totalitarianism-hill-need-die-robert-f-kennedy-jr-calls-action-new-year/

MASS PSYCHOSIS IS A REAL GLOBAL PANDEMIC
https://www.wakingtimes.com/mass-psychosis-is-a-real-global-pandemic/
CestManan · 46-50, F
@therighttothink50 I do not know how it is in other countries right now but in the USA it seems most people have not been overly afraid for some time.
At first a lot of people were freaking out but it got to be too much so now most have resumed life as normal. A little extra caution about things but no real hoarding or anything.

Some people are using it as an excuse to not work but then some people use any ailment for that. Anything from a "bad back" to covid-19 fears.

Come time to have fun though, bad backs, covid, and whatever else does not exist.
Nanori · F
Same, I don't like that it's mandatory where I live, it makes me dislike it even more, plus media keeps saying our hospitals are filled and have no capacity while when we visit they're mostly empty, looking pretty much pre-covid, I also asked about this from a few nurses of some hospitals and they said the same thing.
@Nanori Don't forget there is a 2 to 3 week incubation period so a lull now could turn into absolute chaos in 3 weeks.
Nanori · F
@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow u missed what I said, when news say hospitals are jammed while they aren't <
@Nanori Why? Because some random person says so? Why would anyone make shit up about that? It doesn't even follow logically. Besides, people are not allowed in ICU unless you specifically have a reason to be there. Even if you work in a hospital. It is not like the cafeteria where anyone can just wander in.
CountScrofula · 41-45, M
Here's the deal with the overcrowded hospitals thing.

We can handle the odd bus crash. It's bad but you can normally fly people around or fill up hospital space with these emergency situations.

If you add covid to that, the beds are -already full-. So where do you send the people from the bus crash?

Vaccines reduce the number of hospitalizations from covid because if you get covid, you probably won't get as sick.

Are vaccines zero-risk? No, but covid is provably worse.

Covid is also not going anywhere, and we will all eventually get it.
Quetzalcoatlus · 46-50, M
I trust my GP and he recommended the vaccine and booster. I trust my kids pediatrician and she recommended the vax for my kids. No side effects for anyone
therighttothink50 · 56-60, M
What the VAERS Data Tell Us About COVID Jab Safety:

https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2021/12/19/vaers-covid-data.aspx
therighttothink50 · 56-60, M
@hippyjoe1955 That's the point, even with all the under reporting, the side effects and deaths coming from this jab are astronomical.
hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M
@therighttothink50 They most certainly are. I heard from a friend that she lost 4 family members this year. All had heart attacks or strokes. None of them were of an age where you would suspect them of having these fatal events. All were vaxed.
therighttothink50 · 56-60, M
Unintended Consequences of mRNA Shots:
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2021/12/20/unintended-consequences-of-mrna-vaccines.aspx
kodiac · 22-25, M
I know where i am the vax has given people a false sense of security. The unvaxed i know do social distancing wear masks and stay away from large crowds . With the vaxed it's the opposite they believe i got the shot I'm immune so no mask no distance no avoiding crowds.Hey we got vaxed so lets all head to the mall! To me the vaxed are more dangerous because they can still spread it . The vaxed i know act like covid is not a problem any more
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hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M
@Stereoguy So you haven't looked at the safety of the covid vax? Latest estimate is that 388,000 Americans have been killed by the vax. How many die from the shingles vax? False dichotomy anyone?
@Stereoguy I’ve had the shingles vaccine, Hep B, tetanus, etc. I have no problems with vaccines that have had decades of testing. The covid-19 “vaccine” has not. And it is proving to be rather ineffective.
hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M
@stratosranger And rather deadly. Latest estimates put the American death count at close to 388,000 from the vax. A wise person avoids things that kill them.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
At least you have thought about it, and admitted what you don't understand, rather than blindly obeying the pro-pandemic campaigners.

Qanon? That still going? I thought it had died away, or perhaps its perpetrator had finally been identified or had confessed, or had ended it, or something.
Dainbramadge · 56-60, M
@ArishMell I really don't know anything really about Qanon. LOL It was the only radical type source I could think of. LOL
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@Dainbramadge I don't know Qanon's stance on the pandemic - just realised I'd heard or read no reference to it for a while. Thank Goodness!
Dainbramadge · 56-60, M
@ArishMell I am pretty sure, don't hold me to it tho, that Qanon dealt in huge conspiracy theories.
iamonfire696 · 41-45, F
I am vaccinated and had a booster. I am immunocompromised so the doctors aren’t sure how well it will take for me.

It’s funny people are saying this vaccine was rushed. It wasn’t and people that say that do not fully understand the process. My unvaccinated friend who was healthy just died from COVID and leaves her children and husband behind.

It’s really sad but for people dying from COVID that haven’t been vaccinated, I just can’t care anymore. I am trying to protect myself and with how selfish people are I am going to do what I need to because I can’t rely on people to get vaccinated to protect me.
@iamonfire696 Nice. I will have to talk to my doctor and find out about this.
Dainbramadge · 56-60, M
@iamonfire696 Sorry to hear about your friend and the family that was left without her. Very sad.
My dad had the vax and he passed with complications from Covid.
iamonfire696 · 41-45, F
@Dainbramadge I am sorry that he passed. I am taking my chances on the vaccine though. I want to be here for my kids.
Eklipse · F
Can't wait to get my booster.
Dainbramadge · 56-60, M
@Eklipse Even with the new variants showing up like they have been?? Are they going to get ahead of this virus with their understanding of it like they have with the Flu??
Eklipse · F
@Dainbramadge Irrelevant to me. If they are offering a booster free of charge take it. So I will.
kodiac · 22-25, M
If it was created as a weapon then could it be it has the ability to mutate to defeat a vax? I watched fauci testify about gain of function research or i should say failed to testify he wouldn't comment.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@kodiac All virii can "mutate", or more accurately perhaps adapt, to survive; but how often and to what extent is probably specific. This is why no-one has found a cure or indeed vaccine for the Common Cold.

The Covid-19 one is not doing anything unusual.
Straylight · 31-35, F
Our understanding of Covid and the subsequent vaccine was built upon research into SARS and MERS. In that sense there was already decades of research to draw from.
@Straylight That and the MRNA which people are freaking out about because it is a new term to the general public has been around since at least the Seattle Grunge era in the early 90s.
1354swrdt · 70-79, M
Yes a lot of the research was already done@Straylight
I am haven't taken any covid vaccine till date. I might the only person all around me to be not vaxxed. If it becomes compulsory then i have no choice.
Dainbramadge · 56-60, M
@littlepuppywantanewlife Yeah I got my immune system the old fashion way. I earned it. LOL
therighttothink50 · 56-60, M
https://www.naturalnews.com/2021-12-16-immunization-expert-covid-vaccinated-threat-public-health.html

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Dainbramadge · 56-60, M
@therighttothink50 Now isn't that interesting.
Thanks for sharing.
@therighttothink50 This is what this site really is .. a bullshit spreader

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therighttothink50 · 56-60, M
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Elessar · 26-30, M
The alternative to a vaccine that "feels rushed" and might hypothetically have unknown long-term side effects that no one observed even after literally billion injections, is an equally novel virus that *certainly* has known, observed, albeit poorly understood long-term if not life-term debilitating consequences on a pretty huge slice of the infected.

It's not that you have the choice to avoid both. It's only a matter of time, we all get either one or the other (or if you're unlucky, both).
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Dainbramadge · 56-60, M
@Stereoguy I couldn't get that one shot that leaves the round scar on your arm. I think everyone knows the one I am talking about. LOL. I was to sickly or allergic to something in it or both that I wasn't able to be Vaxed. With that in mind I wasn't ready to jump on the Covid Vax. That and the rush.
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Dainbramadge · 56-60, M
@Stereoguy That is where I am at right now as well. I am waiting to see the big picture.

 
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