Got a number that equates to "minimal"? I doubt that those who have medical problems after taking this vaccine ( you don't deny that, right ) agree that their concerns are minimal.The number that equates to minimal is 3.
I got the vaccine and I'm going to get the booster but I fully support those that do not for any reason although I'd like to re-assure those that think Bill Gates is trying to microchip them should probably seek help dealing with reality.
We will eventually IMHO, come to understand that natural immunity is just as good if not better than the vaccine. To ignore this possibility and have the government tell you they don't care, you must take this vaccine if you want to continue to secure your rights to life, liberty and happiness and a job is obscene.
Originally Posted by HedonistForever
Most side effects from the vaccine are minimal. Not always. I believe there are hundreds, maybe over a thousand, old, frail people who died from the vaccine in America. But perhaps 100X more old, frail people were saved from "death by COVID" by the vaccines. The risk/reward ratio is off the scale, in favor of taking the vaccine.
And there are very rare cases when someone relatively young and healthy dies as a result of receiving the vaccine. One of my very good friends had the misfortune to fall into that category.
Natural immunity is not just as good as the vaccine. Natural immunity is much better, in terms of offering protection.
You are wise to get the booster.
I do not support people who do not get the vaccine, especially old, fat and unhealthy people who do not get the vaccine. I have a drink with an 86 year old woman at a bar about 3 times a week. (I like cougars. The old ones. WD has nothing on me.) I rag on her constantly to get the vaccine but she doesn't listen.
It's a free country though. I'd get pissed if someone told me I couldn't jump out of an airplane or eat fatty food. And I'd guess that unvaccinated people with no COVID antibodies like Strokey McDingDong are a minority now. The majority of the unvaccinated probably have gotten COVID and so have some natural immunity. The idea at this point that this is some kind of struggle for freedom (radical anti-vaxxers) or struggle for the survival of mankind (radical pro-vaxxers) is just stupid. We need to move on with life and deal with more important matters. Like killing the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill, maintaining the filibuster, decriminalizing the right to pay for play, and preserving all that is good and wholesome and free.