Will You Take The Vaccine?

Are you going to take the corona virus vaccine?

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doublejj said:
Put POV on drivers license.....like Veteran status. Bring in your DD214 and they will put it right under your picture on your ID
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I think the feds should issue a standard photo ID POV that can double as the only valid form of voter ID, no vaccination, no card, no card, no vote. The red states need help in stemming the massive voter fraud and I figure the feds should help! Too bad that half the republicans won't get the vaccine or their voter ID card... Imagine the shit storm, they wanna play the voter suppression game, two can tango.
 
DIY-HP-LED said:
Not sure what an unvaccinated chickenshit won, except a case of covid and maybe death, or being fucked for life. You would think he would want everybody vaccinated he can convince, just to protect himself. He claims to have deadly allergies, but appears to have made no effort to seek medical advice or help with a vaccination. His only posts on the topic are to cherry pick and mine for reports of problems and try to amplify them here. Perhaps he needs to be right, feel vindicated and does have medical issues, in which case his ego might kill him. His behavior is counter productive for someone who is gonna depend on herd immunity for safety and perhaps his own survival.
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It's his choice to make, I have no disagreement over that. Given what he's said already, he thinks his industry will be just fine. He hasn't yet accepted there are some bad consequences from refusing the vaccine but they will come his way. And the slacker will complain and cry like a bitch just like he always does. Narcissists are like that.

Given this reality, that the US will not achieve herd immunity through vaccination, I'm trying to decide what to do for myself and my family. We will all be vaccinated tomorrow, I'll be getting the second dose, so we will be as protected as possible. But the long term implications affect all aspects of our life, from my kids education to how my mother is cared for. My work will never return to what it was. Do I still want the job or, given that I'll be working mostly from home forever, maybe there is a better position for me somewhere else. How does this affect my community?

It's a great change that we are seeing unfold. We could have stopped the epidemic last spring and we could have stopped the epidemic this month but that won't happen. So, I'm going from "what can we do as a community" to "how to best position myself and my family to prosper through this".

Its all part of the grieving cycle. I had gone through denial, anger, bargaining and depression. Now moving on to acceptance. What was is dead. What is next, we wonder?
 
CunningCanuk said:
You got your first shot, right?
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Yep, Pfizer 11 days ago and the second one due 105 days later in early August. Hopefully I'll be at around 90% protection in a few days and that will do just fine for now. The second shot will only boost protection by 5 or 6% and give ya a sore arm, though at 100 days the protection of the first shot begins to taper off a bit.

We have 175 reported cases today and 1200 active cases in NS, we went for weeks without a new case. We have a positivity rate of 2.2% now. There is about 1/3 of the population vaccinated (one shot), the most vulnerable are protected, except for the idiots who know better than the experts.
 
More studies show Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines protect against worrisome variants (yahoo.com)

More studies show Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines protect against worrisome variants

The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is extremely effective against two dangerous variants of the coronavirus, the B.1.1.7 strain first found in the United Kingdom and the B.1.351 variant discovered in South Africa, researchers reported Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet.

Moderna also reported Wednesday that, according to early results from its booster shot trial, a third dose of its vaccine given six to eight months after the first two doses boosted antibodies to protect against the South African B.1.351 variant and other worrisome strain found in Brazil. Moderna is testing its original vaccine and a version modified to target the B.1.351 variant.

The new variants are more transmissible than the original strain and, some studies suggest, deadlier. The New England Journal of Medicine study examined records of more than 200,000 people from Qatar's COVID-19 database. The Pfizer vaccine was 87 to 89.5 percent effective at preventing infection from the B.1.1.7 variant among people two weeks past their second shot, 72.1 to 75 percent effective against the B.1.351 variant, and 100 percent effective at preventing severe, critical, or fatal cases of either variant, the researchers found.

The study in The Lancet was based on more than 230,000 cases from Israel. It found that the Pfizer vaccine was more than 95 percent effective against infection, hospitalization, or death in fully vaccinated people 16 and older, and 94 percent effective in people 85 and older.
 
captainmorgan said:
Got my 2nd Pfizer a couple hours ago, same as the first, no reaction yet, not even a sore arm yet.
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Just wait a few hours! From what I've heard a baseball bat awaits! :lol:

I never felt a thing on my first round of Pfizer 12 days ago and I'm hoping the second one will be the same. It seems that many people who had covid before had a reaction on the first shot (like the second one for them) and another one on the second. Their immune system is primed and probably hammers the site of the vaccination and the spike proteins during round two.
 
CunningCanuk said:
The Statistical Secrets of Covid-19 Vaccines

They’re really very good, and they’re the only way out of the pandemic. But a tour through the numbers could bring the vaccine-hesitant into the tent.

Read in WIRED: https://apple.news/AB3SJCdk6TNeUSV03yYRNOw
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The ones we've seen around here aren't good at math or logical thinking. When someone shits in their ear it tends to sink into their brain and come out their mouth. Death by bullshit has been a feature of this pandemic starting with Trump's lies about it, mask wearing and now vaccines. The antivaccer crowd has been around since the 90s and Andrew Wakefield's lies and fraud have killed many thousands of children and adults. The bullshit he spawned is now poised to murder millions of covid victims around the world. Lies kill people and they have a fundamental right to the truth and it should not have to compete with bullshit that kills people. There are regular lies, then there are deadly lies that murder people and even kill good ideas that save lives

This bullshit was perpetuated because people couldn't accept that autism (a way of being, many scientists and engineers are on the autism spectrum) ran in their families. It must have been something external, for they and by extension their child was perfect!

The discredited doctor hailed by the anti-vaccine movement (nature.com)
 
It's been 13 days since my first Pfizer and I should be peeking out in my immune response to it. Last night I noticed nasal congestion and this morning a running nose a slight sweat and a tiny bit of nausea. I don't have any allergies that I'm aware of haven't been out much except to the park and grocery store and I've been masked up while doing it.

My concern is others, if I have covid (I doubt it) I might have spread it, I'm trying to decide if I should get a test. I shouldn't have covid, but then again I shouldn't have a cold or flu (vaccinated) and covid is way more contagious. I think I'll monitor the situation for a spell and decide after a bit more self assessment. It's spring so I could have a slight pollen allergy.
 
Received my first shot yesterday and my arm is sore today but I did run 4 tanks of fuel through the weed wacker following the vaccine.

When asked for consent to administer the shot, I referred them to my shirt, proclaiming "I'm not chicken." More laughter ensued when they noticed all the 6s in my contact details (June '66) and I noticed her name was Dr. Church. On the way out I recognized my grade 8 teacher, shared some pleasant recollections from 40 years ago, and left feeling optimistic. Every person I interacted with was assured that I appreciated them. :hug:

Now I just need a haircut.
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