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Covid Vaccination, are you?


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Even though I suspect I had the Covid-19 back in March, got it one week after I was in Berlin and taking several loads at Tom's Bar and Bull, I will take the vaccine. I got some of the symptoms and was in bed with a high fever for 3-4 days, but they wouldn't let me take the test back then as I was not considered to be in the risk group. They told me to stay in bed and call if I got worse. But I will take the vaccine, because I have 3-4 family members who are in the risk group.

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On 12/19/2020 at 6:57 AM, SBB1984 said:

I'll do whatever it takes to get rid of this. I've lost my income and I'm sick of not working because of it. 

So did I. I'm a travel agent and lost my job almost overnight back in March.

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Oh HELL YES!!  I have no qualm getting a flu shot, or a tetanus shot,  so why would I be concerned about a covid shot. IT had the same reams of reviews and reports and studies done on it as any of the other shots have had. In the much larger picture; if EVERYONE who could take the shot got the shot and got it over with, the sooner a more normal level of living could return. Bloated 50 year olds could return to their cruises and hope the buffet stations are still there. Coffee lovers at Starbucks could once again have a cup of coffee the way they like to make it, not the way a person behind the counter decides is the right amount of cream and sugar. Shopping at the grocery store, or the hardware store would return to a more normal level of frenzy- no more walking across a parking lot strewn with masks and gloves. Funny- people are afraid to pick up a can  in a grocery store and bringing it into their home before sanitizing it, but have no shame just throwing their PPE waste for others to have to deal with. 

 

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Due to the fact my nervous system for some years now is hyper allergic-reactive to practically anything that is usually edible for a Human Being (cue insane restrictive diet) I am of the firm belief being injected with neurotoxins found in a vaccine in the form of preservatives and adjuvants would be way too much for my body to handle. 

Also I haven't seen a single soul (aside from grocery delivery drivers who don't come anywhere near me, and the odd medical specialist who has been in full PPE) since last year, due to being permanently housebound. 

Thus, it is a no from me. 

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I was on an off-the-record teleconference with a well-respected epidemiologist here a week or so ago and when asked if she would take the vaccine, she mustered up a weak "maybe". Her rationale? Not enough data, incomplete data and too many unanswered questions. She is ok with people in high risk groups taking it (if they want to) but is staunchly against young, healthy people taking it because its' long-term effects are impossible to know at this stage. Even when the UK announced they were moving ahead with vaccinating the public, they threw in there that the vaccine's impact on fertility had not been tested. That struck me.  I'm not looking to procreate of course, but some people are.

I totally understand and can relate to those who say let's all get this vaccine so life can return to normal. That being said, the decision to vaccinate (or not) is a personal one. I believe in vaccines (even had the Prevnar 13 one in August at the urging of my HIV doctor as it's been proven to reduce the likelihood of getting pneumonia). However, I'm wary of what could be increasing social pressure to get the new vaccine or being labeled an anti-vaxxer. Having worked in comms in big multinational corporations, I'm aware of how much time is put into disseminating the "talking points". So far, the media outlets are simply regurgitating what the vaccine makers have put out there because there hasn't been time yet for third parties to independently test and verify certain claims.  

Now that there's a new strain that's out here, it raises the question of whether the vaccine will be effective in combatting it too. So I'm watching and waiting for Pfizer and Moderna and AstraZeneca to go on record to say that they have studied this new strain and that their vaccines are indeed effective against it.  

Because I'm poz, I'll be heavily influenced by what my HIV doctor who has treated me for 10 years thinks. I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but I want to hear what others think, even if I don't agree. I'm working really hard to not be one of those people who takes a position on this issue (prematurely) and only considers information that supports my viewpoint to be valid. As the days and weeks go by, I will also be on the lookout regarding what is not being said because that is information too.

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I'll be toward the end of the line in terms of who gets the shot, but as soon as my turn comes up I'll get it. I don't go by ridiculous conspiracy theories and people who scream "Fake news!" in response to things they don't like to hear with REAL evidence and facts be damned. If non-partisan (I'm here in America, when I say non-partisan you can guess who I am really railing against) doctors are good with the vaccine and scientists are good with it, I'm all for it.

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Having been sick with full blown AIDS, I never want to be that sick and struggling for air again, I think I will take the shot if my HIV guy thinks it's the way to go. I have to admit if I was younger I might be less likely to do it, just my opinions 

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