0 Shot Team, i am holding out

[throttleplate]

I have been called by the VA and asked if i want to come in for a shot and i declined. I am going to wait, for how long i cant say. Maybe forever. Anyone else holding out?

 

 

[Jigfishn10]

You can only do you. 

Can’t really add much more than that. 
Good luck with you decision. ?

[E-H]

I am not putting any of that junk in my body.  We have therapeutics that work.  And 99.7% of people have no issues even if they get it.

 

I am not disrespecting those that do it but there is 0 chance I am doing it.

[A-Jay]

I should have just skipped this one.  

A-Jay

[DitchPanda]

Girlfriend and I are both still deciding which way to go. Haven't got a flu shot in almost 20 years...got the flu last year for the first time in almost 15.... Was sick 3 days then back to work. As stated above its a very personal decision..everybody has to do what's right in there situation..I don't blame anybody for going either way.

[slonezp]

Have never got a flu shot and won't be getting a covid shot. To each his own.

[Hammer 4]

I get a flu shot every year. Re: the corvid shot, my wife got 2, I decided why try to fix what isn't broke, so I passed, at least for now. 

[Darren.]

I've had flu shots in the past, but not every year.

 

Given that I work in an "essential" business (Lowe's), I'd take a Covid vacc, but alas, I'm not sure it'll happen soon since in Virginia we're not among the phases getting the shot early ... c'est la vie.

 

For me, masks are about caring one for another. I'd prefer to never have to wear one, but I do and I will continue. It is human decency in a pandemic. Not really concerned about shots. I don't do conspiracies, so, there ya go.

[12poundbass]

I’m still undecided. I’ve never gotten a flu shot. I’ve never been one to get sick very often. I’ve had the flu maybe three times in my life. 
 

I will say this, my family has been a lot healthier the past 12 months. I was a hand washer before this whole thing, but after using hand sanitizer the past year, I’ll always use that stuff going forward. 

[deaknh03]

No flu shot. No covid shot. No thank you. 

[Teal]

I'm on the fence. holding out a while to see more results from the vaccinations.  

[NYWayfarer]

14 hours ago, Darren. said:

For me, masks are about caring one for another. I'd prefer to never have to wear one, but I do and I will continue. It is human decency in a pandemic. Not really concerned about shots. I don't do conspiracies, so, there ya go.

Well said. I agree 100%

 

I get the flu shot every year not just for me but to make sure I keep my family safe.

 

I will be getting the Shingles vaccination this week. That one is for me. Scared to death of getting that disease.

[Jigfishn10]

8 minutes ago, NYWayfarer said:

I will be getting the Shingles vaccination this week. That one is for me. Scared to death of getting that disease.

Shingles are no joke.

I had a severe case of shingles back in 09. It really attacks your nerves. My left arm and side of my face would go numb. I had no idea what was going on until the rash came. looked like 3rd degree burns. Dragged myself to emergency room and they immediately started testing for stroke. To this day I have permanent numbness in a very small part of my chest.

Fun times!

I don't want to live it again.

[Bird]

I also live a very isolated lifestyle but the wife is still working. 

Currently I'm a no on the shots but wife is getting hers.

 

Guess I'll keep a close watch on her and see if she starts growing horns, if not, I may change my mind. 

[BBuck]

Since I'm military, I don't have a choice. We have to get the flu shot every year, and almost every year, we get sick from it, go figure... However, I'd like to wait as long as I can to see if anybody starts growing a third eye or something before getting pricked. 

[Dirtyeggroll]

I got it, I'd get it again and I'd recommend everyone to get it.

 

I am around deathly ill and dying covid patients everyday. Swimming in their respiratory cloud and secretions. Working in their airway. Performing tracheotomies when they've been intubated for several days or after they've recovered from the initial phase and end up in the hospital due to a stroke and can't protect their airway. Turning off their BiPAP when they decide they don't want to be intubated. Calling them with the results of their screening test before a surgery and recommending they quarantine, despite they feel fine. Fielding their calls when they have some mild symptoms and counseling them when and if to come to the hospital. Sharing the joy with the families when the endotracheal tube is finally removed and they can breath on their own. Empathizing with families because they finally get to leave the hospital, but are destined indefinitely to a long-term care facility, "recovered." Old, young, introverts, extroverts, travelers, homebodies, out-and-about, isolated  -- much like getting coached about motorcycle safety, its the other guy you have to watch out for.

 

-"How could I have gotten it? I wore a mask. I stayed in."

-"I know exactly how I got it, met up with a bunch of friends at a bar and had a good time."

-"It was my brother's funeral, he died from covid and about 75% of the attendees of the funeral got it."

-"She had covid back in July and stayed home from school with no symptoms and in December she ended up in the ICU for tonsillitis. Comatose. With a breathing tube. She's only 14, I thought covid didn't do much to children."

-"I had it, I didn't even know it. I felt fine. Never had any problem."

-"I lost my sens of smell, but that's about it."

 

The vaccine covers you, no matter your lifestyle. Like wearing a PFD when you are fishing, only you don't need to take it off and put it on and its much more comfortable. People always asking for 1 (or 2) shot cures for horrible diseases instead of having to take lots of pills and have lots of interventions. This is it.

 

I didn't grow a third eye, or arm or any other mutant side effects. I did feel like crap for about a day after the second dose. I had no residual side effects following that. I have seen a couple people have some lymph nodes swell up around their clavicle and armpit and then go away about a week later. A few of my colleagues have had to take a day off from work due to nausea / vomiting or body aches, some have had no symptoms at all and most have had a slight annoyance of feeling achy. Only a handful of people with severe side effects suspected across the world.

 

I would recommend everyone to get it. However, its your own personal decision. If you're on the fence about it and have questions feel free to PM me. I don't claim to have all of the answers, and I will be foreward that it will be my intent to encourage you to get it, but I am happy to try to answer any questions even if it only leads to one more vaccine.

 

I am surprised this thread is still alive.

 

[gim]

Thank you for your dedicated work in the health care field dirtyeggroll.

[GTN-NY]

16 minutes ago, Dirtyeggroll said:

I got it, I'd get it again and I'd recommend everyone to get it.

 

I am around deathly ill and dying covid patients everyday. Swimming in their respiratory cloud and secretions. Working in their airway. Performing tracheotomies when they've been intubated for several days or after they've recovered from the initial phase and end up in the hospital due to a stroke and can't protect their airway. Turning off their BiPAP when they decide they don't want to be intubated. Calling them with the results of their screening test before a surgery and recommending they quarantine, despite they feel fine. Fielding their calls when they have some mild symptoms and counseling them when and if to come to the hospital. Sharing the joy with the families when the endotracheal tube is finally removed and they can breath on their own. Empathizing with families because they finally get to leave the hospital, but are destined indefinitely to a long-term care facility, "recovered." Old, young, introverts, extroverts, travelers, homebodies, out-and-about, isolated  -- much like getting coached about motorcycle safety, its the other guy you have to watch out for.

 

-"How could I have gotten it? I wore a mask. I stayed in."

-"I know exactly how I got it, met up with a bunch of friends at a bar and had a good time."

-"It was my brother's funeral, he died from covid and about 75% of the attendees of the funeral got it."

-"She had covid back in July and stayed home from school with no symptoms and in December she ended up in the ICU for tonsillitis. Comatose. With a breathing tube. She's only 14, I thought covid didn't do much to children."

-"I had it, I didn't even know it. I felt fine. Never had any problem."

-"I lost my sens of smell, but that's about it."

 

The vaccine covers you, no matter your lifestyle. Like wearing a PFD when you are fishing, only you don't need to take it off and put it on and its much more comfortable. People always asking for 1 (or 2) shot cures for horrible diseases instead of having to take lots of pills and have lots of interventions. This is it.

 

I didn't grow a third eye, or arm or any other mutant side effects. I did feel like crap for about a day after the second dose. I had no residual side effects following that. I have seen a couple people have some lymph nodes swell up around their clavicle and armpit and then go away about a week later. A few of my colleagues have had to take a day off from work due to nausea / vomiting or body aches, some have had no symptoms at all and most have had a slight annoyance of feeling achy. Only a handful of people with severe side effects suspected across the world.

 

I would recommend everyone to get it. However, its your own personal decision. If you're on the fence about it and have questions feel free to PM me. I don't claim to have all of the answers, and I will be foreward that it will be my intent to encourage you to get it, but I am happy to try to answer any questions even if it only leads to one more vaccine.

 

I am surprised this thread is still alive.

 

I’m on the fence but after reading your post I’m leaning more to your side of the fence but it’s not available to me yet

[Dwight Hottle]

For those not getting the shot did you get vaccinated for polio, measles or smallpox? I understand it's a personal decision based on your own medical history & situation. 

[Fishnski48]

2 hours ago, Dwight Hottle said:

For those not getting the shot did you get vaccinated for polio, measles or smallpox? I understand it's a personal decision based on your own medical history & situation. 

It seems that those vaccines worked in eliminating those illnesses or limiting the spread of them.  It is not just you that you affect, but if you should contract it, think about those you have interacted with just before you got it.

Just saying..

[J._Bricker]

8 hours ago, Dirtyeggroll said:

I got it, I'd get it again and I'd recommend everyone to get it.

 

I am around deathly ill and dying covid patients everyday. Swimming in their respiratory cloud and secretions. Working in their airway. Performing tracheotomies when they've been intubated for several days or after they've recovered from the initial phase and end up in the hospital due to a stroke and can't protect their airway. Turning off their BiPAP when they decide they don't want to be intubated. Calling them with the results of their screening test before a surgery and recommending they quarantine, despite they feel fine. Fielding their calls when they have some mild symptoms and counseling them when and if to come to the hospital. Sharing the joy with the families when the endotracheal tube is finally removed and they can breath on their own. Empathizing with families because they finally get to leave the hospital, but are destined indefinitely to a long-term care facility, "recovered." Old, young, introverts, extroverts, travelers, homebodies, out-and-about, isolated  -- much like getting coached about motorcycle safety, its the other guy you have to watch out for.

 

-"How could I have gotten it? I wore a mask. I stayed in."

-"I know exactly how I got it, met up with a bunch of friends at a bar and had a good time."

-"It was my brother's funeral, he died from covid and about 75% of the attendees of the funeral got it."

-"She had covid back in July and stayed home from school with no symptoms and in December she ended up in the ICU for tonsillitis. Comatose. With a breathing tube. She's only 14, I thought covid didn't do much to children."

-"I had it, I didn't even know it. I felt fine. Never had any problem."

-"I lost my sens of smell, but that's about it."

 

The vaccine covers you, no matter your lifestyle. Like wearing a PFD when you are fishing, only you don't need to take it off and put it on and its much more comfortable. People always asking for 1 (or 2) shot cures for horrible diseases instead of having to take lots of pills and have lots of interventions. This is it.

 

I didn't grow a third eye, or arm or any other mutant side effects. I did feel like crap for about a day after the second dose. I had no residual side effects following that. I have seen a couple people have some lymph nodes swell up around their clavicle and armpit and then go away about a week later. A few of my colleagues have had to take a day off from work due to nausea / vomiting or body aches, some have had no symptoms at all and most have had a slight annoyance of feeling achy. Only a handful of people with severe side effects suspected across the world.

 

I would recommend everyone to get it. However, its your own personal decision. If you're on the fence about it and have questions feel free to PM me. I don't claim to have all of the answers, and I will be foreward that it will be my intent to encourage you to get it, but I am happy to try to answer any questions even if it only leads to one more vaccine.

 

I am surprised this thread is still alive.

 

I just wanted to say “THANKS” @Dirtyeggrollfor all you and the frontline healthcare professionals having been dealing with during this past year. I appreciate your post for bringing some clarity to this tread.
As for getting vaccinated, I’m hoping for sometime before June. 
Be well...

[N Florida Mike]

On 3/6/2021 at 3:30 PM, E-H said:

I am not putting any of that junk in my body.  We have therapeutics that work.  And 99.7% of people have no issues even if they get it.

 

I am not disrespecting those that do it but there is 0 chance I am doing it.

Same. I got a flu shot once . Got sick the next day. Hadnt been that sick in a long time. 

 

8 hours ago, Dwight Hottle said:

For those not getting the shot did you get vaccinated for polio, measles or smallpox? I understand it's a personal decision based on your own medical history & situation. 

I did, but only because I was a kid and my parents thought it was a good idea...

[Catt]

Ain't happening ?

 

I know many people that caught Covid & got over it with no issues. Some had major underlying problems & got over it easily.

 

I also know some who died from it, all of them had underlying issues.

 

As for masks! I have 100s of hours of hazmat training what y'all are wearing ain't stopping nothing.

[throttleplate]

12 minutes ago, N Florida Mike said:

Same. I got a flu shot once . Got sick the next day. Hadnt been that sick in a long time. 

 

I did, but only because I was a kid and my parents thought it was a good idea...

i recall standing in line in grade school in the 60,s when all of us classmates were in fear of that big pistol looking needle gun and some of the kids were crying as we were all asking each other will it hurt? 

 

That was our only fear was the needle pain as we didnt even understand what the shot was for.

[N Florida Mike]

Yep, same decade.