0 Shot Team, i am holding out

[NYWayfarer]

34 minutes ago, N Florida Mike said:

 

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

If you didn’t get polio, measles or smallpox then your parents idea was a good one ?

 

Same choices I made for my Son...

[Darren.]

11 hours ago, NYWayfarer said:

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.

 

That's one (shingles) that I haven't had yet. 51 yrs old, probably need to get it soon. Not something I'd like to experience. Ever.

[N Florida Mike]

8 minutes ago, NYWayfarer said:

If you didn’t get polio, measles or smallpox then your parents idea was a good one ?

 

Same choices I made for my Son...

Fine with me .

[roadwarrior]

Hmm...

Guess you can't force anyone to get a vaccine in today's political environment,

but my dog doesn't have any choice and she gets ALL her shots.

[12poundbass]

42 minutes ago, Darren. said:

 

That's one (shingles) that I haven't had yet. 51 yrs old, probably need to get it soon. Not something I'd like to experience. Ever.

I had it at 19 while undergoing chemo. I actually thought it was radiation burns from my couple rounds of radiation. It was not fun and I still have numbness along the left side of my chest, armpit, and along my back. 

[CountryboyinDC]

Amazed this hasn't been shut down yet.....

 

I will take any of the 3 approved vaccines when they're available to me.  I am in a category which means that I will be among the last, except for children.  

 

I am not a vaccine advocate, and I have no wish to compel folks one way or another on their informed choices.  I will say that these vaccines have more polarization than I've ever seen, and I wish that they didn't.

 

I am surprised at the reports that military personnel are refusing to get vaccinated.  It must be a far different military than the one I served in.  I don't know this for a fact, but I would imagine that refusing a vaccine would have been the start of the refusant's chattering out of the army.  I certainly got my share of vaccines there that most in the civilian world never get - anthrax, smallpox (2nd dose), yellow fever, etc.  To be honest, most of the guys I was serving with weren't too concerned with vaccine safety.  If we were truthful, we were more concerned with the '40 go over, 39 come back' odds we had for Rangers on a 100 day deployment (actually, I calculated the odds, and it was 1 in 43.2 chance of being KIA), to say nothing of the chance of getting wounded in a life-altering manner.

 

My wife works (several layers below) the organization that Tony Fauci leads.  Shemanages a scientific portfolio for the organization.  Her scientific expertise is truly in rheumatic disease, although toward the end of her postdoctoral training, her project did explore the effects of this autoimmune phenomenon in allergic diseases.  She has been dragged into the work of creating and helping manage programs that are better suited for someone with a respiratory pathogen background, as have all of her colleagues.  She is much more on the fence about the vaccines, not because of what she knows, but just as an outlook on life.  

 

I think that's what this comes down to - your outlook on life.  Influenza and SARS-CoV-2 certainly lie outside of the norm for the risks of the vaccines (think C. botulinium, poliovirus, etc.) where the disease for which you're being vaccinated has a high probability of mortality or at least unreasonable morbidity. 

 

It may mean that I can go back to relative normalcy or that I get cancer, rheumatic disorders, and who knows what else.  We're not promised tomorrow, make your decisions wisely, and please don't get mad at your neighbor for the decisions he made.

[NHBull]

I was a hard NO and am now undecided.

 

A friend reminded me of my first day at boot camp when tons of junk was shot into my arms,,,,,then again with the Iran thing with Reagan...safe to say I have no idea what is inside of me and to my buddies end, what is one more ?

 

if it wasn’t for not wanting to quarantine it for travel , it would still be a no

[slonezp]

49 minutes ago, roadwarrior said:

Hmm...

Guess you can't force anyone to get a vaccine in today's political environment,

but my dog doesn't have any choice and she gets ALL her shots.

And Americans shouldn't be forced to have anything put inside their bodies that they do not want. Your dog is not human and his/her rabies's vaccination is because the dog is unable to think for itself. The dog only knows you and instinct. If I see a human sneezing and coughing I'm not going to investigate. Your dog is going to see an animal in a weakened state and will react as it sees fit. 

[Catt]

1 hour ago, slonezp said:

If I see a human sneezing and coughing I'm not going to investigate.

 

Social distancing isn't a issue with me, if I don't personally know you, you best not come within 6' of me. 

[Bluebasser86]

I had labs done, zero of the at risk factors. I'll pass until there's more information on potential long term effects of the vaccine.

[12poundbass]

9 hours ago, CountryboyinDC said:

Amazed this hasn't been shut down yet.....

It is ok to have differing thoughts and opinions, as long as everyone is respectful, which is what we’re seeing here. I’m assuming that’s why it’s still open. 

[gim]

I would like to see my parents and 93 year old grandmother again in the near future in person and indoors without wearing a mask, so the only route that is going to happen is when they and I are fully vaccinated.  I feel like I'd be able to recover relatively easily if I caught it because of my age and health (I may have had it without symptoms, who knows), but at this point I have to assume I haven't.  If I ever gave it to someone like one of my parents or grandmother and it caused significant harm, I'd never forgive myself until I died.  So for that reason I have avoided them in the settings I described above for a year now.  Right now I have 0% immunity from this and 72% or 95% is a whole heck of a lot better than zero.  My actions can help or hurt others, including the people that are important in my life.

[Crappiebasser]

It’s a hard no for me too. I am in good health and think I would be ok if I got it. Also since I pretty much dislike all of humanity, social distancing isn’t an issue.

[J Francho]