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Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine?

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Re: Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine?

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Post by savanaly »

bognition wrote: post #66
markkanof wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do these vaccines prevent a person from spreading the virus? I've heard a number of times that these will prevent the person who got the vaccine from getting sick, but that it won't prevent them from spreading the disease. If that is the case then I could understand why a young healthy person would not want the vaccine as the risk to them from covid is extremely low.

Why would getting the vaccine increase your risk at all?

Time has value, it takes time to get it. Also there are unknowns to any new medication and side effects of some vaccines. Of course there's also unknowns to getting covid, but it's at least internally consistent to favor one over the other.

Re: Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine?

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Post by tF73d78kq8t3R6n »

bognition wrote: post #12

I'm surprised to see such a high percentage of "NO" responses. I'm genuinely curious to understand why

I’m no anti-vaxxer, but the current situation feels like a scam to me. “Hurry, take this vaccine, save lives!” I’m being asked to suspend critical thinking and accept a chemical into my body under duress and time constraints. “Take it now, this is your time! It’s finally available to you. Don’t you want to resume your normal life?” I’d rather wait and see, even if waiting carries a small, known amount of infection risk. That’s much better than the unknown risk of taking a brand new vaccine in hurry. “While supplies last!”

Re: Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine?

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Post by asutekku »

kylebenzle wrote: post #74
bognition wrote: post #12

I'm surprised to see such a high percentage of "NO" responses. I'm genuinely curious to understand why

I've had Covid-19. As far as I know we still don't know if having it leads to immunity but wouldn't having it and recovering be "better" than a vaccine? If so, why get a vaccine for something you are immune to?

There has been people in several countries who have got Covid twice so having it does not equal immunity.

Re: Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine?

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Post by setpatchaddress »

nostromo wrote: post #48
radicalbyte wrote: post #27

I'll take it but only later in the year when it is more widely available. People at high risk should go first, then people who are super social (or stupid + spreading the plague). Especially younger people, they need to get pricked. Do you really think they're going to avoid drinking close physical contact in spring? Me neither.

No need to worry about who should go first. They will be rolling it out based on need. When it's available to you, go get it.

You're assuming distribution will work fairly and optimally. That's very unlikely, especially because the initial rollout will still be overseen by the Trump admin.

Re: Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine?

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Post by davmar »

kylebenzle wrote: post #65
thelean12 wrote: post #58

People saying "NO" or "I WILL WAIT" should be ashamed of themselves for falling for misinformation and harming the rest of us. (Unless people are confused and saying "I will wait" when in fact they're going to be forced to wait until their turn comes around)

You should be ashamed of trying to shame people into taking a new and still widely untested treatment. I've had Covid and we STILL don't even know if that makes a person immune. Has there ever been a case where a vaccine is MORE effective than actually getting and recovering from a virus? Seems like the latter would be "better" so why would I get a vaccine for something I am immune to?

> Has there ever been a case where a vaccine is MORE effective than actually getting and recovering from a virus?

Eradication of diseases and massively decreased death counts due to vaccinations. That's a pretty strong argument to support the idea that the vaccine is more effective than letting a disease rip through a population.

Re: Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine?

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Post by markkanof »

bognition wrote: post #66
markkanof wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do these vaccines prevent a person from spreading the virus? I've heard a number of times that these will prevent the person who got the vaccine from getting sick, but that it won't prevent them from spreading the disease. If that is the case then I could understand why a young healthy person would not want the vaccine as the risk to them from covid is extremely low.

Why would getting the vaccine increase your risk at all?

Because it's a new vaccine and the mRNA ones are a completely new type of vaccine. They seem safe in limited use over a short period of time, but we don't know yet what effects they may have in the future.

Also there is an aspect of if you are young and healthy your risk of serious effects from covid is low. Even if your risk of problems from the vaccine is low, if your risk of serious effects from the disease that the vaccine treats is also very low then why bother taking any action.

Re: Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine?

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Post by 734129837261 »

I will wait because I a tiny bit skeptical. The first people to get it will be a huge study group and the results will, I expect, convince me to take the vaccine as well.

But, you never know if the vaccine accidentally turns us all into infertile beings. Which would be awesome, and I'll line up to get a shot. I hate humans.

Re: Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine?

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Post by dave_4_bagels »

ska wrote: post #25
dave_4_bagels wrote: post #4

> However, this will likely be taken care of for me, because I'm 1) not an essential healthcare worker, 2) not a senior citizen and 3) live in a large urban area. Those people will get the vaccine first, and in mid-june (or later) based on the fallout of the vaccine if things seem normal I'll get it.

In the best case, supply constraints nicely follow the change in risk/reward this way. Then by the time you are eligible, the risk profile looks right...

Yep, politics aside I'm very pro vaccine. Vaccines have done amazing things for the world and anti-vaxxers especially those with resources to influence hundreds if not thousands of others are horrible people.

However, a vaccine that's been rushed through gives me pause. To be honest, I'm mostly worried about cognitive and cardiovascular side effects. I've distanced thus far and remain covid free even though I've been in NYC the whole time. It'd be stupid to throw all that away because I got side effects from the vaccine.

Unfortunately, I think the pledge of past presidents to be "vaccinated on tv" is poorly thought out, largely because it will basically just sow conspiracies that they "just had saline injections to influence the masses".

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