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Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine?
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#612More than a Third of Adult Americans Are Unwilling or Unsure about Taking a COVID-19 Vaccine
https://greenwaldresearch.com/more-than-a-third-of-adult-ame...
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#613ive had SARS-1 back in 2003 it wasnt fun. ive had SARS-2 it was like absolutely nothing and was confusing the lab because i tested positive for the SARS-2 covid virus but had antibodies to it. i am now a donor of plasma for antibody infusions, and i expose myself to the virus everytime i can and have not tested positive for the virus.
you need 2 shots due to the way the virus interacts with the immune system on first time ever exposure. the 2nd shot actually sets you up for lasting immunity so it is CRITICAL, to get that second dose, or, _not recommended_, but a second exposure to the live virus.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priming_(immunology)
long and short of it is, it would be a waste of resources for me to be vaccinated, it wouldnt do me any good and my body will no longer allow the virus to incubate.
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#615I'm surprised to see such a high percentage of "NO" responses. I'm genuinely curious to understand why
From what I'm able to gather, a COVID infection produces robust immunity in most people, which is expected to last several years. Having recovered completely from such an infection, I should be fine without it, and vaccines generally don't feel great and are not, in fact, without risk. I think vaccines are a wonderful technology, to be clear. I'll get one for COVID only if it's standing between me and, say, getting o…
My parents just recovered from COVID and were told by their doctor that the current thinking is getting COVID gives you immunity for at least 90 days. Could be more, but they are not telling people to rely on it beyond 90.
Where did you get the information that it was several years?
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#616Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why is it your civic duty? What will you having this vaccine do for anybody but yourself?
Lowers the risk you are infected and infect other people and/or take a bed in a crowded hospital
> Lowers the risk you ... infect other people
Not necessarily:
> Pfizer chairman: We're not sure if someone can transmit Covid after vaccination
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25298299
People that don't know that might be confident they don't need to keep distance or wear a mask anymore.
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#617Earlier quoted context omitted.
It wasn't necessary to copy/paste this eight times.
Just replying to each conversation and I'm lazy so couldn't muster a unique response for each person :) I'm sorry if I offended you with my copy/pasting EDIT: One of my responses had a little extra tacked on so I'm deducting one apology from you
If this were common practice on HN, HN would be pretty awful. If you've said something once in a thread, those who read the thread will read it.
Are we at -1 apologies now?
[EDIT:] we're square now, thanks...
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#618Earlier quoted context omitted.
It wasn't necessary to copy/paste this eight times.
Just replying to each conversation and I'm lazy so couldn't muster a unique response for each person :) I'm sorry if I offended you with my copy/pasting EDIT: One of my responses had a little extra tacked on so I'm deducting one apology from you
You needn't have bothered. You shared a highly speculative piece which seemed to not mention the Pfizer vaccine at all, which largely said the opposite of what you are saying (i.e. the Oxford vaccine reduced both symptomatic and asymptomatic infections) and had one quote talking about a "worst case scenario" in which that might not be true.
And you shared it 8 times, which is 8 times too many.
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#619Earlier quoted context omitted.
Wait, I just realized now that universal free vaccination might not be a thing in the US. I live in a developing country with 200 million people, and the dozen or so most common vaccines are free to everyone, and everyone gets it and it is managed by the government. I'm sorry, but it works. Government here has /many/ faults, but managing vaccination for 200+ million's not really one of them.
The coronavirus vaccine is free in the US.
Pretty much, but it's not all covered by Uncle Sam.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is paying for the vaccine doses. It is up to individual's insurance plan to pay for administration of the vaccine. I'm not sure how that works for somebody who lacks insurance.
More details: https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/28/health/cms-medicare-covid-vac...
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#620Earlier quoted context omitted.
I feel reasonably confident my overall health is good enough that if I got COVID it would be OK. The vaccine, while probably fine, seems like more of a wildcard to me. It seems like a low-probability lottery ticket to bad news, whereas COVID seems like a lower-probability lottery ticket to bad news. (Of course, the government may force the issue. I hope not, though. My body, my choice and all that.)
You should be adding up the probability of complications to all your loved ones that you unknowingly spread it to should you get infected, too. (The same reason I usually get a flu shot: it's not that I can't withstand the flu, it's that there are those around me who might not withstand it. I don't want to be responsible for having passed that on to someone.)
I'm not telling anyone I had the vaccine when I didn't. They're free to avoid me if they want.
Many things we selfishly do endanger others. Ever driven a car?
But honestly, in my gut, I don't feel like I'm endangering people. I'm doing the thing that I think will most likely make me healthy, and that will most likely result in best outcomes for others, too.
I may have some bias here because the only 2 times I've gotten the flu as an adult are the two times I got the the flu shot, like you're supposed to do. So maybe that's just coincidence, but my operating theory now is, no more flu shots until I get the flu again. If I do, then I'll reconsider.