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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 AmericanChopper »

parliament32 wrote: post #115
tF73d78kq8t3R6n wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 ri…

This sums it up pretty well. I'm not opposed to vaccines, and probably have had a lot more than the average HNer, but I feel like I'm being "sold" this a bit too hard... question everything, as they say.

There’s been far too much ‘noble lying’ going on during the pandemic for me to have trust in any of these institutions anymore. Aside from the fact that I’d be skeptical of any drug that was rushed to market (especially if it was the first of its type to ever be brought to market), I simply don’t trust anybody involved to be honest about its safety. Even the reporting on how the roll out is going is highly questionable. All reports of potential side effects are disclaimed with weasely statements “no evidence it’s linked to the vaccine”.

If I were in an at risk group I might have a different perspective, but as it stands I’m happy to wait and see how it goes. If I end up never having to take it, even better.

Re: Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine?

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Post by ghayes »

Akronymus wrote: post #463

I WILL refuse it if they try and make it mandatory, no matter the consequences. Because of it being untested and me thinking this will be used as a test run to see what the government can force on us. If they make it voluntary, I will wait, because of me being suspicious of long term consequences.

In either case, your answer is NO to the poll.

Re: Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine?

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Post by Reason077 »

daave wrote: post #427
Reason077 wrote: post #402

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> ”then people who are super social (or stupid + spreading the plague)” Many such people will have antibodies already. As do I. I’ll get the vaccine if it becomes a requirement to travel or whatever, but I see no need for it in the short term if you’re low risk and already had Covid.

Having antibodies does not guarantee immunity. We don’t have enough information yet to say how protected someone might be from being infected again if they have antibodies to the virus. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/lab/resources/anti... How long IgM and IgG antibodies remain detectable following infection is not known. ... it remains uncertain to what degree and for how long individuals with antibodies (…

> "Having antibodies does not guarantee immunity."

Sure, but it seems to have worked so far. And if having natural antibodies doesn't give long-term immunity, then will vaccine-induced antibodies? We don't know.

> "How long IgM and IgG antibodies remain detectable following infection is not known."

Having detectable antibodies is not the same thing as immunity.

Re: Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine?

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Post by yread »

smabie wrote: post #406
chrononaut wrote: post #388

(reads news) "The F.D.A. accelerates its timeline to authorize the Pfizer vaccine to Friday evening after a threat from Trump's chief of staff: The White House told the F.D.A chief he should start working on his next job if he didn't get the vaccine authorization done Friday, an official said." -- NYTimes ... I think I will select, "I WILL WAIT"

The FDA doesn't actually approve drugs, it has an independent group of scientists/professors that approve them.

It's actually just an advisory committee and the FDA can act on the advice however they like.

https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavi...

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Post by thelean12 »

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #283
natechols wrote: post #263

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or alternately, what the GP is really telling us is that the rich and powerful are easily duped into spending their money on placebos.

> the rich and powerful are easily duped into spending their money on placebos That was frankly my line of questioning. But at least in the German case, the vials and packaging looked legitimate. And it was a reputable doctor administering it at their home who claimed to have directly procured it, though I’m sure that meant warehouse workers or something in the middle, so who knows.

Then you should contact the medical board or whatever the German equivalent is and tell them about this "reputable" doctor. They'd at least lose their license, and for good reason.
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