It's as nonsensical question as "Will you stop your car when you see red traffic lights?". If it's not obligatory it's useless or at least at high risk of being so. So I consider such poll too preposterous to even deserve an answer.
Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine?
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#52EDITED to remove most of the post. Does anyone have information on possible side effects?
Do you realize how horrible it is to disseminate conspiracy theories that you heard from a "friend" who heard it from "a doctor"?
You're part of the problem.
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#54EDITED to remove most of the post. Does anyone have information on possible side effects?
"High risk" for a vaccine is still a lower risk than that of catching/suffering/dieing from covid. It is a numbers game, a balance between risks. It isn't a magic pill to stop evil in its tracks.
I completely agree -- but what I'd like to understand is what those risks are from the vaccine. In Canada, the risk from COVID is high, but not as high as that in the US.
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#56TIL u can do surveys on HN
The how is left as an exercise to the reader^W hacker
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#57I'm curious to hear people's rationales for 2) and 3).
I voted to wait. It's because I'm in an age and fitness bracket where I'm unlikely to be in serious danger from becoming infected, and a lifestyle bracket where I'm unlikely to be infected at all. I expect supply will be limited at first, so someone staring down a lot more risk than I am should get it.
> I voted to wait. It's because I'm in an age and fitness bracket where I'm unlikely to be in serious danger from becoming infected, and a lifestyle bracket where I'm unlikely to be infected at all. I expect supply will be limited at first, so someone staring down a lot more risk than I am should get it.
That's my situation too, but I voted yes under the assumption that I won't be allowed to take it until all the higher risks groups have gotten it.
But I'm in America and assumed in January/February that we'd handle this pandemic far better than we actually did. So maybe I'll be unpleasantly surprised again to find the first doses allocated by some corruptly shortsighted system like an auction.
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#58People 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)
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#59I'm surprised to see such a high percentage of "NO" responses. I'm genuinely curious to understand why
Edit: before you downvote, these are reasons I’ve read/heard. They do not represent my own views.
1. This is an mRNA vaccine and is the first of it's kind to be widely offered. This appears to be different than the rest of the vaccines out there for other illnesses.
2. There isn't a perceived benefit for many people: the vast majority of people won't get sick or be impacted in any way.
3. It apparently doesn't stop people from getting or becoming transmissions vectors. So, if you get the vaccine and it makes you less sick, then you may take "riskier" actions than if you were to get it and actually have some symptoms. (IOW, why take it?)
4. Some people can't take it due to allergy concerns?
This is just what I've found in my online research.
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#60Well, I was completely unaware that HN supported polls. This is a pleasant surprise.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25097578 (which led to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25097685 ) Evidence that no one reads the FAQ! https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
Are their guidelines on what should and what shouldn't be made into a poll question?