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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 mypalmike »

_5yoy wrote: post #96
nostromo wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Not sure why you would think a vaccine being managed by the government will be rolled out in a sane and consistent manner? edit As was correctly pointed out, I should mention I'm speaking purely about the US and not any other country.

So your argument is "government bad". I counter with "government good". See how productive this discussion is?

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Post by yamrzou »

dustinmoris wrote: post #160
bognition wrote: post #12

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

Pregnant women or women who are planning on becoming pregnant should not have it according to UK government guidelines. That’s a pretty good reason to click NO.

Not on HN, though.

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Post by 495636483 »

dustinmoris wrote: post #92
setpatchaddress wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

You’re assuming that everyone talks about the USA, but they probably don’t.

Oh boy, do I hope we don't talk about the US in 2021, anymore. It's been like a slightly different, ever the same car crash you drive by, every day. For four fucking years. I am sure my dopamine receptors look like old, all dries up raisins by now. I wish we as a species could agree stop all news for year or ten. Detox and heal, form new habits like life has value and shit.

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Post by cmurf »

tux1968 wrote: post #386
blueline wrote: post #320

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Well luckily we _do_ know what happens with a great deal of certainty when you get actually infected with covid, and it turns out it sucks pretty hard. i find this "better the devil you know" mindset really weird when the "devil you know" is an extremely infectious virus that has killed _three hundred thousand_ americans (not to mention more worldwide), and thousands more by the day. these hypothetical vaccine side e…

Those are certainly arguments you can make. But you have to acknowledge that there are huge incentives for the drug manufacturers to have a successful test and a healthy scepticism until they have been truly independently verified isn't unwarranted. Also a pure, as tested, vaccine doesn't magically appear for your inoculation, there is manufacturing, and delivery, and other potential contamination points along the wa…

Trump received the Regeneron antibody treatment. He did not shrug it off. There aren't enough such treatments for everyone who would benefit from it.

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Post by flatline »

delecti wrote: post #162
rob74 wrote: post #123

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Or (c) I will tell everyone that I'm waiting so that more at-risk people can have access it to first, but secretly I'll be happy others are field-testing it for me...

That's similar to mine. I will get it as soon as I can, but I'm also glad that "when I can" is not "first".

The incentives seem to align: if I were a front-line at-risk worker I'd be much more accepting of possible risk than in my present situation of staying at home all day.

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Post by Kiro »

Apart from handling the pandemic in the worst way possible, my country (Sweden) also had the misfortune of being one of the few countries mass-vaccinating against swine flu. This was completely unnecessary and resulted in hundreds of people getting narcolepsy. Even though this was an isolated case of a bad vaccine (Pandemrix) it affected the public opinion a lot, so I'm worried that people will be afraid to take the vaccine now.

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Post by timwaagh »

I dont think there is room for ambiguity here. When the government calls you for your shot are you going to say: ill do what you ask of me? Or are you going to say: nah thanks/ Just let me wait a bit and then maybe? The choice in this case is pretty binary. You dont get to have your cake and eat it too.
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