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Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine?

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Post by rsfern »

hcurtiss wrote: post #689
dhruvrrp wrote: post #663

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It was hovering around 30-40% 2 months ago, and was around 56% in May. Unfortunately historical data is hard to find since most gov/hospital websites only seem to show covid related data.

But that's because the pandemic actually emptied out most hospitals. ICUs are not built for Easter Sunday. Here's an article with pre-pandemic numbers: "Although average ICU occupancy was only 68% in 2005, some hospitals, especially academic medical centers, regularly face occupancy levels exceeding 90% (Wunsch et al. 2013), often requiring the rationing of scarce critical care beds." http://www.elisalong.com/uploads…

Sounds like ICU capacity is roughly appropriate for normal-times peak demand to me.

The average occupancy you quote is consistent with the “2 months ago” capacity quoted by GP.

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Post by schmichael »

petertodd wrote: post #707
chasing wrote: post #554

It's my civic duty to take it as soon as it's offered to me, even if there's some minuscule chance that there will be an averse side effect. That said, I'll likely be towards the end of the line given my health and occupation.

It's my civic duty not to, because people are trying to make it mandatory and we have to set a precedent that mandating it is unacceptable. I honestly think I would have said otherwise a year ago. But after seeing the mishandling of COVID-19, I no longer have faith in my countries ability to use emergency powers scientifically.

You’re ignoring that you getting vaccinated is not about you, but about protecting others. As long as the R value is above 1, every person vaccinated is protecting others more than themselves. Even at 90% effectiveness herd immunity is critical to stopping the pandemic.

I fully support people’s right to opt out of social goods like the vaccine, but I’m afraid you should be refused access to many social services your presence would threaten: schools, transit, libraries, etc.

We accept that we have to get a license to legally drive a car on public streets, why not accept a vaccine to access public spaces during a pandemic?

Societies already compel a number of behaviors for unrestricted participation, I don’t see vaccines during a pandemic as being particularly onerous.

> no longer have faith in my country

I don’t know what country you live in, but many countries have the same assessment of many vaccines. Even if you distrust one country there are likely many more positive assessments you can turn to.

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Post by hedora »

h3cate wrote: post #291
dustinmoris wrote: post #160

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Also people with allergies. This was found out after two people that got the vaccine had allergic reactions to it (no idea how severe)...

Those two had severe pre-existing allergies (to the point where they carry epi pens), and had non-fatal reactions to the vaccine.

If you’re in the 0.1% of the population with severe allergies, you should skip most vaccines. Herd immunity is a thing, and (most — probably these) vaccines will protect you by making the people around you stop spreading it.

If you’re in this category, you’d have already been told so by your doctor.

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Post by timerol »

chasing wrote: post #554

It's my civic duty to take it as soon as it's offered to me, even if there's some minuscule chance that there will be an averse side effect. That said, I'll likely be towards the end of the line given my health and occupation.

I completely agree. The economy will recover when the pandemic ends, and I am going to contribute to the end of the pandemic in any way I can. Then we can end the massive business closures and massive eviction crisis that we're currently seeing.

Getting the virus under control is how we help the economy. It's not a trade-off between the two, it's both or neither.

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Post by [deleted] »

jolmg wrote: post #648
AaronNewcomer wrote: post #575

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Same as a mask? Keep him from transmitting it to other people.

Kind of, see other comment. There's no guarantee by Pfizer that the vaccine keeps people from transmitting. They've said that. It seems they've only tested that the one getting the vaccine doesn't develop symptoms. Hence h3cate's > What will you having this vaccine do for anybody but yourself? We don't know if the vaccine can substitute the mask for the time being.

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Post by loosescrews »

chasing wrote: post #554

It's my civic duty to take it as soon as it's offered to me, even if there's some minuscule chance that there will be an averse side effect. That said, I'll likely be towards the end of the line given my health and occupation.

I believe it is your civic duty to not go around infecting people. There is more than one way to achieve that.

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Post by chadlavi »

ploika wrote: post #377
redkoala wrote: post #279

Interesting to see the HN crowd poll more likely to take the vaccine (~85% at the time of this comment) compared to Americans polling at 60%. https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2020/11/10/harris-poll-co...

I am not American.

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