Will You Get The Covid 19 Vaccine?

Will you get the vaccine?

  • Yes, just as soon as it's available

    Votes: 4 4.8%
  • Yes, but after a few weeks

    Votes: 3 3.6%
  • Maybe, after I see how it goes for others

    Votes: 29 34.5%
  • No, nope, never

    Votes: 48 57.1%

  • Total voters
    84

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Supposedly, the vaccine for the Covid 19 will be available by the end of the year. It has been said that it will be available to everyone and at no charge. It will be available to people in the medical field, first responders and, essential workers first and then to the general population. Have you made up your mind if you will get the vaccine when it is available to you?
 
I have no problem with a vaccine in theory, but after the 9/11 debacle with mass immunizations for all sorts of stuff in the military, I will not be first in line. I want to see it in action first.
And this is from someone in the medical community! If you’re lost in the woods who would you follow ... an attorney or a farmer? Lead the way Chuckman!
 
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I'm in the wait and see camp. I'll let others be first in line. After I see how things go for them, I'll consider it.
 
My business' medical consultant, who I feel is at least a little left leaning, says he will not be first in line. He and his family are going to wait a bit to see how it shakes out.

He is an MD and definitely pretty smart. I respect his opinion on things he's more knowledgeable than me on.


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I have no problem with a vaccine in theory, but after the 9/11 debacle with mass immunizations for all sorts of stuff in the military, I will not be first in line. I want to see it in action first.
That's pretty much my view too, I am not opposed to vaccines in theory, but I am happy to let all those "essential workers" be the test guinea pigs. I know that when it comes to SARS-C0V2, I do NOT want the virus and think that a vaccine with a good demonstrated history of safety and efficacy would be preferable.
 
Hhhhm, my math may be off but doesn’t the normal flu vaccine have somewhere between 20-50% effectiveness in a given year? So let’s say the Covid vaccine is 50% effective on a virus that might kill .1% of the population. Throw some nice side effects or long term down sides into the calculator. Final answer is WTF are we thinking?
 
That's pretty much my view too, I am not opposed to vaccines in theory, but I am happy to let all those "essential workers" be the test guinea pigs. I know that when it comes to SARS-C0V2, I do NOT want the virus and think that a vaccine with a good demonstrated history of safety and efficacy would be preferable.

I think all the elected Democrat politicians nationwide wide should offer up their children and grandchildren for the first inoculations.
 
I think all the elected Democrat politicians nationwide wide should offer up their children and grandchildren for the first inoculations.
Sounds like a solid plan. Reminds me of how Putin said that his daughter was going to be one of the first getting the vaccine they claim to have developed.
 
Hhhhm, my math may be off but doesn’t the normal flu vaccine have somewhere between 20-50% effectiveness in a given year? So let’s say the Covid vaccine is 50% effective on a virus that might kill .1% of the population. Throw some nice side effects or long term down sides into the calculator. Final answer is WTF are we thinking?

This year the flu vaccine is a quadrivalent, so it is targeting the four most probable strains. But you can't make one equivalent in efficacy to the other; each stands on its' own.

I have a legit concern this year: flu + COVID is gonna straight up kill people (the same at-risk people they kill now, but also others who may be immunocompromised against one OK but succumb to both).
 
There has never been an mRNA vaccine approved for use in humans. The last time they tried subjects developed lung damage and even hepatitis. There is just no telling what this will do to the immune system long term.

If I take any vaccine it will be traditional developed with the dead sars-cov-2 virus or related dead corona virus.

Thing is, the virus will mutate like the flu. Ya just gotta deal with it and reach herd immunity like sweden.
 
I betcha a dollar that the "vaccine" existed long before this man made contagion was released.
 
This year the flu vaccine is a quadrivalent, so it is targeting the four most probable strains. But you can't make one equivalent in efficacy to the other; each stands on its' own.

I have a legit concern this year: flu + COVID is gonna straight up kill people (the same at-risk people they kill now, but also others who may be immunocompromised against one OK but succumb to both).

My theory is that our country is so bathed in hand sanitizer now there is no way any virus can harm us. Poor little virus sneaks out and BAM, he’s drowned in alcohol. I almost feel bad for them. :D
 
I work for the DoD. They're probably going to force me to take it the first week. And then get bogged down in implementing it for a couple months.
 
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Hhhhm, my math may be off but doesn’t the normal flu vaccine have somewhere between 20-50% effectiveness in a given year? So let’s say the Covid vaccine is 50% effective on a virus that might kill .1% of the population. Throw some nice side effects or long term down sides into the calculator. Final answer is WTF are we thinking?
Considering that severe side effects of flu vaccines are generally manageable and only occur in 1-2 per million people, it's probably not a risk worth considering for people unless they are known or suspected to have bad reactions to the ingredients (e.g. albumin). Vaccines are pretty darn safe, and aside from making one out of five people feel like functional crud for a day or two, the tradeoffs are usually worth it.
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But there's no way i'm going to be first in line to get a vaccine until I get some better numbers on rates of adverse reactions in the general population, what kind of reactions those are, etc. I'm not so much worried about "it doesn't work" because I am my own prevention. I'm more worried about what does it do.

This year the flu vaccine is a quadrivalent, so it is targeting the four most probable strains. But you can't make one equivalent in efficacy to the other; each stands on its' own.

I have a legit concern this year: flu + COVID is gonna straight up kill people (the same at-risk people they kill now, but also others who may be immunocompromised against one OK but succumb to both).
And each the efficacy of the vaccine for each strain in it depends on your immune system.
There is a fair bit of concern over the flu this year compounding with covid. I know walgreens is partnering some groups to offer free flu vaccines for people without insurance. this is good.
 
In other news, that astrazeneca vaccine trial that was halted because of a severe problem in one of the subjects - turns out the person had a running injury that caused some inflammation and it was not due to the vaccine. whether or not the vaccine compounded it will be interesting to see, and we'll only get when idea if trials continue.
 
It will depend what level of waiver they are expecting me to sign. Based on my assumptions, I likely won’t. My job client might insist on it though.
 
I'll probably have to if I want to keep my job.
so it goes.
but you may not have to be first in line... delay long enough and the people who rush to it will be the guinea pigs. if it's bad enough, they'll recall it before you're forced to get it.
 
so it goes.
but you may not have to be first in line... delay long enough and the people who rush to it will be the guinea pigs. if it's bad enough, they'll recall it before you're forced to get it.

I work at a hospital. As soon as they get these they'll send us off to occupational health to get stuck.
 
I guess I need to add myself to the "my employer will likely require it" group. Still gonna hold off and see what happens to the people who get it, then figure about it.
 
I'm pro vaccine. My wife and kids and I are fully vaccinated. When I was on active duty, they shot me full of everything, including a series of anthrax vaccines.

However, I refuse to take flu vaccines. On active duty, the forced me to take the flu vaccine every year, and every year I got the flu within 2 days of taking the shot. They argued me up and down, saying that's impossible. Well, I know my body.

I got my last flu shot in 2009 and I have not had the flu since 2009.

I am not going to take the covid vaccine because I'm afraid it'll just give me covid.
 
If your employer FORCES you to take it, what does that say about that company and its leadership?? Leftist and liberal. There are other jobs to be had and I'd be looking for one!!!
 
I just got my first flu vaccine ever the other day. It will be quite a while before I come around to the WuFlu vaccine.
 
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