Are you willing to get the Covid vaccine when offered? (4 Viewers)

Will you get the covid vaccine when offered?

  • Yes

    Votes: 278 73.2%

  • No

    Votes: 106 27.9%
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SWJJ said:
Vaccines have "virtually" eliminated polio, measles, mumps, and rubella.

There is a TON of conflicting and confusing information out in the stratosphere about vaccines and the COVID vax.

I wholly understand having a distrust of the government.

Misinformation is rampant. I get why people are making the "wrong" choice on the vaccine and still do not understand all the deets.
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You can add smallpox as being totally eradicated. I will say this. II nor my parents had a choice about the
smalllpox vaccine. If you were in the first grade, you were lined up like cattle in the hallway to receive it.

The above said, I received the vaccine in 1968. The last class to receive it started elementary school in 1969.
 
Mr. Sparkle said:
There was a period of time there when the vaccines really did stop transmission and that was part of the vax campaign. And then Omicron came and all that went out the window (along with non-k95 mask effectiveness). It still lessens the effects of COVID and is worth doing for anyone outside of a tiny sliver of the population IMO but its unfortunate that the PR campaign started out that way - they broke the cardinal rule of 'underpromise and overdeliver.' Downplaying natural immunity didn't help either.
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Yes, pretty much exactly how I feel. By over selling it they provided the anti-vaxxers something tangible there to hold onto and say "see, they're full of it." I didn't remember the CDC walk-backs either, but I definitely remembered the oversell and when vaccinated individuals started testing positive I was like, "uh, I don't think this is what they sold to us."
Mr. Sparkle said:
I got I think 1 booster but nothing since then (except for I did have 1 confirmed case of covid after the booster). At this point I am rolling with what I have in terms of vax/booster/natural immunuty.
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I got the set of initial Pfizer shots but no boosters.
 
The best place to get any kind of info on possible side effects should be Pfizer's own vaccine information fact sheet. They are pretty up front about everything because they want to make sure they are covered legally.


Also note that it was updated to include myocarditis and pericarditis due to outside studies and their own studies showing links to them both from the vaccine. This was not previously on the factsheet. So it does show they will update the vaccine information fact sheet over time as other potential side effects become known.
 
remember the good ol' days when people disregarded science b/c they thought they knew better, and instead turned to hydroxychloroquine b/c of something they read on social media
 
Zztop said:
remember the good ol' days when people disregarded science b/c they thought they knew better, and instead turned to hydroxychloroquine b/c of something they read on social media
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Covid was one of the strongest IQ based cullings America has ever experienced.
 
Virtually all Americans should get an updated coronavirus shot, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended Tuesday, with vaccine expected to become available within 48 hours — as the respiratory illness season looms.


Mandy Cohen, director of the CDC, advised that anyone 6 months and older should get at least one dose of an updated shot. Her broad recommendation came after the agency’s expert advisers voted for a universal approach to seasonal coronavirus vaccination.

The shots are intended to bolster defenses as the nation heads into the fall and winter virus season when influenza and RSV are also primed to be on the rise.


Cohen said the reformulated vaccines can restore protection and provide “enhanced protection” against variants currently responsible for most infections and hospitalizations in the United States.

Cohen followed the lead of the agency’s vaccine experts who earlier in the day voted for the universal vaccination policy. The move paves the way for some clinicians, pharmacies and other providers to begin administering the shots by later this week.

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted 13-1 to recommend updated shots from Moderna and from Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech, for anyone 6 months and older.

“We have more tools than ever to prevent the worst outcomes from COVID-19,” Cohen said in a statement. Last season, people who received a coronavirus vaccine achieved greater protection against illness and hospitalization than those who did not receive a 2022-2023 vaccine, the CDC said…….

 
Optimus Prime said:
Virtually all Americans should get an updated coronavirus shot, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended Tuesday, with vaccine expected to become available within 48 hours — as the respiratory illness season looms.


Mandy Cohen, director of the CDC, advised that anyone 6 months and older should get at least one dose of an updated shot. Her broad recommendation came after the agency’s expert advisers voted for a universal approach to seasonal coronavirus vaccination.

The shots are intended to bolster defenses as the nation heads into the fall and winter virus season when influenza and RSV are also primed to be on the rise.


Cohen said the reformulated vaccines can restore protection and provide “enhanced protection” against variants currently responsible for most infections and hospitalizations in the United States.

Cohen followed the lead of the agency’s vaccine experts who earlier in the day voted for the universal vaccination policy. The move paves the way for some clinicians, pharmacies and other providers to begin administering the shots by later this week.

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted 13-1 to recommend updated shots from Moderna and from Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech, for anyone 6 months and older.

“We have more tools than ever to prevent the worst outcomes from COVID-19,” Cohen said in a statement. Last season, people who received a coronavirus vaccine achieved greater protection against illness and hospitalization than those who did not receive a 2022-2023 vaccine, the CDC said…….

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Yeh, I definitely need it. My wifi hotspot is getting kinda spotty.
 
Federal officials promised the new covid shotwould be free and covered by insurance, but some Americans have encountered a different reality this week as they tried to get vaccinated, only to be denied coverage or charged up to $200.

They have faced myriad complications, from pharmacies being out of network, to the vaccine not showing up on lists of approved medical expenses, to needing prior authorization. Some Americans paid out of pocket to avoid waiting. Others say they weren’t even given that option.

The hiccups reflect a new reality for covid vaccines as they go from being treated as a public good to a commercial product. Now that the federal government is no longer buying and distributing all the shots, Americans must endure the usual headaches of dealing with insurance companies and a for-profit health care system.


“Last year there was one player — the federal government,” Mandy Cohen, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said in an interview. “And now there’s a lot more players and … they’re not accountable to us.”

Cohen said most issues should be resolved within days, but that’s little comfort to Americans trying to get vaccinated as soon as possible.

Eric Allix Rogers forked over the $155.99 for the updated vaccine even though his Chicago pharmacy called ahead of his Monday appointment offering to reschedule because an insurance check showed the shot wasn’t covered by his Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois HMO plan.

He had a bad case of covid in 2021 before he could get vaccinated and does not want to risk another infection when he travels to Minneapolis next week for a large work event.

“We are being told we have to transition to treating covid as a routine matter and yet the people responsible for medical care have not figured out how to treat it as a routine matter,” said Rogers, 38. “This shouldn’t have been complicated.”……..

 
Guess this can go here

Didn’t know that dog vaccines were a thing
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Many dog owners in the United States harbor at least some skepticism about canine vaccinations, new research shows.

In a study published in the journal Vaccine, researchers surveyed 2,200 Americans, about 900 of whom identified themselves as dog owners.

A majority of the dog owners — 53 percent — held negative views of canine vaccines, with 37 percent questioning the safety, 22 percent questioning the efficacy and 30 percent questioning the importance of vaccines administered to dogs.

The researchers knew anecdotal evidence suggested many pet parents may be wary of canine vaccines, believing that it may result, at least in part, from negative sentiments toward the safety and efficacy of human vaccines.

“What shocked us, however, is just how prevalent these opinions are,” said Matt Motta, lead author and assistant professor at Boston University’s School of Public Health.

Although some vaccine hesitancy among dog owners isn’t new, veterinarians say people’s reluctance to vaccinate their pets has increased significantly since the pandemic, when many people expressed fear about coronavirusvaccines for humans.

For dog owners, vaccine hesitancy can stem from information people have read online about potential problems with vaccines, as well as personal experiences with negative reactions. The sheer number of shots required, concerns about overvaccination and the cost can also play a role.……


 
not2rich said:
I know we're not supposed to get political, but ALL of this is political.
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Sorry, but I completely disagree. It's absolutely not all political. I care about my health as well as many others here. I couldn't care less about the politics surrounding it.
 

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