2019-nCoV (Coronavirus)
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So i have an opportunity to get the vaccine. It appears it may be the moderna one and not the pfizer one.
I have very mixed feelings. I am not antivaccine, and my biggest issue with this one is the lack of long term data. I understand what it does and how and cannot wait till the common man realizes it acts more like a flu shot and not say the polio or smallpox vaccine. My profession is a higher risk for the virus and I've either stayed safe or been asymptomatic.
I've also gotten god knows what other vaccines and shots during my military time so there's that.
I also think it would ease my parents and in laws worries about it if i get the vaccine and all 4 of them are much higher risk for disease complications.
I initially was planning on getting it, just waiting for a few weeks/ months to be further down the line but I may be switching jobs and the new place I'd be working i doubt will be offering it anytime soon.
Thoughts? I kinda just typed out my take, I'm leaning towards it but still unsure.
I have very mixed feelings. I am not antivaccine, and my biggest issue with this one is the lack of long term data. I understand what it does and how and cannot wait till the common man realizes it acts more like a flu shot and not say the polio or smallpox vaccine. My profession is a higher risk for the virus and I've either stayed safe or been asymptomatic.
I've also gotten god knows what other vaccines and shots during my military time so there's that.
I also think it would ease my parents and in laws worries about it if i get the vaccine and all 4 of them are much higher risk for disease complications.
I initially was planning on getting it, just waiting for a few weeks/ months to be further down the line but I may be switching jobs and the new place I'd be working i doubt will be offering it anytime soon.
Thoughts? I kinda just typed out my take, I'm leaning towards it but still unsure.
Sgt Fury
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George sorry to hear about your Mom.... Praying for a speedy recovery...
I don't get flu shots, I'm not getting this vaccine. and for the record, no offense TOOville, I seriously doubt I could glean any bit of information or opinion on the internet the would sway me one way or the other for an important personal health decision. this is between me, my wife and my doctor.
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Hard to say bud. From all of my reading it won't really prevent you from getting it or being contagious, but should lessen your symptoms if you do. The trouble is you have something around a 45% chance of not having any symptoms anyway. And a greater that 98% chance of simple flu like symptoms. You're a healthy fella and not older so so really it comes down to one thing. Is the unknown risks of the vaccine worth the known odds of having mild symptoms anyway.
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I don't know what the fuss is with vaccines....maybe I'm just clueless, but I don't see horrific and wide spread long term effects on the news about any vaccines. There was some stuff about autism but that was debunked. I'm not having any kids and I'm 56 years old.....I'd take if in a heartbeat.
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Those are tried and true, long-standing, studied and well understood vaccines. Before Covid there wasn't a single Mrna vaccine approved for human use, a vaccine usually takes 10 years in studies and trials before it's approved, the longterm data just isn't there.
In 1955 the polio vaccine was rushed to production and a lot accidentally had the live virus which gave about 200,000 people polio, with many dying or becoming permanently disabled.
In the 1970s the government was worried about a pandemic swine flu so the flu vaccine was rushed and they hastily vaccinated 40 million people. The program was later linked to the cause of a neurological disorder called Guillain-Barre syndrome, which can develop after an infection or from a vaccine.
There is a history of rushing vaccines and problems.
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There was also a history of trusting the government. I do not.
I've been reading up on mRNA technology and while pretty darn cool from a science standpoint, ill take my chances of being asymptomatic or having mild symptoms if contracted.
Need a few more years/results in human before my cells are told what to make via a message. That is some interesting shit right there.
Need a few more years/results in human before my cells are told what to make via a message. That is some interesting shit right there.
Apples and oranges - the polio vaccine is a weakened or diactivated strain of polio. The covid 19 vaccine does not contain the virus in any form but is new technology - the vaccine is mNra the triggers you body to develop antibodies against the virus. - just say n
The Covid vaccine is completely different from the others. We also don't have any long term studies on this vaccine like we do on many others. This vaccine contains different things (mRNA) vs parts of the virus. Apples to oranges.
There have been GRAVE issues in the early days of other vaccines.
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/concerns-history.html
So the concern in being early in line is potentially valid depending on your mindset.