Why I'm not getting vaccinated � yet

#1 | Why I'm not getting vaccinated � yet datum

Fri Apr 30, 2021 3:29 pm

April 30, 2021
Why I'm not getting vaccinated � yet
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/202...nated__yet.html
By Terry Paulding

I think the new mRNA COVID vaccines could be a wonderful breakthrough � maybe a whole new way of treating disease. Researchers are talking about the technology possibly being used for immunizing against malaria and curing viral cancers. After all, some of the best new medical advances have come in times of duress.

I just don't yet know that it is the best thing for me for now. I'm in the right age group. I nevertheless want to wait a year, see what happens in the longer term to those who got vaccinated, and then make an informed decision. I think that's my right, and I will fight anyone who wants to take other rights from me for exercising that one.

What bothers me is that the vaccines are being offered as a gigantic drug trial, a fact people tend to forget or ignore. They've each been approved by the FDA on an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA). Nobody knows if, or what, the long-term effects will be until there's been time to study them. I have no desire to be a guinea pig.

Nevertheless, the at-risk, the elderly, the terrified have compelling reasons to get vaccinated. What a relief, to be protected against this awful virus!

What I object to is the push to vaccinate everyone, regardless of age or risk. This seems reckless.-- excerpt, rest at link above --

"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.

"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."

- J. R. R. Tolkien

Wingnut and Tinker said Thank You!

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#2 | RE: Why I'm not getting vaccinated � yet datum

Fri Apr 30, 2021 3:32 pm

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What bothers me is that the vaccines are being offered as a gigantic drug trial, a fact people tend to forget or ignore. They've each been approved by the FDA on an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA). Nobody knows if, or what, the long-term effects will be until there's been time to study them. I have no desire to be a guinea pig.

My feelings exactly.

Historians of the future will have a hard time figuring out how so many organized groups of strident jackasses succeeded in leading us around by the nose and morally intimidating the majority into silence.
-Thomas Sowell

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#3 | RE: Why I'm not getting vaccinated � yet datum

Sat May 01, 2021 10:26 am (Last edited: Sat May 01, 2021 10:27 am)

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What I object to is the push to vaccinate everyone, regardless of age or risk.

The appointment registrations for ANY vaccine at major drugstore chains includes risk-based screening questions. When one shows up for the appointment, the pharmacist or pharmacy tech also asks screening questions. Both are true of the Covid vaccines. How Terry Paulding doesn't know this basic information I don't understand.

As for "regardless of age", try registering online for an appointment to receive any of the vaccines at a vaccination location after stating that you are age 15 or younger. You'll be told you are ineligible. Further, only the Pfizer vaccine is authorized for ages 16 or 17. How Terry Paulding doesn't know this basic information I don't understand.

None of the above is obscured from public knowledge.

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#4 | RE: Why I'm not getting vaccinated � yet datum

Sat May 01, 2021 10:49 am

I have to admit I don't know @Magwitch.

"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.

"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."

- J. R. R. Tolkien

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