Hello; Was away from the site for a while. Some interesting comments. Interesting that there seems to be mounting evidence that the vaccine I took is less of a protection against becoming infected and is perhaps working more to reduce the seriousness of an infection. As the article mentioned for various reasons the data is not to be had so it is hard to know the extent of any particular aspect. What does seem clear enough is being vaccinated does not mean I will not get a dose of the virus. I may be better off with that dose of virus in terms of the intensity of the illness for having had the shots. So still some level of positive outcome from the shots is a way to look at it. If I do not wind up with additional side effects from the shots other than what already happened to me, then I may be better off from having the shots. I was 73 when I took the shots. At that age the gamble seemed worth it and may pay off. At my age the virus was a bigger known risk and the shots had not yet begun to show the side effects now known.
Here is where some will start to comment as to how the shots are safe and all. I was down bad sick for a day and did not feel up to much for a second day. I and a few people I know have had some odd problems after the shots but it is hard to say they were due to the shots. Not proof, I get it. Then there is the heart issues among some which did not happen to me as far as I know Again it is not clear anyone is keeping good track so the data may be laying about somewhere.
Perhaps the strangest thing, to me, is how it has morphed into anyone who decides to not take a shot is some sort of lowlife and/or enemy. I took the shots and it seems because I raise questions about the injections, that is enough. Somehow we are not to question at all seems to be the case. That I do figure there is a possibility for side effects to show up from the shots is not to be tolerated. I do not want for side effects to happen, but with any new medicine we get such things after a time. Maybe we will be lucky with these shots, but I do not see how anyone can know yet.
Here is a way I imagine it might play out based on the language which followed after learning of real or potential issues with the shots. Some fine day it will be announced that one or more of the shots has caused such and such effect. Then the language will perhaps be something like this. It is not unknown for a medicine to have side effects. No one said the shots are 100% safe. It is only a very small percentage who have that effect. You all have seen this sort of language so far about the "holes" in the way it is working.
