I think it's funny you should bring left/right into the whole thing in the first place, if you're opposed to it being that way, why bring it up.As you are my friend, I want to say this as kindly as possible and mean no disrespect in any way. I am not looking to change your mind and you will not change mine.
We can run in circles forever debating the effectiveness, the presence or absence of side effects, the fact that it has not been out very long, etc. You have made your opinion on this issue very clear and no matter what facts are presented now, next year, or 20 years from now, you aren't getting vaccinated. Absolutely not no way no how are you ever getting the vaccine. We get it.
That is your choice.
My choice is to get the vaccine. I have given you the reasons why, which you have attempted to rebuff. And no matter what I said you would dismiss them because you will not get the vaccine. So I question why you asked in the first place, knowing no answer that I provided would be satisfactory?
Now, to get back to the left versus right. You KNOW I am right of center politically yet I willingly chose to get the vaccine at the very first chance it was offered to me. Yet I am being attacked with the same old far right rhetoric and because of that am being grouped as a sheep of far left. In the words of MJ....
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Are you putting it out there as a defense prior to the charge?
Are you saying I'm an old fart, or that I'm just using old fart rhetoric lol. I never lumped anyone, I'm just curious of what facts people in general are using to make a decision to get involved in a vaccine trial when they are healthy and are not struggling for money. As far as the meme, you seem awfully sensitive about a decision you've made, so much so you get offended when people offer alternative thoughts?
No, you won't change my mind in the short term, and I doubt the future will change my mind since it will be gone in less than a yr and not because of the "vacs"(average lifespan of a virus is around 2yrs), but at the same time I won't let the facts be undeclared. That being said I'm an individual who likes science and I'm also willing to be wrong, I'm not afraid to say how I feel/what I believe, even though now and then I'm wrong. I find it rather odd that critical thinking has gone out the window for the most part and so many decisions are being made on a whim and as though
We can't run in circles debating the efficacy, all you have to tell me is the #'s that the manufacture has given you. Do you know how they came upon those numbers, do you know how those numbers effect a person of your age/health/color. Let's be real, you took it and now you will feel the need to reject anything negative. You've also already expressed that much of the decision was based on feelings of concern for those you work around, which I understand fully. But the asymptomatic spreader is a rare occurrence in any virus, although it does happen. That being said 40% or so of all who have died from c19 have been in retirement facilities, 94% died with on average 2.6 co-morbidities, so if someone is that ill why would they be coming into an office to visit you, and if they choose to isn't that their choice. I know I wouldn't ask you to get a vaccine to extend my life, especially if I was nearing the end of mine. Quarantine the sick, not the healthy.
Friend or not, I call it how I see it( I thought that's what friends did), left or right(not that I'm either) as that's one of the biggest problems in government is the divid between the two, there are people who are correct on both sides. It seems to me that we usually need to find that middle ground, problem with the vacs is there is no middle ground if you take it.
Remember when I said Reagan screwed up in 1986, when he signed the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act(only major issue I had with him), I've stood staunchly against trumps warp speed(biggest issue I have with him other than his pride, but not the only one). One thing that's been consistent from Reagan till today is Fauci . Do you know that there are more lobbyist in DC for the pharmaceutical industry than all the other lobbyist together, do you know how deep those ties go when it comes to Fauci.
So you know that the two guys who have done the most in what many have called the anti-vax community both are dems .
Not sure where the attack took place.Yes and there’s no need to attack those who feel differently.
I was attacked once, I still have scars from it, but I don't trust the guy.
I read somewhere:
"Wounds from a friend can be trusted,
but an enemy multiplies kisses.".
Obviously I can't change your mind, but knowing what I know I refuse to sit idly by without speaking.
I asked because I want to know how to help others.
This is how I feel:
1The word of the Lord came to me: 2“Son of man, speak to your people and say to them: ‘When I bring the sword against a land, and the people of the land choose one of their men and make him their watchman, 3and he sees the sword coming against the land and blows the trumpet to warn the people, 4then if anyone hears the trumpet but does not heed the warning and the sword comes and takes their life, their blood will be on their own head. 5Since they heard the sound of the trumpet but did not heed the warning, their blood will be on their own head. If they had heeded the warning, they would have saved themselves. 6But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people and the sword comes and takes someone’s life, that person’s life will be taken because of their sin, but I will hold the watchman accountable for their blood.’
Don't you think it would be much easier if I just went along with it all...