A letter today (04FEB) in the NY Times. One small glimmer of hope that the editorial position of mainstream news media sources may finally be coming around on this issue.
To the Editor:
I’m shocked that this doctor’s patients could not articulate why they did not want to get the Covid vaccine. I’m writing to tell you why, at least from my humble experience.
I’ve had the Covid vaccine twice now, and I had Covid once. The effects of the vaccine were far worse than actually getting Covid. The first time, I had intense chills and fever and was immobile for 24 hours. The second time, which was just a few weeks ago, I became incredibly nauseous, vomited, and felt sick and immobile for days after.
Covid itself? Very mild fever, cough, but completely mobile and fine.
I got the Covid vaccine this year only because I am pregnant and supposedly that makes me high risk. But I will never, ever get it again. Who would voluntarily want to make themselves that ill when they might not ever get Covid at all, and if they did, it would be far less painful and life-disrupting than the vaccine?
L. Wallach
Long Beach, N.Y.