why aren't you personally vaccinated?

Don't fear Covid.

Do fear the jab.

I’ll save the antivaxxers some time.

Letsrun antivaxxer: freedumbz! Big pharma! Clot shot! Bill Gates! VAERS! Natural munity’!

Blah blah blah

You’re welcome

If people's pandemic observations were different than what they are, all people would be flocking to vaccines,

They would not have to be forced at all. There would even be riots in the streets of poorer countries demanding them.

I was vaccinated, and then the definition of "vaccinated" changed.

I don't believe I need a booster shot for my age and for a less virulent strain of covid, so I will remain "unvaccinated" for the time being.

carmine9 wrote:

Don't fear Covid.

Do fear the jab.

I was never scared of covid. But I do know people my age (around 40) who got reasonably ill from it. So I'd rather not be laid up for a couple weeks or deal with a couple months of exercise intolerance. I got covid last week and it was literally nothing - I suspect partially because it was omicron and partially due to vaccine.

Why fear the jab? Nearly everyone I know is vaccinate(many boosted) and doing just fine nearly a year out.

OP, how do you feel now Donald is vaccinated??

Caleb's Hat wrote:

I was vaccinated, and then the definition of "vaccinated" changed.

I don't believe I need a booster shot for my age and for a less virulent strain of covid, so I will remain "unvaccinated" for the time being.

Where has the definition of vaccinated changed? I agree that it is likely to change in the future sometime, but that’s not a guarantee either. For the time being, 2 does or 1 J&J is considered fully vaccinated

Caleb's Hat wrote:

I was vaccinated, and then the definition of "vaccinated" changed.

I don't believe I need a booster shot for my age and for a less virulent strain of covid, so I will remain "unvaccinated" for the time being.

Yeah, I was vaccinated and then told that the one I got to save the planet is garbage.

If the medical/military/industrial complex is so incompetent as to release a worldwide damaging affliction why the heck should I expect them to come up with something that fixes it? I'll trust my own judgement, thank you. And I happen to enjoy the benefits of responsible science BTW.

I work in clinical research and have worked on vaccine trials in the past. I know how long it takes for a drug, vaccine, or device to go through the clinical trial process to FDA Approval , and it takes much longer than 1 year.

I don't think many people understand the difference between Approval and Emergency Use Authorization. The only "vaccine" that has Approval is the Pfizer shot, the others (as well as the tests) only have Emergency Use Authorization. Hopefully these shots are safe, but there is not enough data to show if there are any long term effects. Also, they changed the definition of a vaccine so now many people believe that a vaccine is primary to reduce severity, hospitalizations, and deaths. That is NOT what a true vaccine should do. The vaccine is not proving to show efficacy based on the number of "fully vaccinated" people who are testing positive for COVID.

I also had COVID last year. I had 3-4 days of mild congestion and cough. More mild than typical cold symptoms. I only know I had COVID because I had an antibody test a coupe months later when I was getting other labs done through my PCP. Not only do I have natural immunity but I am low risk being lean, fit, and have no comorbidities.

Finally, no one should be able to force someone to take a drug, vaccine, or any other medical treatment. The President does not have the authority to try to force a mandate. Getting the "vaccine" should be a choice and should not be mandated by the government or a private employer. I don't think people realize the power they are giving the government by complying. If they can force you to inject a "vaccine" in your body what next are they going to be able to do?

I am not vaccinated because:

1) Vaccines take many years to develop. Not available in months

2). Vaccines that work ….work. These vaccines don’t prevent COVID nor reduce the transmission

3) Vaccines have side effects. These vaccines have terrible side effects

4) Vaccines may have long term effects. In a multi-year testing process, you can get an idea of what those effects are. IN this case, we do not have any idea.

5) COVID seems to be a mild cold in many/most cases, and a bad flu for some.

6) It seems that those who are vaccinated are getting more ill with the variants than are the unvaccinated.

Thus, to summarize, there are risks vs. rewards. The risk of the vaccine is very high and the reward is minimal, if any. I would not do it for free, nor would I do so if offered $50,000 cash. It is that concerning.

NachoLibre wrote:

If people's pandemic observations were different than what they are, all people would be flocking to vaccines,

They would not have to be forced at all. There would even be riots in the streets of poorer countries demanding them.

There is a reason massive pressure is being put on us to get vaxxes and there has been an unprecedented campaign of fear.

I would say people who think this is being done for the public good have no grasp of history

Because people are idiots.

They don't want to be told to get vaccinated and yet they stop at a red light.

Vaccinations are a public health measure just like traffic lights. Just think about it for a minute.

All of our lives are full of rules or unwritten rules because you need them to function as a society.

You don't believe me?

Just imagine people could go to Walmart naked because of "Freedom".

I'm waiting for the various mutations to run through the populace for a few years. I had it in April, probably the Delta. Down for 10 days, but completely recovered w/o long-term problems in my mid-50s. I'm waiting for the drug companies to get to the point where vaccines are no longer experimental and have a long-term set of data confirming their efficacy over many varients. Then I'll get vaccinated.

Enjoy your servitude, slave.

Javman wrote:

Enjoy your servitude, slave.

But if you stop for a red light you ought to put this drug into your system!

Some argument!

Javman wrote:

Enjoy your servitude, slave.

Please don't stop at red lights anymore, if you do, you are not supporting "Freedom".

I'm not vaccinated because I'm 16 years old and the virus poses no threat to me. Furthermore, statistically there's a greater chance of being hospitalized from getting myocarditis from the vaccine then being hospitalized with covid.

Also, being a Christian I'm opposed to it being made with aborted fetal cells.

Those are my reasons.

The answer to the question differs between white people and black people.

For most whites who are anti-vaccine, it's a vague opposition to liberal ideology that has demanded vaccines be required for all.

For most blacks who are not vaccinated, it's well-founded fear of the historically racist medical profession.

Most people who consider vaccines a political and/or scientific issue fail to acknowledge that racial distinction.