Official Covid Vaccine thread

KudzuRunner wrote:

64, healthy. Wife is 61, healthy. Neither of us have gotten COVID-19 to date. We both have jobs/avocations with a fair bit of human contact.

What's our secret?

1) Were very careful in the beginning, before vaccines were available. I established the mission in mid-March 2020, the moment sh-t hit the fan. "We'll probably get sick at some point. Our goal is to push that date back as far as we can, so that a) medical establishment has figured out some workable protocols; b) medical establishment isn't overwhelmed and unable to give good care; c) vaccines are available

2) In that early period, followed CDC recommendations. Masked up in all public settings; washed hands thoroughly after being in public settings. (Remember fomites?) Used disinfectant.

3) As soon as vaccines were available, got vaxxed. We chose J&J, the one-shot protocol. Continued to follow CDC recommendations and stayed masked in all INDOOR public settings, but in some outdoor settings--on the beach, in parks, while running outdoors--began to shed masks. Didn't obsess. Just behaved in a reasonable way.

4) Followed county-level and state-level date closely. Since we both work at Ole Miss, followed institutional date very closely.

5) When CDC and Ole Miss said, "No masks needed if you've been vaxxed, have no underlying co-morbidities, etc.," we happily stopped masking.

6) Got J&J booster the moment it was available. When a second booster was recommended, cross-vaxxed with Pfizer.

7) At no point did we feel any adverse reactions to any vaccine.

8) We've been living life normally for a while now, without masks, and remain COVID-free.

I'm amazed at the way so many people on all sides of the ideological spectrum have created drama, ego-attaching either to "CDC & Fauci are liars, don't believe a word" or, on the other hand, "I will mask 'till I die, including when I'm walking alone in a big park, and am one of the Virtuous Ones."

We took the virus seriously, acted in responsible but non-neurotic ways, followed the data, avoided drama, got vaxxed, wore masks when that was a useful practice, got boosted, and, most of all, didn't get ego-attached in any of the convenient, crowd-approved directions EXCEPT the most basic one: we stayed informed, paid attention to the guidance streams from a range of experts, triangulated what seemed like best practices from those experts, and spent very little time participating in needless drama.

Vaccine Thoughts wrote:

Why wrote:

Both of my parents age 75 and 78 both caught Covid-19 last week. One parent has cancer and is currently in chemotherapy and the other has diabetes. They both are fully vaccinated and boosted. If they weren't they would have died.

How many people have to die for your dumb lying ass to understand. Maybe if you get it and die, you will understand. The irony is that unless you are very old you were vaccinated for a dozen viruses before 6 months old....and they worked.

99% of the people who died from Covid-19 in the last 16 months were not vaccinated. The vaccines stopped the deaths...of did it magically disappear like the former idiot lying president said

This argument always gets me, "they would have been dead without the vaccine". Can you prove it? How are you saying that with such certainty? Where is the data on it reducing symptoms and severity? And to that point, how did they test the reduction of symptoms? Did everyone get sick twice? Once unvaxxed and then vaxxed? Every individual is different and reacts to illness differently, so how could you even test this?

If you stop and think logically for longer than 10 seconds, the "it would have been much worse without the vax" argument falls apart....

carmine9 wrote:

KudzuRunner wrote:

64, healthy. Wife is 61, healthy. Neither of us have gotten COVID-19 to date. We both have jobs/avocations with a fair bit of human contact.

What's our secret?

1) Were very careful in the beginning, before vaccines were available. I established the mission in mid-March 2020, the moment sh-t hit the fan. "We'll probably get sick at some point. Our goal is to push that date back as far as we can, so that a) medical establishment has figured out some workable protocols; b) medical establishment isn't overwhelmed and unable to give good care; c) vaccines are available

2) In that early period, followed CDC recommendations. Masked up in all public settings; washed hands thoroughly after being in public settings. (Remember fomites?) Used disinfectant.

3) As soon as vaccines were available, got vaxxed. We chose J&J, the one-shot protocol. Continued to follow CDC recommendations and stayed masked in all INDOOR public settings, but in some outdoor settings--on the beach, in parks, while running outdoors--began to shed masks. Didn't obsess. Just behaved in a reasonable way.

4) Followed county-level and state-level date closely. Since we both work at Ole Miss, followed institutional date very closely.

5) When CDC and Ole Miss said, "No masks needed if you've been vaxxed, have no underlying co-morbidities, etc.," we happily stopped masking.

6) Got J&J booster the moment it was available. When a second booster was recommended, cross-vaxxed with Pfizer.

7) At no point did we feel any adverse reactions to any vaccine.

8) We've been living life normally for a while now, without masks, and remain COVID-free.

I'm amazed at the way so many people on all sides of the ideological spectrum have created drama, ego-attaching either to "CDC & Fauci are liars, don't believe a word" or, on the other hand, "I will mask 'till I die, including when I'm walking alone in a big park, and am one of the Virtuous Ones."

We took the virus seriously, acted in responsible but non-neurotic ways, followed the data, avoided drama, got vaxxed, wore masks when that was a useful practice, got boosted, and, most of all, didn't get ego-attached in any of the convenient, crowd-approved directions EXCEPT the most basic one: we stayed informed, paid attention to the guidance streams from a range of experts, triangulated what seemed like best practices from those experts, and spent very little time participating in needless drama.

I am 68 and healthy.

Got no jabs. Did not mask or social distance unless required. Ignored all the fear mongering. Did not incessantly wash my hands. Shook hands when anyone wanted to. Was not afraid to go near people. Did not miss a day of work -- all at the office.

Have not been sick a day since October of 2019, with the exception of a pretty rough 2 week cold just about ten months ago (took several Covid tests and wll were negative results).

Very glad I don't have to worry about future problems from the jab