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Default Mar 05, 2021 at 08:40 PM
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I'm 61, and my mom is 86. Neither of us are sure about taking the Covid shot. I can't push it with her if I'm not taking it myself. Are you getting the shot when it becomes available? No judgment either way you go, it's totally a personal decision.

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Oh definitely. I’m 62 and mum is 93. She had shot number one last week and is now worrying about me. I’m not eligible for a while. We get our flu shots every year too.

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I'm 60, & my parents are both 79 (Do the math. Yes. I was a mistake! ). My parents just had their second vaccines on Monday. My mother had quite a reaction to her second vaccine, but my father felt fine...he wouldn't admit to feeling weak even if he did, BTW! I hope to get my vaccine ASAP, but they won't start vaccinating those 55+ until next week. I'm looking forward to it.
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I'm 60, & my parents are both 79 (Do the math. Yes. I was a mistake! ). My parents just had their second vaccines on Monday. My mother had quite a reaction to her second vaccine, but my father felt fine...he wouldn't admit to feeling weak even if he did, BTW! I hope to get my vaccine ASAP, but they won't start vaccinating those 55+ until next week. I'm looking forward to it.
I've heard that the second shot sometimes can make you feel bad. I'm not sure there's a rhyme or reason here in NC about getting the shots. Some people in their 50's are getting the vaccine, while some of the elderly haven't gotten the first shot yet. I think most Govenor's dropped the ball on making a plan for the vaccinations one the vaccine was available. Good news is it's still 99.8 treatable, and that heard immunity is kicking in.

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I've had my first and will get my second on St. Patrick's Day. My doc doesn't want me to go anywhere until I've had my second shot. The side effects can be rough, but better than a bad case of COVID--they've been no deaths from the vaccine!
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I've heard that the second shot sometimes can make you feel bad. I'm not sure there's a rhyme or reason here in NC about getting the shots. Some people in their 50's are getting the vaccine, while some of the elderly haven't gotten the first shot yet. I think most Govenor's dropped the ball on making a plan for the vaccinations one the vaccine was available. Good news is it's still 99.8 treatable, and that heard immunity is kicking in.

I had my second Pfizer shot on the 24th. I had a tiny headache that night and am completely fine.

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I just realized that I can be in a senior lounge. I just turned 55. Wow. How did that happen.

I got both doses, not due to age or health conditions, but due to my job. My dad is 83 and he just got both his as well. Obviously because of age

He had no side effects. But I was very sick and am still not 100% ok. I was sick after both doses but much worse after second. My husband is same age as me and also got it due to his job. He was not feeling well after both doses.

But I am sure, and have evidence from people who had covid, that covid would feel way worse than the side effects of vaccination .
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I just realized that I can be in a senior lounge. I just turned 55. Wow. How did that happen.

I got both doses, not due to age or health conditions, but due to my job. My dad is 83 and he just got both his as well. Obviously because of age

He had no side effects. But I was very sick and am still not 100% ok. I was sick after both doses but much worse after second. My husband is same age as me and also got it due to his job. He was not feeling well after both doses.

But I am sure, and have evidence from people who had covid, that covid would feel way worse than the side effects of vaccination .
I had one friend to be very sick for a few days after the second shot. But she's fine now. Also had several friends that were Covid positive and are fine now after taking the zpac. One friend tested positive after getting the first shot, her main complaint was feeling really tired and she had to be quarantined. So I really think side effects depends on the individual, and maybe the brand of vaccine. Hope you get to feeling better soon

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I've had my first and will get my second on St. Patrick's Day. My doc doesn't want me to go anywhere until I've had my second shot. The side effects can be rough, but better than a bad case of COVID--they've been no deaths from the vaccine!
Not sure that the no deaths from the vaccine is still true, or if they would publish it if were not true. There have been some serious allergic reactions from the vaccine that were probably caught in time. Here's some info from the CDC. With all the irregularities in reporting it's hard to tell what's Covid related deaths, unless the Covid test was done at the time of death. Many have come forward saying their family member died from conditions other than Covid. Notice how the Flu has magically disappeared and many people died of the flu yearly. From my time working in a hospital I've seen many elderly get the flu, that lead to pneumonia, then death. But you don't hear of these cases anymore. It's enough to make me suspicious of some of the findings. Anyway.....I guess we may never know the entire truth of this Virus, at least for a little while longer. IMHO
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Not sure that the no deaths from the vaccine is still true, or if they would publish it if were not true. There have been some serious allergic reactions from the vaccine that were probably caught in time. Here's some info from the CDC. With all the irregularities in reporting it's hard to tell what's Covid related deaths, unless the Covid test was done at the time of death. Many have come forward saying their family member died from conditions other than Covid. Notice how the Flu has magically disappeared and many people died of the flu yearly. From my time working in a hospital I've seen many elderly get the flu, that lead to pneumonia, then death. But you don't hear of these cases anymore. It's enough to make me suspicious of some of the findings. Anyway.....I guess we may never know the entire truth of this Virus, at least for a little while longer. IMHO
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The info you shared talks about deaths after having the vaccine but because they still got sick with Covid. It’s not deaths from the vaccine itself.

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If people had a vaccine and still contracted covid and then died, then they died of covid. They didn’t die because they were vaccinated. That’s not the correct cause and effect correlation. It’s like if I take meds and still got sick, I didn’t get sick because I took meds. Wrong causation
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I've been nagging my GP to let me know the moment I can get vaccinated. I am about crazy from worrying about catching/transmitting covid.

My parents are both dead, but I know they would have been in favor of the vaccine.

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If people had a vaccine and still contracted covid and then died, then they died of covid. They didn’t die because they were vaccinated. That’s not the correct cause and effect correlation. It’s like if I take meds and still got sick, I didn’t get sick because I took meds. Wrong causation
I think the key is if there is a reaction to the vaccine and that proper treatment is not available at that moment to treat it Then the death would be from the vaccine. Plus if you are positive for Covid, then comorbidity factors kick in making risks of death a possibility Testing positive alone is not a death sentence. 99.8% recovery rate, but when you add in the comorbidity factors risks of severe Covid or death increase.
A friend that had the vaccine, then tested positive for Covid, within a week was treated as if she had not been vaccinated and she is fine now. Got her second shot and is moving on.
As mentioned before the decision to get or not get the shot is a personal one. But for someone like me who likes to look at something new from different angles it takes some time to process the information. RNA is very interesting.

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I think the key is if there is a reaction to the vaccine and that proper treatment is not available at that moment to treat it Then the death would be from the vaccine. Plus if you are positive for Covid, then comorbidity factors kick in making risks of death a possibility Testing positive alone is not a death sentence. 99.8% recovery rate, but when you add in the comorbidity factors risks of severe Covid or death increase.
A friend that had the vaccine, then tested positive for Covid, within a week was treated as if she had not been vaccinated and she is fine now. Got her second shot and is moving on.
As mentioned before the decision to get or not get the shot is a personal one. But for someone like me who likes to look at something new from different angles it takes some time to process the information. RNA is very interesting.
Nothing wrong with looking at research. Many of us do the same. I was just pointing out the cause and effect in the article. I didn’t see any statistics on how many people died of vaccine. It was talking about dying of covid.

Yes if one dies from a side effect of a vaccine, then we can say that the person died because of vaccine.

It’s possible to contract covid after vaccination. No vaccine is 100%. It’s even more possible after just one dose. I have a coworker who got covid after first dose. Thankfully she recovered. Yes people would be treated like everyone else who had covid. They wouldn’t be treated differently because they already had the first dose.

Yes it’s a personal decision to not get vaccinated. We always had people who don’t vaccinate. Even with required vaccination, people get wavers and such. It will be no different with covid vaccine.
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I think the key is if there is a reaction to the vaccine and that proper treatment is not available at that moment to treat it Then the death would be from the vaccine. Plus if you are positive for Covid, then comorbidity factors kick in making risks of death a possibility Testing positive alone is not a death sentence. 99.8% recovery rate, but when you add in the comorbidity factors risks of severe Covid or death increase.
A friend that had the vaccine, then tested positive for Covid, within a week was treated as if she had not been vaccinated and she is fine now. Got her second shot and is moving on.
As mentioned before the decision to get or not get the shot is a personal one. But for someone like me who likes to look at something new from different angles it takes some time to process the information. RNA is very interesting.

The Covid-19 recovery rate is not 99.9% - Full Fact

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I think the key is if there is a reaction to the vaccine and that proper treatment is not available at that moment to treat it Then the death would be from the vaccine. Plus if you are positive for Covid, then comorbidity factors kick in making risks of death a possibility Testing positive alone is not a death sentence. 99.8% recovery rate, but when you add in the comorbidity factors risks of severe Covid or death increase.
A friend that had the vaccine, then tested positive for Covid, within a week was treated as if she had not been vaccinated and she is fine now. Got her second shot and is moving on.
As mentioned before the decision to get or not get the shot is a personal one. But for someone like me who likes to look at something new from different angles it takes some time to process the information. RNA is very interesting.
What did you mean that 99.8% is a recovery rate. Recovery of covid? No of course just having covid isn’t a death sentence as most people don’t die, but not everyone who died died just of comorbid factors. Are you saying that no one actually died of covid, or only 0.02%? Where did you see this statistics?
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Thank you for these articles Sara. Misinformation is dangerous
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My parents have been dead for many years. So I don't have to worry about them. I'll probably get the shot when it's convenient. (It won't change anything in terms of my lifestyle. So I'm in no particular hurry.) So far the only places the vaccine's been available have been in locations around the metropolitan area I'm completely unfamiliar with. Interestingly, one of the first places the vaccine was available, from my healthcare provider, was in one of the wealthiest suburbs in the metro. I understand, though, they've closed that site down now. Guess all the rich folks got theirs...
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