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Grand Magnate
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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'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 had my second Pfizer shot on the 24th. I had a tiny headache that night and am completely fine. __________________ "I carried a watermelon?" President of the no F's given society. |
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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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Selected Adverse Events Reported after COVID-19 Vaccination | CDC __________________ "Caught in the Quiet" |
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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. __________________ "I carried a watermelon?" President of the no F's given society. |
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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.
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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. __________________ "Caught in the Quiet" |
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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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The Covid-19 recovery rate is not 99.9% - Full Fact __________________ "I carried a watermelon?" President of the no F's given society. |
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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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