vax poll

[mbasic]

I'm not keen on getting repeat vaccinations over the long term.

[Wilhelm]

These boosts are made for sheddin'
And that's just what they'll do
One of these days these boosts are gonna shed all over you


https://www.vice.com/en/article/88nnwg/ ... vaccinated

[Brackish]

Sure, why not? They can just add it to the Tdap they give me every time I manage to injure myself doing something dumb. Frequent (yearly) vaccinations aren't something new to me, so it wouldn't bother me to add another.

[Hardartery]

Nope. I get a tetanus shot every 10 years, I got a Yellow Fver shot because I had to when I went through Panama to get to the next stop. That's it. I got a JnJ for travel purposes, I do not get a flu shot and never will. I take the fewest number of shots/drugs that I can get away with. Period. Zero chance of a follow up shot happening for me, I wasn't really 100% on board with the vaccination I did get.

[mbasic]

https://www.vice.com/en/article/88nnwg/ ... vaccinated

I saw that in the other thread.
Its funny, and doesn't make any sense, and is not based on any science whatsoever ....

But I don't see how its relevant here.

[Wilhelm]

Sorry to taint the results of your clickbait very relevant poll of Exodus members.

You also left out quoting the best part of the post.

[mbasic]

Sorry to taint the results of your clickbait very relevant poll of Exodus members.

I don't think you know what 'clickbait' means?
I have nothing to gain from this post/poll .... in the way of views, clicks, or "likes" ...or money.
There is nothing deceptive or overly sensationalizing or whatever.
I didn't switch gears or mislead anyone or anything like that.

I'm interested what the board members are doing/thinking going forward.
The "intellect" is much .... different here .... say than in other realms of social media (Facebook, IG, etc).

[dw]

I will just follow official recommendations...why not?

ETA - Actually I will probably slack, but out of sloth rather than conviction.

[GlasgowJock]

I had my second jab back in March, though I'll likely get 'boosters' yearly if they bring in restrictions such as international travel. As highlighted above, you need inoculations for Yellow Fever, Hep A+B etc if traveling to places exotic so it seems like inconsistent logic refusing Corona jabs if I wish to continue holidaying.

Turkey's going on the 'red zone' this month due to being used as a conduit between India and the UK so not much holidaying happening in the foreseeable anyway.

[aurelius]

Whatever the science recommends.



Plus: I want to do my part to make sure we never go through this close down bullshit again.

[SquatsALot]

I don't really understand the 'I don't want the vaccine position'. Like, people enjoy missing 3 days of work with the flu? And are totally down with missing 1-2 weeks of work if they have a moderate case of covid, just to avoid spending an hour to go get a jab in the arm?

People are way too focused on the death rate, not the 'this is actually a major convenience that this vax is available for me' aspect lol

[mouse]

I don't really understand the 'I don't want the vaccine position'. Like, people enjoy missing 3 days of work with the flu? And are totally down with missing 1-2 weeks of work if they have a moderate case of covid, just to avoid spending an hour to go get a jab in the arm?

People are way too focused on the death rate, not the 'this is actually a major convenience that this vax is available for me' aspect lol

I mean I got the flu shot once like... 8 years ago and have never since then.

I have only been sick enough with a suspected 'flu' to warrant going to the doc once in those 8 years and that was at the beginning of peak rona outbreak. I went figuring it was the flu but to get the rona test 'in case'. Docs didn't even bother checking for C19, gave me a flu test, and determined it was neither.

People who are TRULY against it, yeah I don't get... people that just don't really CARE if they get the shot or not... much more understandable lol.

I'll probably get the ronajection at some point based on my false hopes that it will speed up the world going to back to only mildly dumb... but yeah probably never again...

[JonA]

People who are TRULY against it, yeah I don't get... people that just don't really CARE if they get the shot or not... much more understandable lol.

If I only had a nickel for everything I should do, but don't, simply because of the minor inconvenience of it....

[Hardartery]

I don't really understand the 'I don't want the vaccine position'. Like, people enjoy missing 3 days of work with the flu? And are totally down with missing 1-2 weeks of work if they have a moderate case of covid, just to avoid spending an hour to go get a jab in the arm?

People are way too focused on the death rate, not the 'this is actually a major convenience that this vax is available for me' aspect lol

The flu shot is a crap shoot. They pick two variants that they are guessing are the most likely problem strains for the upcoming flu season and make the vaccine to cover those TWO strains. If they guess correctly, you get some protection. If they guess wrong, you get some protection against something that isn't a threat. I'm not making that up. I don't suffer from the flu strains that make the rounds in the US or Canada, so it's a pointless jab for me (Except for the very real serious side effect risk - it's a low risk but you can get permanent neurological damage). If they mandat a "booster" for travel based on a known specific variant, that's different. I'd rather just let my body learn to cope with it in a natural manner if possible, it's not a serious physical threat to me like say, Mumps as an adult. I don't get taking every jab or pill offered without a little consideration and research. I would never take a statin drug either, I don't give a damn what my doctor thinks about cholesterol it can't be worse for me than a statin drug is. (Disclosure - I do not have cholesterol issues - at least so far in my life)

[SquatsALot]

Yeah, but those risks are like, infitessimal, and the flu sucks. lol I usually get mine, and I seem to have decent luck with it, though I still always catch a few nasty colds per year.

[BenM]

I get the flu shot every year, provided by work, at work so it's zero inconvenience or cost.

I expect the COVID-19 vaccine to be rolled into that, so I said yearly, but I'll likely do whatever is recommended. I say likely because I haven't had a COVID-19 vaccine at all yet, and likely won't even be eligible for months and months yet, and I'm assuming that it doesn't turn me into a lizard person or something. If that happens all bets are off.

[aurelius]

and I'm assuming that it doesn't turn me into a lizard person or something. If that happens all bets are off.

What if being a lizard person increased your total?

[SquatsALot]

My money is covid just becomes a flu variant in common parlance, the vaccine is rolled into the flu vaccine, we have prior exposure to the virus' future variants from this initial wave and round of vaccinations, etc etc

[BenM]

and I'm assuming that it doesn't turn me into a lizard person or something. If that happens all bets are off.

What if being a lizard person increased your total?

Is this a trick question? I think we all know the answer.

Besides, I sunburn easily, scales would fix that too, right?

[Laughter95]