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[mean mr.mustard]

I’m not the one telling people to get a medical treatment or not to get one.

I’m saying let people make their own health decisions. You’re saying you know better than them what they should do.

You're saying that it's a good idea to get vaccinated if you are fat and/or old.

Who are you to assume medical advice?

It's okay to say that a hat and gloves on a cold and snowy day are to be advised.

I just wanted to point out that there's no reason for being afraid of a vaccine... unless you can't find your partisan identity through the action.

 

[Hiddenjems]

You're saying that it's a good idea to get vaccinated if you are fat and/or old.

Who are you to assume medical advice?

It's okay to say that a hat and gloves on a cold and snowy day are to be advised.

I just wanted to point out that there's no reason for being afraid of a vaccine... unless you can't find your partisan identity through the action.

I’m saying if I was fat or old I would have gotten the vaccine. Again, I’m not in the business of telling people what they need to put into or have done to their bodies. I can only say what I would do.

It’s not like I would tell someone to get a new shot, or get fired.

Making a risk benefit analysis isn’t fear.

In my case a potential illness had the possibility of putting me out of commission for a week or so according to all current risk assessments. Adding another variable with no impact on my chances of getting, dying from, or transmitting the disease is helpful how?

 

[Hiddenjems]

Hell, even the damn vaccine commercials now say it’s not for everyone.

 

[armedoldhippy]

NOTHING is for everyone, and nobody has ever said different that i've seen. hell, some people don't like bacon! poor deluded bastards...

 

[mean mr.mustard]

Adding another variable with no impact on my chances of getting, dying from, or transmitting the disease is helpful how?

It's your conclusion that there is no impact.

I'm suggesting that you are biased towards believing that regardless of truth.

 

[Hiddenjems]

It's your conclusion that there is no impact.

I'm suggesting that you are biased towards believing that regardless of truth.

I had Covid and didn’t get very sick pre vax. It’s called natural immunity.

 

[Hiddenjems]

NOTHING is for everyone, and nobody has ever said different that i've seen. hell, some people don't like bacon! poor deluded bastards...

I’m pretty sure that saying get this shot or get fired is saying it’s for everyone.

 

[Zeez]

Just got covid vax #5 and feel like shit.
Delta almost killed me. 3 weeks in hospitals. Still have problems from it.

 

[armedoldhippy]

i was sick for two weeks, and had 4 people i knew die from it. glad you pulled through. no rhyme or reason as to how bad of a case you get.

 

[Hiddenjems]

i was sick for two weeks, and had 4 people i knew die from it. glad you pulled through. no rhyme or reason as to how bad of a case you get.

I asked a question at the pediatrician 2 years ago. They care for over 1,000 kids.

I asked “how many of your patients were hospitalized with Covid?”. Their response “0”.

There is rhyme or reason. The older and less healthy you are, the higher your risk.

 

[Hiddenjems]

One of my elderly relatives passed because they were 70+ years old, overweight, and refused to see a doctor for anything the past 20 years due to a bad experience.

Another got real sick and went to the hospital they work at, at top 5 research hospital in the world. They were ready to die when I drove them there, but within 18 hours were fine. They received monoclonal antibodies and some treatment the hospital was developing.

The director of infectious disease at that hospital was taking care of them personally.

 

[Hiddenjems]

But hey nuanced well informed positions are radical today.

 

[armedoldhippy]

I asked a question at the pediatrician 2 years ago. They care for over 1,000 kids.

I asked “how many of your patients were hospitalized with Covid?”. Their response “0”.

There is rhyme or reason. The older and less healthy you are, the higher your risk.

two of the folks i knew that died were in their early twenties, no problems. the other 2 were their fathers, early 50s, healthy but not real bright. odds are not guarantees, but i like having them in my favor.

 

[Hiddenjems]

two of the folks i knew that died were in their early twenties, no problems. the other 2 were their fathers, early 50s, healthy but not real bright. odds are not guarantees, but i like having them in my favor.

There are always outliers. I wear a helmet on a Motorcycle, and a seatbelt in a car 100% of the time. I don’t have lightning rods on my house though.

I’m sorry you lost that many people you know for any reason.

I’ve also had about 15-20 tetanus shots in my life.


Again, I’ve never told anyone they were dumb, or smart for getting a vaccine. It’s just up to them.

 

[armedoldhippy]

I’ve also had about 15-20 tetanus shots in my life.

just got one the other day. stepped on not one, not two, but THREE damn rusty nails at the same time working in a barn. damn board under the hay had more nails in it than i've ever seen.

 

[mean mr.mustard]

I’ve also had about 15-20 tetanus shots in my life.

This is a good sign that you are not against science or medicine.

I heave a sigh of relief.

 

[Hiddenjems]

just got one the other day. stepped on not one, not two, but THREE damn rusty nails at the same time working in a barn. damn board under the hay had more nails in it than i've ever seen.

Yeah the rusty nails blow.

For a while as a kid I got stitches and a tetanus shot every summer.

 

[armedoldhippy]

Yeah the rusty nails blow.

For a while as a kid I got stitches and a tetanus shot every summer.

i get the tetanus shot, but stitches consistently? i never earned a stitch till i was in my twenties. i did use a lot of Super Glue tho...still do.

 

[buzzmobile]

NOTHING is for everyone, and nobody has ever said different that i've seen.

I'm going to have to remind you of something.

 

[armedoldhippy]

VD "can" be for everyone. i hope it isn't though. pretty good odds (> 50%) that a person in the US has an STI in their lifetime. at present, over 100 million do, and the CDC estimates that number is growing by approx 20 mill a year. anyone here ever dealt with any STDs? i'll hold my hand up first... easier to admit if you aren't first in line. a lot like starting the feeding frenzy at a church dinner.... nobody really wants to go first.