I am disturbed with the booster shots now being given exclusively at pharmacies. I believe there may not be enough due diligence and professional acumen at many pharmacies to properly give these very specific shots across the country.
There have been a myriad of intentional lies on both sides. Magnets sticking to the arms of those vaccinated, takes the cake as far as I'm concerned.
I got the vaccine only to minimize to a degree the effects of getting Covid-19, just as I expected from the flu vaccines I've had through the years. Some years I got the flu in spite of the vaccine, but I feel I it affected me less than the effect of I not having the vaccine.
I got my vaccines at a Wellstar clinic collocated at my Doctor's office.
“I did not and do not believe most of the hype from either side.”
I respect your right to your own opinion. And, we certainly agree there is much hype.
I have been in the technology (software) world for over 40 years. I know that any new software is going to have bugs that are not exposed until the program is launched. That’s the same reason many (myself included) don’t buy the first model of a car after a major change by the manufacturer.
The other area of my belief/view is that the government (and especially the federal government) is totally inept and that they lie to us every day. Not just little lies — but big lies. I’ll skip the examples for now due to time.
When I first heard of a new mRNA vaccine both of those factors raised my antenna. As time progressed the things we were being told turned out not to be true. Not just once but many, many times. That is what I expected and it happened!
As a cancer patient who spent much time researching treatments I quickly discovered that some of the most effective (and least intrusive) treatments were available as trials. Those trials take years to reach the point of being available to those in the public and even more years before they are approved for clinical use. Due to the extensive research and testing, they are normally relatively safe by the time they are given to humans Years — not months as in the new COVID treatments.
Then I look at the hard facts. And that is that some of the highest vaccinated countries in the world have the highest virus caseload. And then the huge elephant in the room is that today we have about 300,000 cases per day of the virus — which is the same as we had back in January BEFORE the vaccine was even rolled out. I understand that is due to the new variants but what is causing the new variants? If the developers were so smart why didn’t they expect varients and plan for them in their drugs? After all, that’s pretty much the way all viruses work.
Finally, apparently, I am not alone. While not a fan of RFK he seems to have hit a longball with his new book (The Real Anthony Fauci:...). It is #1 on Amazon and in the top 10 on NYT & WSJ. Somebody wants to learn more about this debacle as noted here on FR.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4015187/posts
Anyway, I’m probably beating a dead horse. I’ll stop, now.
I wish you the best of luck — even though we have different views on this topic. We probably share more views than where we may disagree. That’s why we are both on FR.