As a practical matter, you just can’t hide from COVID-19 forever -especially this highly infectious Delta variant. It is beyond containment.
Best to be as ready as possible, when our turn comes around. Clearly, being vaccinated provides strong protection from the worst of COVID - death, scarred lungs, huge medical bills.
how long was jesse jackson in the hospital and how’s his condition now?...
Yes exactly. I did the propagation math in my head. Plus I am a fat guy with T2 diabetes. I talked to my doc who I trust absolutely and he was pretty plain spoken that the risk of side effects is worth it for the benefits of avoiding the actual illness. I studied the vaccine, its ingredients and determined it was as safe as it could be given the technology. I had hoped for Novavax but cases are rising here in Michigan and I want to still live my life. Since Pfizer was approved by the FDA, that was the one I selected. Some very slight arm discomfort 9 hours later but nothing else yet. My oldest daughter and my mother both had Pfizer with no ill effects. As an at risk person for complications it really just came down to a numbers game. The vaccine may slow propagation but it doesn’t prevent the spread and kids in the school here are getting it left and right and my youngest is afraid she will get it and give it to me. She wants no part of having to live with her mother, so I did what I had to do. We will see how the second one goes in three weeks.
Also I travel internationally for work and I don’t need the BS.
Hopefully my Moderna shots (2nd shot was @ the end of March) are still going strong, as I’m going on a ~27 hour bus trip in a few hours.
I do have N95’ masks and will likely even double up with a slightly looser fitting KN95 on the outside if I have to sit right beside someone. One more N95 to adjust to try to keep it as comfortable as possible — which is NOT very comfortable over 2 hours or so. Am taking along a little pulse oximeter I just got and tested (looks to be fairly accurate, used correctly) — I’ve never noticed a problem, but I’ve also never worn a mask for anywhere near so long. (There will be some stops / breaks / chances to be outside & get a little relief, and the weather looks GREAT, so, at least there is that.)
Age and a couple other modest risk factors make this a wee bit scary, but, life has to go on, so, yeah, be as ready as possible and hope that statistically I fit the IL data and not the Georgia data...
Scarred lungs seems to be a myth according to this Dr who was there from the beginning; https://youtu.be/QZeXfks6a1I