I am shocked to admit that I actually agree with all but you last and next to last paragraphs in this post.
Many of our lay concerns about this mRNA vaxx are well-founded. A friend who works at a large hospital here told me that most of her colleagues do NOT want the shot. These are truly frontline workers who are in ICU and covid floors.
For what it is worth, I do not wish you ill, and certainly hope that you are not harmed by the vaxx.
Thanks for your kind words. I try to call it like I see it. I am an intensivist so I have been swimming in Covid since the start. I also very much do advocate the use of HCQ and ivermectin. It makes me a bit of a pariah among those more elite academic docs but I can live with it. What has occurred with the restriction of these drugs in a political way in my judgement is unforgivable.
That being said most of my colleagues are clamoring for the vaccine. I am fortunate to be one of the first 10 in my institution. I have a family member who is a resident physician and received the vaccine three days ago with no issue
80 years ago we injected live virus into humans to vaccinate them. We have developed recombinant DNA vaccines which use DNA in vectors to slim are our cells. While I will concede that it may sound like a scary platform and while it is new in practice these vaccines have been in development for the last 20 years. It is pretty elegant. When infected the body essentially does the same thing. MRNA cannot alter DNA
Maybe we can agree that I don’t think it should be forced but this is a tribute to American know how and an amazing accomplishment