Half of Republican men say they will not get the COVID-19 vaccine compared with just six per cent of Democrat men, poll finds

ESAD I have felt like a little old man since getting covid; I am not lying or making it up; I have been sick for 5 months with no end in sight. It cost me most of a duck season and I’m lucky. My mask doesn’t protect me yours does like mine protects you. All I see here anymore is bitching and childish insults to anyone that doesn’t tow the covid is fake like. This place has went to hell since I joined. The people that call the face diaper and slave masks can GFT; screw you guys I’m going home.

There was a poll posted on FR: Will you get the Covid-19 vaccine?

No 76% 228 votes

Yes 24% 72 votes

Free Republic POLL: Will you get the Covid-19 vaccine?

So much for those who say that they do not know any conservatives that won't get the vaccine. They are living under a false paradigm.

This poll pretty much matches my conversations with conservatives. When the "experts" are caught in lies so often.....STOP TRUSTING THEM!

For healthy younger under 60 people, the IFR is BETTER than the 99.5% I quoted.

Sure..but the issue I have with IFR is that the denominator (# of cases) is ASSUMED. No-one knows the denominator for sure, or even what general multiplier to use for the denominator. It's all guesswork. For that reason, I much prefer CASE Fatality Rate (CFR), which last time I checked is 1.8%. CFR of course looks at # dead / # of CONFIRMED cases. I realize many here on FR think the numbers are at least partly if not mostly BS, but we have to start somewhere.

All that said, as I've long stated - it's not "just" the # dead that concern me. In fact, for my and wife's own situation, I'm far more concerned about the likelihood of long-term damage to heart, lungs, brain, etc than I am of outright death. There have been far too many cases of serious damage being done to those organs even in people who have "recovered". (As mentioned, even one of my very best personal friends has had "anomalies" detected on his EKG post COVID recovery. They haven't been able to determine why yet and are still investigating). And then there are countless / endless stories (for those who care to look and are willing to trust that the stories are not just made up to scare us all) of thousands of people with wrecked lungs - the "shattered glass" damage done by COVID.

As mentioned, these types of lasting, potentially life-long damage are more my concern than IFR or CFR and why I've been so very careful with this thing - up to the point of being willing to risk an "experimental" vaccine so that we can hopefully get back to somewhat more normal life safely without having to be as concerned about coming into contact with something that could either wreck one or both of us for the rest of our lives, assuming we recover from it.

PS: Something like 45% (or higher) of the US population over age 40 has at least 1 "co-morbidity" that makes them more at risk from COVID. Even BMI > 25 is a concern. And lets face it..there are a lot people with BMI over 25 in the US. Or high BP. Or lung or heart issues. Wife and I both fall in that camp..so are not willing to take the type of risks that many on our side of the political spectrum seem to be willing to take. Because for us - it's a HEALTH issue, not a "freedom" issue.

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