I think if you’re exposed to the virus at work, or living in an area, eg GA and other states with low vaccinations I’d; recommend the vaccine.
OTOH, I’m not so eager to take a booster less than one year from taking the vaccine.
Not all vaccines are 100% effective, so you’re going to get people vaccinated who get the virus, but the illness should be milder.
In summary, if you’re staying home, rarely going out, then fine, don’t take the vaccine. If you’re in public, you will sooner or later get the virus if you’re not vaccinated.
nikos1121 wrote: “Not all vaccines are 100% effective, so you’re going to get people vaccinated who get the virus, but the illness should be milder.”
Can you name two or three vaccines that are 100% effective?
Not 100%, are you shitting me?
The vaccine is around 39% with respect to the Delta variant.
See Israel and England, and probably us this Fall/Winter.
The “vaccine” is NOT against the virus genome... it is against a small segment of the mRNA which encodes for a portion (not all of it) of the protein of the S-Protein (the spike proteins on the OUTSIDE of the virion (the container surrounding the full virus genetic component). And all of these are the original Covid-19 small clip of the mRNA of the S-protein.
NOT for ANY variant mutation of the S-Protein (mutations Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and now Delta... and soon Lambda).
So, these are NOT true vaccines both for the reason they are not against the entire protein sequence, but also, more importantly-— the full virus can be stored in what are called “animal reservoirs” and thus cannot be eliminated from the world.
Smallpox has no animal reservoir, and so— the vaccine in this regard is a true preventive vaccine. Polio virus is another one. These are the only true vaccines.
Constantly changing to a “booster” to accommodate an ever mutating S-Protein.... is futile. And aside from that— quite profitable to misrepresent the need.
Neither am I. The Mayo Clinic released an article throwing up caution flags to rushing to do booster shots unless you are badly immunocompromised.
Your choice on taking the shot or not, live or die with that decision and leave others alone.
I’ve been out and about since this thing began. Traveling, restaurants, sporting events… and nada. Nothing. Not even a cold.
If you’ve already had this 99.95% benign cold and survived, then natural immunity is far superior to a vaccine that’s losing its efficacy over time.
You will get the virus even if vaccinated so what’s your point exactly? The vaccine doesn’t prevent infection. Symptoms “ should” be milder? Maybe. The initial efficacy for Pfizer was claimed to be 95%. Not 93 or 96 or 97.5, but a nice even 95, convenient no? Nice memorable number, almost like a made-up claim.
Now the efficacy is put as low as 62%. Check the latest data. And falling with time. Thousands of vaccinated people have died. Thousands more in hospital. The claims were absolutely bogus and wrong. So are you sure it will work as advertised? Studies say this, studies say that. We know the initial studies were completely wrong. Sure your claims are based in anything but studies that are in fact proven wrong by events?
I doubt it. I have been exposed several times and not gotten the virus. I know a few people who have the same experience.
There are a lot of unexplained variables.