Thank you for your kind words and link. I don’t want to take the vaccine, even if I didn’t have this illness. I think we just don’t know enough about the vaccine. Right now I am taking the biologic Xeljanz, and it is a miracle drug. I used to be on Methotrexate, and it was terrible for me... three days to recover from the side effects. Now, I have no side effects and feel I can run the Boston Marathon (seriously). So I don’t want to disrupt this state of well-being and play around with my immunity with something I have no idea what will happen in both the short term and long term. Thanks again for your concern.
That’s wonderful news about how the Xeljanz is helping you and how well you are doing! It really made me smile! Thank you for that! I need some smiles right now. I wish it had been around when my aunt was still living, she suffered so. It still brings tears to my eyes to remember her poor sweet hands.
I can understand your concerns. True, there is much we don’t know about the vaccines. We do know they are less effective in people taking steroids and biologics for diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, and coupled with the loss of efficacy of current vaccines against the new strains ... you have to weigh the possible benefits against the possible risks (including the “unknown unknowns” as someone once famously said). And that decision should be an individual choice, tailored to that person’s current medical condition, etc., and always a free choice.