16-08-2021, 02:46 PM
(16-08-2021, 12:35 PM)Gerry Hatrick Wrote: It's amazing that after all the information that we've had about COVID and the vaccines, there is still so much confusion.
I wish people would quote their sources when they make claims that either the vaccine reduces greatly the chance of getting Covid or the opposite which has been claimed here.
For my part, I am with individual freedom on this. People should respect the choices made about a largely experimental drug where the long-term effects are largely unknown (https://www.healthline.com/health/is-the...rm-effects). The moment we start socially finger-pointing is the slippery road to fascism.
Yes its true that the long-term effects are unknown, but other similar vaccines are good in that respect.
What's far more important is that the short term effects of not taking it are absolutely clear and known and include keeping the virus with us for longer and potential re-introduction of restrictions that we all want to get rid of. Voting for not taking the vaccine is a vote for future restrictions. And for those fretting about their freedom to inflict more misery on others I'm not suggesting for a moment that vaccines should be compulsory, just that every sane person who cares about others should decide to take it without a moments hesitation.
It is totally beyong me why anyone should want the pandemic to carry on longer than it needs to, and vaccines are the way to bring it to an end.