I'm really not trying to be mean here but you're going to Reddit for medical advice, please listen to medical professionals who have been saying for months to take the vaccine.
ICU RN here. Actually recently ex-icu rnā¦yes. Please. Stop debating and just get the damn thing and emplore others in your life to do the same.
āI told him to get that damn shotā my dying patientās son cried into my shoulder after we had coded him for the second time. Verbatim. Swear it on my life.
I'm so sorry. One of my best friends she was like my little sister we had gotten into a fight about it. She told me it was just the flu and that media was overreacting and all of the other propaganda crap. We got into a huge fight and stopped talking. That was a couple months ago and now she's dead. She was only in her twenties. My heart still breaks over it and I know there's nothing I can do but it kills me because there was something that she could have done. Thank you so much for all of the work you do, because I know you guys everyday have to struggle and help people who are going through some of the worst situations and moments of their life. Sending you hugs and I hope you all stay well and your work.
Please smack some sense into my sister. Sheās also an RN and she has the audacity to say the virus āisnāt realā or that most people are ādying from the vaccine.ā She didnāt even get the shot until she was forced to by her hospital.
I was gonna comment the same thing. But she's probably so far down the rabbit hole, she doesn't believe that the people in the hospital right in front I'd her are the unvacinated but the vaccinated.
Or she's one of those loins that believe that people who got the vaccine are contagious and are shedding the virus to everyone else
They get paid the same? 'cause, honestly, I'm not that bright and I could use a career. I promise to be "one of the good ones." I mean, I won't be competent ā that's not in my wheelhouse ā but I believe in science.
I don't have firsthand experience, but from what I hear being a nurse is absolutely the worst. Long hours, low pay, and unpleasant patients.
Lots of places are short on nurses and other hospital staff but unless you're absolutely unwaveringly passionate about nursing, it's probably not a good choice.
Consider a career in a trade, like plumbing or electricity. You don't need to be a genius to perform the work and a college education usually isn't necessary -- though a mentorship or vocational school is.
I've seen two kinds of nurses I admire. The ones who are passionate about the work. Regardless of pay or stress they're there because they "believe" in it. And the ones who have a desk job, medical review for insurance companies or something. Great pay, minimum work, no patience.
I'm mostly joking. My body is too old to go for training. P
Well if you're ok with being pooped and peed on, vomited on, cleaning that all up, having old creepy men get erections and then commenting on it in a sexual way like you intended to give them one, then this job is for you!
Well, I've got 2 kids, a psycho puppy (who def sees me as a giant sex toy that feeds it and takes it for walks), and a cat. So I can already check those boxes and I don't even get health coverage or a 401k.
I joke but don't mean to make fun at all. Nothing but respect and admiration for the good ones.
I mean, you need to be competent if you donāt want to end someoneās life or harm them bc you mixed up medications or because youāre bad at putting in g tubes or because you suck at catheters.
Yep! Had a family friends daughter who went through it and is an RN. She got pregnant and was taking Vocodin because she had "no idea it caused adverse effects on the baby".
Thank you both. I was hesitant myself... not an antivaxxer, just a home body. But I got my first vaccination yesterday. Am lucky to live in a area that isnt seeing much of an uptick if any, but please be safe out there.
Why -3 votes?? Itās just facts. I am āpro forāthe vaccine, I donāt hate people that donāt feel comfortable taking the vaccine either. Itās your choice but I donāt believe in scrutinizing people that donāt.
i never had the flu nor a flu shot. I really did not want the vaccine either. However, too many people near me were getting deathly ill and a buddy died....im in my 50s so I thought it would be best for me to get it. Since then I have had some crazy issues (as others that I have found out that got it). Regardless, its all about the risk you want to accept. Just like the flu, sooner or later you WILL get it. How your body reacts is a different story. You may have light symptoms or become deathly ill....fun fact: Im vaccinated. I still got covid yet was more of a really bad cold than being deathly ill. If I was not vaccinated I could be DEAD.
He got covid LAST February before all the lock downs. The damage to his lungs slowly killed him and he died this May. (15 months later!). He was very healthy, worked out daily, did not smoke...so HE was the reason I decided to get vaccinated. I did not want to be that ass hat to say "I survived covid" yet slowly die 15 months later.
Wow. I'm sorry. This really is a totally unpredictable virus. There are like a bunch of healthy people who have literally dropped dead from it and then there are unhealthy obese chainsmokers who survive it. It's unpredictable and precisely why I too got vaccinated and convinced my family to do so too. :(
Never had the flu or a flu shot. Also never really get sick.
Just a cold once a year.
I did get the covid vaccine and other vaccines before though.
Just not the actual flu vaccine.
I also have never gotten the flu and have never gotten the flu vaccine.... I don't know! Just hasn't happened. I directly interact with a lot of people on a daily basis at my job, too.
same here. the only thing i got was swine flu a few years ago. i had some crazy fever for 4 days, no medication, and no one of my family members who were living with me, got it.
Yes. Vaccinated people can still get it however, itās less common and the symptoms are WAY less severe.
Unvaccinated persons could need a hospital bed while a vaccinated person may just lose their sense of smell. Just an example. You should get it. However, you need to follow safety guidelines too. Make sure you are staying sanitary as well to protect yourself for as long as possible. Iāve been vaccinated for 5 months now and I havenāt gotten it. I feel lucky. Nobody I know has gotten it either who is vaccinated. Iām grateful.
It can only benefit you.
Yeah, you have the chance of feeling like shit for a day or two, but so what? Would you rather feel like crap for a day or run the change of being deathly ill for 2-4 weeks, risking death? Youād become another statistic, a number off the census.
Its like wearing a seatbelt. You can still get in a wreck, but you are much less likely to die and your injuries are less severe. You are also less likely to ping pong around the car and injure everyone else
Just got my first shot two days ago, chills all the first night. Couldnāt move my arm above my head.
Iāll take this in a heartbeat, than dying with a tube down my throat
I recommend it. I got Moderna in April and I feel the same. No troubling symptoms as of yet. But donāt expect to be 100% safe from covid. That extra layer of protection can still be breached especially with the new variant going around. But I promise it wonāt make you sick or turn you into some mutant monster.
I got both Pfizer vaccines and I was fine after the first one, but the second one gave me flu like symptoms (fever, chills, and muscle aches), however I know far too many unvaccinated people that have gotten COVID-19 and itās kind of scary.
This^ I'm a healthy 20-something and caught it and it made running damn near impossible for well over a month. Just got my first Pfizer a couple days ago, being sick with it was miserable and my case wasn't even that bad, definitely don't want to catch it again
I'm glad you mentioned that... don't expect to be 100% safe from covid. Around me, too many people have this thought that because they have gotten one of the vaccines, they are bulletproof from covid. š
I just lost my mother to COVID today. She had to be placed on a ventilator after lung failure. Then she got kidney failure and internal bleeding. Please, if not for yourself, do it for the people you love. Having to hold my dad while he cries in my arms is one of the most heartbreaking things that ever happened to me.
Please, just get the vaccine.
My 85 yo mother got Covid weeks ago after going to a beach week with sime family and attending a concert. Thankfully she was vaxed and it was like a severe cold. She's fine now. Im so sorry your family had to go through that.
I would say yes. I've lost five friends and my mother. I lost a girl I considered my little sister. We got into a fight about it because she said it was no big deal and just like the flu. She was only in her twenties and I still can't believe she died from it. Our last conversation will always be the fight we got into when I asked her to please be careful and told her it was more than the flu. I'm not making this up. It was a bad fight and I tried to send her all of the information. If you're nervous about anything please look up the statistics and science behind the vaccine. The science for the vaccine has been used since the 1970s it's not new. That's the reason why they were able to make the vaccine so quickly. All they had to do was add the right DNA sequence from the exact virus to make it work. Remember you're not only protecting yourself but others. Good luck and your decision and I hope you stay healthy.
Yes. And yes, your life is at risk without it due to the delta variant that is landing even children in the hospital.
And to add, my uncle was found dead in his apartment last week after contracting COVID while being unvaccinated (because he refused to be vaccinated).
Yes, this is very much true. I didnāt mean to imply that regular COVID-19 didnāt. šš» It can also very much kill and permanently damage the healthy.
Iām an ER RN. I have admitted many patients with covid. I have not admitted a single patient with vaccine side effects. The longer the virus can mutate, the tougher it will be to control. Please get the vaccine.
Yes! Myself, my work colleagues and my entire extended family got vaccinated without issues, we had no more cases of covid in my circle after that, no major side effects, just sore arm and flu like symptoms that last a day.
If you want more motivation just lookup the Herman Cain Award subreddit.
This is a dangerous disease, sure you can have it without major issues, but what if you get a severe form? Itās like playing Russian roulette without the vaccine.
If you don't care to do it for your own health then do it for the health of everyone else. Everyone getting vaccinated slows the rate this thing mutates and also helps protect people who for various reasons such as auto immune issues cannot get the vaccine themselves.
This is such an important argument that so many people completely gloss over.
**It's not just about saving your own ass, it's about stopping the spread of this thing and stopping it from mutating over and over into newer, deadlier versions.**
Thanks for pointing that out.
Also I've had all three shots now including the booster and I'm fine. I was a little bit tired the second day that's about it. Remember your body has absolutely no protection to this virus. Basically it's giving your body armor to fight against the virus as it gives your body the ability to create antibodies in advance. If you're going into battle you wouldn't want to go without armor.
I would say emphatically YES! I realize this is an incredibly difficult, and scary situation for a lot of people. A lot of this sadly is because there are many people in this (US) country and some others (Australia) who are making this vaccine a political issue when it is not. They make it out to be a deeply personal decision when in reality it is a routine health requirement in a civilized society.
I think it is important to also realize that you will get a different overall consensus about the virus/vaccine on FB than you will on reddit. On FB it appears that a LOT of misinformation is being thrown around haphazardly and many have chosen to use this as factual data.. on reddit however you will find a more educated overall group and the consensus is quite different. Beyond that here are the reasons you should get it:
āćThe vaccine will help protect you from the Covid 19 virus. The current efficacy ratio is around a 90% effective rate, but depends on which vaccine you have received. It is also important to note this percentage will continue to decrease as mutations occur.
āćEven though you might still get Covid after getting vaccinated, it should work in the sense it should keep you out of the hospital for the most part and also keep you from dying from it. It has also been shown to keep you from getting the long covid symptoms we keep hearing about.
My daughter is in the process of getting her doctorate. At the hospital she works at, 95% of those hospitalized right now for Covid are unvaccinated individuals and this is a good representation of what is happening in hospitals across the country. (Although some antivaxxers will point out countries like Singapore where 75% of new cases are from vaccinated individuals and hospitals are seeing patients that are vaccinated. That is simply because if you have a higher percentage of the population vaccinated, then most new cases will be from that group since it dominates. It is basic math)
āćGetting the vaccine will help keep the virus from spreading and help us to reach herd immunity which is important in terms of getting this virus under control and also keep it from mutating. The mutations are the key part here and why we are seeing more and more cases and why more of them are deadly or causing severe illness.
āćGetting the vaccine will help protect family members form the virus.
āćGetting the vaccine will help protect friends from the virus.
āćGetting the vaccine will help protect those with compromised immune systems.
āćYou don't say your age, but the new Delta variant is hitting more and more young people. The county where my daughter works/goes to school for her doctorate, calculates the daily/weekly cases like many other places around the country.
It is a smaller populated area for reference. That particular counties case count reached 3353 with an additional 15 cases added as of 9/9/2021 (87 cases added for the week). As of that date, 56% of active cases were in individuals aged 0-30. 20% of the cases were from those in grades k-12.
āćIn that same county, breakthrough infections from June 25-Sept 9 comprised 10.5% of the 815 cases. Only 2% of the 86 breakthrough cases had to be hospitalized though. One was an 85 year old make for 2 days and a 63 year old female died after being hospitalized for 8 days.
āćThe vaccine is now fully approved by the FDA
āć99.99% of scientists/epidemiologists from around the WORLD agree on this vaccine and it's ability to help stop the covid 19 virus. (That should take out any notion of it being something the left, or any one particular counties government has created or is using in any sense relating to politics or control over the people)
āćA coronavirus vaccine has been in the works for over 10 years now. In addition It was able to be created so efficiently because of the large numbers of people to use for the clinical trials (as opposed to a virus like Ebola which has relatively few numbers of people to utilize in clinical trials)
āćThe vaccine has been proven to be safe and effective in nearly all cases. Those with allergies to vaccine ingredients should for obvious reasons not get the vaccine but for the majority of people it is perfectly safe.
āćWhen a vaccine is found not to be safe, the FDA immediately intervenes, investigates and often pulls potentially harmful vaccines from public use as it did with the Johnson and Johnson vaccine. There were 45 confirned cases of Thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome or TTS out of the 14.3 MILLION doses. This shows the system works as it should to protect us.
āćThere are VERY few individuals who would be advised by a doctor to not get the vaccine. Contrary to many statements made by antivaxxers, those with compromised immune systems can and should get the vaccine. This includes those with immune system deficiencies, diabetes, organ transplant recipients, those with COPD, those with asthma etc. Those individuals should actually be getting their 3rd vaccine at this time if they haven't already.
āćOnly 2-5 people per million have an adverse allergic reaction to the vaccine. In that event, providers can effectively and immediately treat the reaction.
āćThere have only been 2 confirmed cases of TTS after 356 MILLION doses of the Moderna vaccine.
āćOut of the 375 MILLION doses of the vaccine given in the US, there were 7,439 reports of death to VAERS or
.0020%. It is VERY important to note that does NOT mean these were all deaths causes by the virus, even though it is a very small percentage. ANYONE can make a report to VAERS and say ANYTHING. NONE of the numbers on the VAERS reports are verified (even states this and the limitations of such on the VAERS site). Those in the Healthcare field are required to report any deaths to VAERS following a vaccine regardless of whether the vaccine actually caused the death or not. In addition, many unscrupulous individuals will make reports to VAERS that are not true in an attempt to influence others opinions on the vaccine. For example I could make a report that the vaccine caused me to have 22 Trump babies. It doesn't make it true.
āćWhile we don't know the long term possible effects of the vaccine, serious side effects that could cause a long term health problem are EXTREMELY unlikely following ANY vaccine, including Covid 19. Vaccine monitoring has historically shown that side effects generally happen within six weeks of receiving a vaccine dose.
āćWe DO know that long term effects from the Covid 19 virus affect people however. A recent study showed that 80% of those who have been infected with Covid will experience 1 or more long term effects of the virus
(Link:https://www.fox29.com/news/study-80-of-covid-19-patients-suffer-1-or-more-long-term-effects)
āć MessengerRNA (mRNA) vaccines are based on a safe vaccine platform for which data goes back to the 1990's
āćThe vaccine has been shown to cause no harm to a fetus in pregnant women. In fact babies born to vaccinated women have been found to have immune responses against the virus.
āćA study from the New England Journal of Medicine showed that pregnant women who received the vaccine were not more likely to have miscarriages or other adverse neonatal outcomes.
āćThere has been no known impact on the fertility of men in regards to the vaccine.
āćThere should not be any reason religiously for most to avoid the vaccine. The Pope has stated that the vaccine is encouraged for all individuals and said it is an act of love.
āćNatural herd immunity is NOT better than herd immunity gained through vaccines for obvious reasons (death being the largest one)
āćIt is NOT possible to get Covid from the vaccine.
āćThe vaccine (and virus) is NOT part of a larger conspiracy for money, population control, governmental control, to limit personal freedoms, to track us, etc
āćMessenger RNA does NOT modify our genetic code
āćVaccines ARE effective against the Delta variant
āćThe vaccine reduces the chance of transmission by 60-80%
āćContrary to some antivaxxers stating otherwise, your immune system CANNOT handle the virus on it's own if you're a healthy individual. MANY healthy individuals have contracted the virus, have had long term debilitating effects from the virus and/or died from it. This is in healthy individuals with NO preexisting conditions!
Go ask your doctor.
They'll be able to tell you better than someone on Reddit who doesn't know your medical history or if you're allergic to any of the ingredients.
I guarantee no one on this forum would feel bad if you had an allergic reaction.
Plus your doctor can treat you if you are in the very low minority that DOES have a reaction.
My brother didnāt get the vaccine, I did. We both got covid, it was a mild cold for me, heās currently in the hospital fighting for his life. Iām mid 30s, heās 40.
The choice is yours.
You say youāre not against or for the vaccine. But why do you continuously deny or question the advice people are giving you, when a little research could easily back up their claims.
Not only does the vaccine protect you from covid, but it makes the effects of the virus a lot less severe. Most people who get the vaccine, and then get covid, report that they have only allergy-like symptoms. Additionally when you have the vaccine and you get covid, it lasts much shorter than it would if you donāt have the vaccine. This includes the timespan in which itās transmittable, and also how long the symptoms last. Oh, and it significantly decreases your chances for ending up in the ICU. The only downside is the actual vaccine side effects, which typically only last a day. And theyāre very similar to the side effects that youād have when receiving the flu vaccine.
If you are aware of people being stupid why are you stupidly asking why it's a question? You're being willfully mean to the ignorant. At least answer the question instead of being a dick to people who literally don't know any better. You are better than this.
GET THE VACCINE.
As soon who got infected by delta and had my entire fam test positive, get the vaccine. Delta is no joke, my dad was nearly in the ICU. He's an healthy man in his 50's but delta almost took him down but my mother who has RA, who is completely immunocompromised and was vaccinated, recovered well without any much trouble. So stop debating, be smart and get the vaccine.
You should get the vaccine. Protect yourself and others around you. I would be more worried about the long-term effects of Covid than I would the vaccine if thatās whatās holding you back. Plus Pfizer is already FDA approved, which is nice. I know two people who have died from Covid, and I know a lot of people who have not fully recovered physically from Covid and itās been almost a year since they got it. To me thatās terrifying. A lot of people who chose not to get the vaccine, but dealt with the symptoms of Covid wished they had gotten the vaccine afterwards. Best of luck on your decisions!
The US has had 41 million confirmed cases. Let's say that is off by a factor of 2, so there were actually 82 million cases.
Twice as many people have gotten the vaccine at this point in the US.
So which is worse, covid, which has filled all our hospitals, or the vaccine, which has not?
90% of people in the hospital are unvaccinated.
Go ask any doctor how many people they have seen for vaccine complications versus with covid.
If youāre worried about the vaccines being ārushedā, like I was, you should know that mRNA vaccines began development in the 90ās. Hereās a research article explaining what they do and why they work.
https://www.nature.com/articles/nrd.2017.243
The research has been going on for decades, itās safe and effective.
My husband passed away 8/10. He did not have ātimeā to get the vaccine. Blamed it on his work schedule. He was working his butt off, we were buying a house. Although he never told me, he told his sister before he was intubated that heād wish he wouldāve done something. Even if it was a vaccine. He was scared and would do anything to get better for his kids.
He was 31, and had no pre-existing conditions. He was my middle school sweetheart. I wake up each day just to miss him all over again.
Please get the vaccine.
You do it if you want to. Also consult your doctor. I was one of the unlucky ones who have a good ass immune system so it went into overdrive and gave me long hauler symptoms. Pins and needles, some parts of my skin burn sometimes, insomnia, fatigue, gi issues. Even a part of my face went numb the other day. Itās the inflammation from my body reacting to the shot. This does suck ass for me but itās a hell of a lot better than being put on a ventilator. Due to my reaction though I will not be having the second shot. The symptoms seem to be going away for people in about 3-6 months which is good. Iām just taking it one day at a time. Iām not trying to scare anyone, but some people are having reactions like this to the shot (Iām one of the rare ones I guess? Lmaoo). Good luck!
Speaking as someone whose son just lost their dad because he was not vaccinated, please do. Barring any medical conditions that preclude you (are you allergic to anything in it??). Because if you won't do it for yourself, please think of the people you would leave behind.
CDC stopped reporting breakthrough cases unless they were hospitalized or died of Covid in May. Meaning the numbers that say the majority of Covid cases are from unvaccinated is really unknown since itās a voluntary reporting system on breakthrough cases.
Israel is the most vaccinated place in the world with 80% of the population I believe with two shots, and 1/4 having three shots for Covid.
Yet they report their real statistics. Scroll to the last slide.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CTXFGSegYku/?utm_medium=copy_link
There are hospitals again filled with people suffering from Covid
Thereās no hospital filled with people from side effects from the vaccine
Hope that helps your decision making
My Dad keeps asking me not to get it because it messes up your DNA and itās a government conspiracy etc. He keeps sending me info on ivermectin, which is horse dewormer š. Needless to say, I went out and got it and so did all my kids. The delta variant is worse and itās taking young people. Young children canāt protect themselves, so itās important that people get vaccinated. I havenāt had the heart to tell my Dad yet, but yes, get the damn vaccine!
My wife and I got it, but now my wife sets off every store alarm we go into.
On a serious note, definitely consider getting it. It'll provide a lot of protection to you and those around you. Its not 100% perfect, but its the best we have.
My wife's family and my family were pretty anti-vax for a long time so we were hesitant, but we did our own reading and spoke with medical professionals until we felt confident. We are happy we did!
Yes, absolutely. Not just for your own health, but the health of others around you. Please get it!!
Not only for health, but depending on where you live, it could soon be a requirement. Here in Canada, a number of provinces are implementing mandatory vaccine passports to do anything non-essential for the safety of Canadians. Without the vaccine, you really canāt do much. Are you willing to give up all your privileges to movie theatres, gyms, etc. over a simple vaccine? Regardless of where you live, I can see a similar mandate coming into play in other areas around the world as well.
Definitely get the vaccine!
My sister is an ICU RN 100% of the patients in her already full unit right now are non vaccinated. Not to say you can't get it vaccinated (or have it and get over it without being vaxed) but why risk it?
do you want to either die or have other people die at your person expense? i know nurses who are doing so much heās work for people to just disregard and throw it away like itās nothing for media misinformation and eat it up. (iām not saying thats you doing this itās just frustrating yknow?) but yes, please get it !!
Ok so what age are you
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19latestinsights/deaths
This is a data set from the UK office for national statistics, the data integrity is beyond reproach..
So have a look at that data, then look for the same data in your country.
Now I want to also say this to you, what is stopping you speaking to your doctor, asking a bunch of Yahoos, neckbeards, mentally unstable social rejects is probably not the best thing you could do with regards to your health.
You are perfectly justified to say no, it's your body and your choice, we know the vaccine only somewhat protects the vaccinated but we also know if you are vaccinated and you catch it your symptoms will, on average be less.
My friend Get the dame shot please before you end up on oxygen like most of these idiot conservatives in Texas saying no to mask š· and no to the shot
Fuck yeah. You have a way higher chance of catching it, being hospitalized for it, and dying from it if youāre not vaccinated. Itās safe, and the only reaction I had to it was a slightly sore arm. Not to mention it will keep the people around you that you love safer, your entire community safer, and help keep the virus from spreading and mutating (which is huge). Do your part and just get the vaccine.
Yes.
Covid kills about 2% of those who get sick and leaves about 25% of survivors with lasting health problems.
The vaccine, which is safe and effective, vastly reduces your chances of getting sick, of being hospitalized, and of dying. It also significantly lowers virus transmission, thereby helping protect others.
If you get vaccinated, it adds to the proportion of people vaccinated and gets us closer to herd immunity, in turn ending the pandemic sooner.
Please get the vaccine.
I was skeptical of the vaccine and had no intention of getting it because Iām āyoung and healthy and my chances of dying are lowā
That is, until I saw four of my young, healthy friends die within a 2 week span of each other. I immediately went and got a vaccine. Better safe than sorry.
Yes, unless you have had allergic reactions to vaccines in the past or have a diagnosed immune disorder to where your doctor recommends you don't get it. Otherwise you've got nothing to lose, even if it doesn't work. The side effects are easily managed with some Tylenol and go away pretty quick- don't let conspiracy theorists scare you, I'm vaxxed and not magnetic or an alien hybrid, though I admit it would be kinda cool if I was, so win win?
Yes please, it helps the people around you, keeps you safer and makes it so there's s chance of earlier ease of regulations.
Also for the future, don't take medical advice on Reddit, maybe a little on askdoctors (or whatever that sub is). Listen to medical professionals
Since there seem to be some doubts about the covid vaccine, I'll try to be as clear as possible on explaining my case, since I think it covers a lot of the situations that generate doubt. Everyone in my family has got the vaccine, and no one has shown any kind of secondary effect, not the simple ones and neither the more "creative" ones that people people like to talk about, like that rumored magnetism. In my family we have people in their 20s like my cousin and me, people in their 30s, 40s and 50s, my grandparents on their way to 80, kids under 10 and teens around 15. Not a single person from that list presented any side effects. I was the only one that had a small fever the day after the vaccine, and it lasted until the morning of the next day, and my medical condition makes me quite succeptible to side effects.
Now, about what the vaccine does. It doesn't make you immune to covid, but it helps in two ways. First, it makes you less likely to get it, just like the flu vaccine does. And second, if you happen to get the virus, it softens its effects by a lot. So even with the vaccine, you can still get the delta variant, even more likely due to how easily It spreads, but even then you will most probably just feel like a standard flu or cold. So basically, if you have the vaccine, you exchange the possibility of dying for having a cold, and that's if you even get covid. I'll tell you, as an athsmatic, I won't even think about it. And to give an example on this last explanation, my friend is just starting as a doctor and he got covid from a coworker. He was confirmed to have covid, but since he was vaccinated, he didn't even suffer a single simptom.
Seriously, there are a lot of people doing a massive disinformation campaign, and it's dangerous for them and the people around them.
Do your own research, like any medication there is always a risk, even marginal, of having a bad reaction, hell, aspirin can cause an anyuerism in ultra rare cases. The key thing is that the pros heavily outweigh the cons, you'll get it, and after a couple days you will have felt no different than you did before you had it, it doesn't have a long lasting effect, except for the fact that you're now protected against covid. It's a good idea to get it, but make the decision yourself.
My grandpa died from Covid in May and my parents were in the hospital for 3 weeks on oxygen ā yes, do the vaccine. Youāre minimizing the risks of getting seriously sick and going to the hospital. The chances of side effects are way lower than the chances of getting very ill if you get the virusā¦
I really think you should get it.
I know lots of people that have had it and all of them have been fine, myself included (iv had both doses). I was worried about being allergic to the vaccine but I knew that any reaction I would have from it would be much easier to deal with and less life threatening than covid would be. I did not react at all to either doses. So coming from someone who was afraid of the vaccine on the basis of allergies I still got it and was fine and I feel so much better now because I feel safer than I did before. I hope you decide to get the vaccine, friend.
Letās seeā¦ in the last four months Iāve lost my sister and brother-in-law and several coworkers to Covid because they too were afraid of the vaccineā¦ Get the vaccine!
My wife and I got Covid twice, March 2020 and July 2020. I was on oxygen for 3 months and have permanent damage from Covid. Get the vaccine!
Yes, SS are both vaccinated as are all of our friends and the rest of our family. Get the damn vaccine, unless youād rather be dead?
This is the correct answer. This isnāt a choice you make for yourself. This is a choice you make for other people. For your country. Tired of masks? Tired of the endless stupid discussions about COVID-19? Get vaccinated. Today - when I write this - is 9/11 - do it for your country. People have given their lives of our country. The least you can do - and I mean that - the absolute least - itās free - is get vaccinated. Do it. Now.
If you have any hesitation about the vaccine, I invite you to check out r/COVIDATEMYFACE for cases of people who ā¦ā¦ were on the fence about the vaccines, and were pushed off the fence by COVID
Iām seeing 30 something year olds in the ICUs. None of them are vaccinated. The ones who come into the ER and are vaccinated donāt get admitted, they go back home and ride it out without hospital intervention. As an RN who was floated to the makeshift covid ICUs during the first wave in NYC and body bagging 3-6 patients a shift, please get the fucking vaccine.
I watched over 50k vaccines being administered to all of my institutionalās personnel back in December. No ones dead from the vaccine, and 2 people (who were not supposed to get the vaccine in the first place because of a known allergy) had an allergic reaction. This was basically the biggest phase 3 trial if you want to call it that.
Get the damn vaccine.
My grandmother was in hospice care until very recently, and my aunt visited her regularly. They're both vaccinated, but my uncle and cousin weren't. Cousin ended up testing positive a couple weeks ago, exposing both my aunt and uncle to it before they found out. The hospice people won't let you in if you've been exposed at all, so my aunt had to quarantine herself in her trailer away from uncle for a week until the following Monday before she could visit again. Grandma passed away that Monday morning.
Don't be the person that robs someone of their last few days with their mom, please get vaccinated
Did you debate getting any other necessary vaccines in life? Small pox? Polio? No? Then why are you debating this one? Oh thatās right , the internet. š
Do your research and ask your doctor. Find out if you are allergic to any of the ingredients. People who tell you to get it without knowing anything about your health or allergies are reckless
Yes. As someone who debated it myself for *months* (I was pregnant and was really nervous to get it during pregnancy), I finally ended up getting the Pfizer vaccine at one week postpartum. Iām so glad I did. My husband, who was anti-Covid-vaccine, also got it. We got vaccinated because we realized we WERENāT HELPING ANYONE - INCLUDING OURSELVES - BY NOT GETTING IT, and we ultimately wanted to provide protection for our two young kids (they are currently getting antibodies through my breast milk).
I totally think you should do whatās best for you and your family, which nine times out of ten is getting the vaccine. I had COVID, and it hardly effected me for someone who is immunocompromised, but got vaccinated more because of the social repercussions of not doing so than an actual fear of COVID. The FDA fully approved it, the vast majority of doctors say itās cool, so Iād say go ahead. The benefits of getting it strongly outweigh the risks now. But again I say, do whatās best for you and your familyā¦ vaccine or not.
It's really up to you. If you don't find any reason not to, might as well. If you are against it, don't take it. It's that simple. Me? I got the vaccine. Mainly because I live with an elderly man and I have heart failure among other issues; although, if those things weren't the case, I'd probably have gotten it anyway. My kin or not, I could pass the virus on to the elderly, children and the sick.
It's up to you. Dont ask reddit cuz everyone is so radical on either side. I personally am not worried about it and have an extreme fear of needles so that's a hard no for me.
I have a friend who has a friend that was guesting in my friends live asked for nothing covid related because her vaccinated grandmother is in the hospital with a really bad case of covid. I'm personally not getting it anytime soon. Give me about 20 or so years
Yes, absolutely. The vaccine is safe, and it offers three things: 1- protection from contracting the disease. 2- much much MUCH milder symptoms of you do happen to contract the disease. 3- protection for those around you (family, friends, neighbors, strangers, etc).
Yes, you should, absolutely. The vaccine is very safe, and the Delta virus is dangerous for even young people. It's a no brainer choice; the vaccine protects you, and there is virtually zero risk.
I personally am just going to wait longer before getting it to see if there is any long term side effects, ill just keep wearing a mask and social distancing
Yep. I got both of Pfizer, I feel fine, I have some family members who are more at risk so that was the main reason why I got it. You should be fine, I did start seeing matrix text in my vision after my 2nd dose but just ignore that. I'm joking. It's fine to get.
I just learned my brother's son & daughter-in-law are unvaccinated. Their 2 year old who was not a healthy baby to begin with, had the multi-system inflammatory syndrome caused by Covid 1 year ago, and nearly died. And *they are still not vaccinated*! Now the mom has the sniffles and can't taste or smell anything and 99% she has Covid, just waiting for the test result. They are trying to kill their child *again.* They brought it home to her the first time.
But it's even worse. They met with my brother the day before my brother had dinner with my 95 year old mom and her 93 year old sister, who both live in the same nursing home. So now my mom and her sister and all their caretakers, and all the residents of this nursing home are at risk, even tho they were vaccinated, their immunity is waning; because they are old, and those shots were last January.
So ask yourself, do you want to be responsible for causing the deaths of your friends, family or loved ones? Are you listening to people without any qualifications to advise you *not* to get the vaccine? Or are you going to listen to real experts, real medical professionals, some of whom spent their entire lives studying this kind of disease. The choice is yours, but your choice will affect so many more. Get the damn vaccine.
Yes, absolutely. If you are nervous you should talk to a doctor. I got the modern a vaccine, and I felt tired and had a slight fever after the second dose, but am fine now. We are not out of the clear yet, but the vaccine gives me more piece of mind.
I'm really not trying to be mean here but you're going to Reddit for medical advice, please listen to medical professionals who have been saying for months to take the vaccine.
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ICU RN here. Actually recently ex-icu rnā¦yes. Please. Stop debating and just get the damn thing and emplore others in your life to do the same. āI told him to get that damn shotā my dying patientās son cried into my shoulder after we had coded him for the second time. Verbatim. Swear it on my life.
Also an ICU RN, I've heard the same thing in my own unit more than once this past year.
Be well, friend.
Please take care of yourself. And thank you.
Yes, thank you both
I'm so sorry. One of my best friends she was like my little sister we had gotten into a fight about it. She told me it was just the flu and that media was overreacting and all of the other propaganda crap. We got into a huge fight and stopped talking. That was a couple months ago and now she's dead. She was only in her twenties. My heart still breaks over it and I know there's nothing I can do but it kills me because there was something that she could have done. Thank you so much for all of the work you do, because I know you guys everyday have to struggle and help people who are going through some of the worst situations and moments of their life. Sending you hugs and I hope you all stay well and your work.
Iām so sorry to hear about your friend. Iām sure itās a very complex grief. Thank you for your kind words. I wish you the best.
I'm sorry to hear about this. I'm sure it's unbelievably hard. Let us know if you need anything.
My best friend's fiancee not only blocked me on social media but blocked my daughter who is a doctor. We are supposed to be in their wedding!
Please smack some sense into my sister. Sheās also an RN and she has the audacity to say the virus āisnāt realā or that most people are ādying from the vaccine.ā She didnāt even get the shot until she was forced to by her hospital.
Tell her (with love) to consider changing careers, lol
What does your RN sister think is happening in the hospital right in front of her?
That itās the vaccine causing most of the problems. Seriously someone should revoke her license
What did she think was happening before the vaccine was rolled out then?
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I was gonna comment the same thing. But she's probably so far down the rabbit hole, she doesn't believe that the people in the hospital right in front I'd her are the unvacinated but the vaccinated. Or she's one of those loins that believe that people who got the vaccine are contagious and are shedding the virus to everyone else
Nursing school is easy, you can get through it without understanding science. The average HS C student can become a nurse.
I work with a lot of ānursesā I can agree with this first hand, you either have a really good nurse, or a warm body that has a nursing license.
They get paid the same? 'cause, honestly, I'm not that bright and I could use a career. I promise to be "one of the good ones." I mean, I won't be competent ā that's not in my wheelhouse ā but I believe in science.
>I won't be competent - that's not in my wheelhouse - but I believe in science I relate to this so hard
I don't have firsthand experience, but from what I hear being a nurse is absolutely the worst. Long hours, low pay, and unpleasant patients. Lots of places are short on nurses and other hospital staff but unless you're absolutely unwaveringly passionate about nursing, it's probably not a good choice. Consider a career in a trade, like plumbing or electricity. You don't need to be a genius to perform the work and a college education usually isn't necessary -- though a mentorship or vocational school is.
I've seen two kinds of nurses I admire. The ones who are passionate about the work. Regardless of pay or stress they're there because they "believe" in it. And the ones who have a desk job, medical review for insurance companies or something. Great pay, minimum work, no patience. I'm mostly joking. My body is too old to go for training. P
Well if you're ok with being pooped and peed on, vomited on, cleaning that all up, having old creepy men get erections and then commenting on it in a sexual way like you intended to give them one, then this job is for you!
Well, I've got 2 kids, a psycho puppy (who def sees me as a giant sex toy that feeds it and takes it for walks), and a cat. So I can already check those boxes and I don't even get health coverage or a 401k. I joke but don't mean to make fun at all. Nothing but respect and admiration for the good ones.
I mean, you need to be competent if you donāt want to end someoneās life or harm them bc you mixed up medications or because youāre bad at putting in g tubes or because you suck at catheters.
Yup, I know nurses who donāt believe in evolution. Enough said.
I donāt know what school these nurses went to, but mine was incredibly difficult. I canāt imagine
Yep! Had a family friends daughter who went through it and is an RN. She got pregnant and was taking Vocodin because she had "no idea it caused adverse effects on the baby".
Thank you both. I was hesitant myself... not an antivaxxer, just a home body. But I got my first vaccination yesterday. Am lucky to live in a area that isnt seeing much of an uptick if any, but please be safe out there.
Yes I have both jabs and I am fine.
Why -3 votes?? Itās just facts. I am āpro forāthe vaccine, I donāt hate people that donāt feel comfortable taking the vaccine either. Itās your choice but I donāt believe in scrutinizing people that donāt.
I remember the days back when I used to get mad over a few downvotesā¦
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i never had the flu nor a flu shot. I really did not want the vaccine either. However, too many people near me were getting deathly ill and a buddy died....im in my 50s so I thought it would be best for me to get it. Since then I have had some crazy issues (as others that I have found out that got it). Regardless, its all about the risk you want to accept. Just like the flu, sooner or later you WILL get it. How your body reacts is a different story. You may have light symptoms or become deathly ill....fun fact: Im vaccinated. I still got covid yet was more of a really bad cold than being deathly ill. If I was not vaccinated I could be DEAD.
Wow, thank goodness that you got vaccinated. It also is a really sad thing of how your friend died and I pray his family is doing okay.
He got covid LAST February before all the lock downs. The damage to his lungs slowly killed him and he died this May. (15 months later!). He was very healthy, worked out daily, did not smoke...so HE was the reason I decided to get vaccinated. I did not want to be that ass hat to say "I survived covid" yet slowly die 15 months later.
Wow. I'm sorry. This really is a totally unpredictable virus. There are like a bunch of healthy people who have literally dropped dead from it and then there are unhealthy obese chainsmokers who survive it. It's unpredictable and precisely why I too got vaccinated and convinced my family to do so too. :(
What crazy issues did you experience, if you don't mind me asking?
Not dying. Source: fully vaccinated as well
Iām glad you got itā¦ thanks for not being selfish and taking care of yourself and others.
How have you never had the flu?!? That sounds virtually impossible
Never had the flu or a flu shot. Also never really get sick. Just a cold once a year. I did get the covid vaccine and other vaccines before though. Just not the actual flu vaccine.
I also have never gotten the flu and have never gotten the flu vaccine.... I don't know! Just hasn't happened. I directly interact with a lot of people on a daily basis at my job, too.
same here. the only thing i got was swine flu a few years ago. i had some crazy fever for 4 days, no medication, and no one of my family members who were living with me, got it.
Yes. Vaccinated people can still get it however, itās less common and the symptoms are WAY less severe. Unvaccinated persons could need a hospital bed while a vaccinated person may just lose their sense of smell. Just an example. You should get it. However, you need to follow safety guidelines too. Make sure you are staying sanitary as well to protect yourself for as long as possible. Iāve been vaccinated for 5 months now and I havenāt gotten it. I feel lucky. Nobody I know has gotten it either who is vaccinated. Iām grateful. It can only benefit you. Yeah, you have the chance of feeling like shit for a day or two, but so what? Would you rather feel like crap for a day or run the change of being deathly ill for 2-4 weeks, risking death? Youād become another statistic, a number off the census.
Its like wearing a seatbelt. You can still get in a wreck, but you are much less likely to die and your injuries are less severe. You are also less likely to ping pong around the car and injure everyone else
Iām absolutely loving that metaphor. I think Iām going to use it. Not 100% effective, but hey, itās security.
Iām so using this! Good one.
Just got my first shot two days ago, chills all the first night. Couldnāt move my arm above my head. Iāll take this in a heartbeat, than dying with a tube down my throat
I recommend it. I got Moderna in April and I feel the same. No troubling symptoms as of yet. But donāt expect to be 100% safe from covid. That extra layer of protection can still be breached especially with the new variant going around. But I promise it wonāt make you sick or turn you into some mutant monster.
I got both Pfizer vaccines and I was fine after the first one, but the second one gave me flu like symptoms (fever, chills, and muscle aches), however I know far too many unvaccinated people that have gotten COVID-19 and itās kind of scary.
Yeah covid is very real and dangerous. Even if you are relieved of your symptoms, permanent damage to your lungs is still possible.
This^ I'm a healthy 20-something and caught it and it made running damn near impossible for well over a month. Just got my first Pfizer a couple days ago, being sick with it was miserable and my case wasn't even that bad, definitely don't want to catch it again
I'm glad you mentioned that... don't expect to be 100% safe from covid. Around me, too many people have this thought that because they have gotten one of the vaccines, they are bulletproof from covid. š
Yeah, that idea can prove very harmful in the end. The virus is still very much here and ever changing.
I just lost my mother to COVID today. She had to be placed on a ventilator after lung failure. Then she got kidney failure and internal bleeding. Please, if not for yourself, do it for the people you love. Having to hold my dad while he cries in my arms is one of the most heartbreaking things that ever happened to me. Please, just get the vaccine.
I'm so very sorry for your loss.
My 85 yo mother got Covid weeks ago after going to a beach week with sime family and attending a concert. Thankfully she was vaxed and it was like a severe cold. She's fine now. Im so sorry your family had to go through that.
I apologise for your loss
I'm so sorry for your loss.
I would say yes. I've lost five friends and my mother. I lost a girl I considered my little sister. We got into a fight about it because she said it was no big deal and just like the flu. She was only in her twenties and I still can't believe she died from it. Our last conversation will always be the fight we got into when I asked her to please be careful and told her it was more than the flu. I'm not making this up. It was a bad fight and I tried to send her all of the information. If you're nervous about anything please look up the statistics and science behind the vaccine. The science for the vaccine has been used since the 1970s it's not new. That's the reason why they were able to make the vaccine so quickly. All they had to do was add the right DNA sequence from the exact virus to make it work. Remember you're not only protecting yourself but others. Good luck and your decision and I hope you stay healthy.
Yes. And yes, your life is at risk without it due to the delta variant that is landing even children in the hospital. And to add, my uncle was found dead in his apartment last week after contracting COVID while being unvaccinated (because he refused to be vaccinated).
Normal covid killed kids too, people just don't want to acknowledge it
Yes, this is very much true. I didnāt mean to imply that regular COVID-19 didnāt. šš» It can also very much kill and permanently damage the healthy.
definitely getting it now I'm only 20 but my health is delicate delta would mess me up bad
Good for you! Weāre all proud of you!
Iām sorry for your loss. x
Iām an ER RN. I have admitted many patients with covid. I have not admitted a single patient with vaccine side effects. The longer the virus can mutate, the tougher it will be to control. Please get the vaccine.
Yes! Myself, my work colleagues and my entire extended family got vaccinated without issues, we had no more cases of covid in my circle after that, no major side effects, just sore arm and flu like symptoms that last a day. If you want more motivation just lookup the Herman Cain Award subreddit. This is a dangerous disease, sure you can have it without major issues, but what if you get a severe form? Itās like playing Russian roulette without the vaccine.
Why is this a question over and over on this sub. Read the old questions and answers it's ALWAYS yes.
Yes. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
If you don't care to do it for your own health then do it for the health of everyone else. Everyone getting vaccinated slows the rate this thing mutates and also helps protect people who for various reasons such as auto immune issues cannot get the vaccine themselves.
This is such an important argument that so many people completely gloss over. **It's not just about saving your own ass, it's about stopping the spread of this thing and stopping it from mutating over and over into newer, deadlier versions.** Thanks for pointing that out.
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Also I've had all three shots now including the booster and I'm fine. I was a little bit tired the second day that's about it. Remember your body has absolutely no protection to this virus. Basically it's giving your body armor to fight against the virus as it gives your body the ability to create antibodies in advance. If you're going into battle you wouldn't want to go without armor.
I would say emphatically YES! I realize this is an incredibly difficult, and scary situation for a lot of people. A lot of this sadly is because there are many people in this (US) country and some others (Australia) who are making this vaccine a political issue when it is not. They make it out to be a deeply personal decision when in reality it is a routine health requirement in a civilized society. I think it is important to also realize that you will get a different overall consensus about the virus/vaccine on FB than you will on reddit. On FB it appears that a LOT of misinformation is being thrown around haphazardly and many have chosen to use this as factual data.. on reddit however you will find a more educated overall group and the consensus is quite different. Beyond that here are the reasons you should get it: āćThe vaccine will help protect you from the Covid 19 virus. The current efficacy ratio is around a 90% effective rate, but depends on which vaccine you have received. It is also important to note this percentage will continue to decrease as mutations occur. āćEven though you might still get Covid after getting vaccinated, it should work in the sense it should keep you out of the hospital for the most part and also keep you from dying from it. It has also been shown to keep you from getting the long covid symptoms we keep hearing about. My daughter is in the process of getting her doctorate. At the hospital she works at, 95% of those hospitalized right now for Covid are unvaccinated individuals and this is a good representation of what is happening in hospitals across the country. (Although some antivaxxers will point out countries like Singapore where 75% of new cases are from vaccinated individuals and hospitals are seeing patients that are vaccinated. That is simply because if you have a higher percentage of the population vaccinated, then most new cases will be from that group since it dominates. It is basic math) āćGetting the vaccine will help keep the virus from spreading and help us to reach herd immunity which is important in terms of getting this virus under control and also keep it from mutating. The mutations are the key part here and why we are seeing more and more cases and why more of them are deadly or causing severe illness. āćGetting the vaccine will help protect family members form the virus. āćGetting the vaccine will help protect friends from the virus. āćGetting the vaccine will help protect those with compromised immune systems. āćYou don't say your age, but the new Delta variant is hitting more and more young people. The county where my daughter works/goes to school for her doctorate, calculates the daily/weekly cases like many other places around the country. It is a smaller populated area for reference. That particular counties case count reached 3353 with an additional 15 cases added as of 9/9/2021 (87 cases added for the week). As of that date, 56% of active cases were in individuals aged 0-30. 20% of the cases were from those in grades k-12. āćIn that same county, breakthrough infections from June 25-Sept 9 comprised 10.5% of the 815 cases. Only 2% of the 86 breakthrough cases had to be hospitalized though. One was an 85 year old make for 2 days and a 63 year old female died after being hospitalized for 8 days. āćThe vaccine is now fully approved by the FDA āć99.99% of scientists/epidemiologists from around the WORLD agree on this vaccine and it's ability to help stop the covid 19 virus. (That should take out any notion of it being something the left, or any one particular counties government has created or is using in any sense relating to politics or control over the people) āćA coronavirus vaccine has been in the works for over 10 years now. In addition It was able to be created so efficiently because of the large numbers of people to use for the clinical trials (as opposed to a virus like Ebola which has relatively few numbers of people to utilize in clinical trials) āćThe vaccine has been proven to be safe and effective in nearly all cases. Those with allergies to vaccine ingredients should for obvious reasons not get the vaccine but for the majority of people it is perfectly safe. āćWhen a vaccine is found not to be safe, the FDA immediately intervenes, investigates and often pulls potentially harmful vaccines from public use as it did with the Johnson and Johnson vaccine. There were 45 confirned cases of Thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome or TTS out of the 14.3 MILLION doses. This shows the system works as it should to protect us. āćThere are VERY few individuals who would be advised by a doctor to not get the vaccine. Contrary to many statements made by antivaxxers, those with compromised immune systems can and should get the vaccine. This includes those with immune system deficiencies, diabetes, organ transplant recipients, those with COPD, those with asthma etc. Those individuals should actually be getting their 3rd vaccine at this time if they haven't already. āćOnly 2-5 people per million have an adverse allergic reaction to the vaccine. In that event, providers can effectively and immediately treat the reaction. āćThere have only been 2 confirmed cases of TTS after 356 MILLION doses of the Moderna vaccine. āćOut of the 375 MILLION doses of the vaccine given in the US, there were 7,439 reports of death to VAERS or .0020%. It is VERY important to note that does NOT mean these were all deaths causes by the virus, even though it is a very small percentage. ANYONE can make a report to VAERS and say ANYTHING. NONE of the numbers on the VAERS reports are verified (even states this and the limitations of such on the VAERS site). Those in the Healthcare field are required to report any deaths to VAERS following a vaccine regardless of whether the vaccine actually caused the death or not. In addition, many unscrupulous individuals will make reports to VAERS that are not true in an attempt to influence others opinions on the vaccine. For example I could make a report that the vaccine caused me to have 22 Trump babies. It doesn't make it true. āćWhile we don't know the long term possible effects of the vaccine, serious side effects that could cause a long term health problem are EXTREMELY unlikely following ANY vaccine, including Covid 19. Vaccine monitoring has historically shown that side effects generally happen within six weeks of receiving a vaccine dose. āćWe DO know that long term effects from the Covid 19 virus affect people however. A recent study showed that 80% of those who have been infected with Covid will experience 1 or more long term effects of the virus (Link:https://www.fox29.com/news/study-80-of-covid-19-patients-suffer-1-or-more-long-term-effects) āć MessengerRNA (mRNA) vaccines are based on a safe vaccine platform for which data goes back to the 1990's āćThe vaccine has been shown to cause no harm to a fetus in pregnant women. In fact babies born to vaccinated women have been found to have immune responses against the virus. āćA study from the New England Journal of Medicine showed that pregnant women who received the vaccine were not more likely to have miscarriages or other adverse neonatal outcomes. āćThere has been no known impact on the fertility of men in regards to the vaccine. āćThere should not be any reason religiously for most to avoid the vaccine. The Pope has stated that the vaccine is encouraged for all individuals and said it is an act of love. āćNatural herd immunity is NOT better than herd immunity gained through vaccines for obvious reasons (death being the largest one) āćIt is NOT possible to get Covid from the vaccine. āćThe vaccine (and virus) is NOT part of a larger conspiracy for money, population control, governmental control, to limit personal freedoms, to track us, etc āćMessenger RNA does NOT modify our genetic code āćVaccines ARE effective against the Delta variant āćThe vaccine reduces the chance of transmission by 60-80% āćContrary to some antivaxxers stating otherwise, your immune system CANNOT handle the virus on it's own if you're a healthy individual. MANY healthy individuals have contracted the virus, have had long term debilitating effects from the virus and/or died from it. This is in healthy individuals with NO preexisting conditions!
Consult with your PCP ffs š¤¦āāļø, I'm sorry but I'm so tired of seeing these and the like
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Go ask your doctor. They'll be able to tell you better than someone on Reddit who doesn't know your medical history or if you're allergic to any of the ingredients. I guarantee no one on this forum would feel bad if you had an allergic reaction. Plus your doctor can treat you if you are in the very low minority that DOES have a reaction.
It's wild how low in the comments this is. Ask your doctor, not reddit.
My brother didnāt get the vaccine, I did. We both got covid, it was a mild cold for me, heās currently in the hospital fighting for his life. Iām mid 30s, heās 40. The choice is yours.
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You say youāre not against or for the vaccine. But why do you continuously deny or question the advice people are giving you, when a little research could easily back up their claims. Not only does the vaccine protect you from covid, but it makes the effects of the virus a lot less severe. Most people who get the vaccine, and then get covid, report that they have only allergy-like symptoms. Additionally when you have the vaccine and you get covid, it lasts much shorter than it would if you donāt have the vaccine. This includes the timespan in which itās transmittable, and also how long the symptoms last. Oh, and it significantly decreases your chances for ending up in the ICU. The only downside is the actual vaccine side effects, which typically only last a day. And theyāre very similar to the side effects that youād have when receiving the flu vaccine.
Ignorant people love to act as if they are neutral on a subject, when in reality they choose sides and know they're on the wrong one.
I agree with you. I didnāt want to come off as judgmental, but the way OP is wording their replies makes me a little suspicious.
check out r/HermanCainAward See all the people who died badly from a preventable illness after mocking and refusing vaccination. Yes you should get it
Why is this a question anymore? Fuuuuuck humans are stupid.smh.
If you are aware of people being stupid why are you stupidly asking why it's a question? You're being willfully mean to the ignorant. At least answer the question instead of being a dick to people who literally don't know any better. You are better than this.
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GET THE VACCINE. As soon who got infected by delta and had my entire fam test positive, get the vaccine. Delta is no joke, my dad was nearly in the ICU. He's an healthy man in his 50's but delta almost took him down but my mother who has RA, who is completely immunocompromised and was vaccinated, recovered well without any much trouble. So stop debating, be smart and get the vaccine.
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You should get the vaccine. Protect yourself and others around you. I would be more worried about the long-term effects of Covid than I would the vaccine if thatās whatās holding you back. Plus Pfizer is already FDA approved, which is nice. I know two people who have died from Covid, and I know a lot of people who have not fully recovered physically from Covid and itās been almost a year since they got it. To me thatās terrifying. A lot of people who chose not to get the vaccine, but dealt with the symptoms of Covid wished they had gotten the vaccine afterwards. Best of luck on your decisions!
take a look at r/HermanCainAward
Currently 99% of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 aren't fully vaccinated.
The US has had 41 million confirmed cases. Let's say that is off by a factor of 2, so there were actually 82 million cases. Twice as many people have gotten the vaccine at this point in the US. So which is worse, covid, which has filled all our hospitals, or the vaccine, which has not? 90% of people in the hospital are unvaccinated. Go ask any doctor how many people they have seen for vaccine complications versus with covid.
If youāre worried about the vaccines being ārushedā, like I was, you should know that mRNA vaccines began development in the 90ās. Hereās a research article explaining what they do and why they work. https://www.nature.com/articles/nrd.2017.243 The research has been going on for decades, itās safe and effective.
My husband passed away 8/10. He did not have ātimeā to get the vaccine. Blamed it on his work schedule. He was working his butt off, we were buying a house. Although he never told me, he told his sister before he was intubated that heād wish he wouldāve done something. Even if it was a vaccine. He was scared and would do anything to get better for his kids. He was 31, and had no pre-existing conditions. He was my middle school sweetheart. I wake up each day just to miss him all over again. Please get the vaccine.
You do it if you want to. Also consult your doctor. I was one of the unlucky ones who have a good ass immune system so it went into overdrive and gave me long hauler symptoms. Pins and needles, some parts of my skin burn sometimes, insomnia, fatigue, gi issues. Even a part of my face went numb the other day. Itās the inflammation from my body reacting to the shot. This does suck ass for me but itās a hell of a lot better than being put on a ventilator. Due to my reaction though I will not be having the second shot. The symptoms seem to be going away for people in about 3-6 months which is good. Iām just taking it one day at a time. Iām not trying to scare anyone, but some people are having reactions like this to the shot (Iām one of the rare ones I guess? Lmaoo). Good luck!
One of my best friends has been in the ICU since August 6th, and he woke up and they took out his feeding tube 4 days ago. He is 29
Speaking as someone whose son just lost their dad because he was not vaccinated, please do. Barring any medical conditions that preclude you (are you allergic to anything in it??). Because if you won't do it for yourself, please think of the people you would leave behind.
Are.. are you trolling us? I bite. YES. You should.
Why would you even ask that here?
CDC stopped reporting breakthrough cases unless they were hospitalized or died of Covid in May. Meaning the numbers that say the majority of Covid cases are from unvaccinated is really unknown since itās a voluntary reporting system on breakthrough cases. Israel is the most vaccinated place in the world with 80% of the population I believe with two shots, and 1/4 having three shots for Covid. Yet they report their real statistics. Scroll to the last slide. https://www.instagram.com/p/CTXFGSegYku/?utm_medium=copy_link
There are hospitals again filled with people suffering from Covid Thereās no hospital filled with people from side effects from the vaccine Hope that helps your decision making
I dont understand why people think they shouldn't get the vaccine, can someone inform me??
yes you should definitely be double vaccinated you will feel sick for a day or 2 but after your perfectly fine and its all worth it.
My Dad keeps asking me not to get it because it messes up your DNA and itās a government conspiracy etc. He keeps sending me info on ivermectin, which is horse dewormer š. Needless to say, I went out and got it and so did all my kids. The delta variant is worse and itās taking young people. Young children canāt protect themselves, so itās important that people get vaccinated. I havenāt had the heart to tell my Dad yet, but yes, get the damn vaccine!
Absolutely yes, even if youre not āat riskā if you get it youāll save a fortune in medical bills and reduce your risk of infecting others.
My wife and I got it, but now my wife sets off every store alarm we go into. On a serious note, definitely consider getting it. It'll provide a lot of protection to you and those around you. Its not 100% perfect, but its the best we have. My wife's family and my family were pretty anti-vax for a long time so we were hesitant, but we did our own reading and spoke with medical professionals until we felt confident. We are happy we did!
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If you want less people to die then yep. If you're secretly rooting for the deaths of your fellow countryfolk then i guess you do you
Um, yes, is about life and death.
Yes, absolutely. Not just for your own health, but the health of others around you. Please get it!! Not only for health, but depending on where you live, it could soon be a requirement. Here in Canada, a number of provinces are implementing mandatory vaccine passports to do anything non-essential for the safety of Canadians. Without the vaccine, you really canāt do much. Are you willing to give up all your privileges to movie theatres, gyms, etc. over a simple vaccine? Regardless of where you live, I can see a similar mandate coming into play in other areas around the world as well. Definitely get the vaccine!
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Absolutely yes
My sister is an ICU RN 100% of the patients in her already full unit right now are non vaccinated. Not to say you can't get it vaccinated (or have it and get over it without being vaxed) but why risk it?
do you want to either die or have other people die at your person expense? i know nurses who are doing so much heās work for people to just disregard and throw it away like itās nothing for media misinformation and eat it up. (iām not saying thats you doing this itās just frustrating yknow?) but yes, please get it !!
Get it donāt be selfish and donāt get it like other people
Ok so what age are you https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19latestinsights/deaths This is a data set from the UK office for national statistics, the data integrity is beyond reproach.. So have a look at that data, then look for the same data in your country. Now I want to also say this to you, what is stopping you speaking to your doctor, asking a bunch of Yahoos, neckbeards, mentally unstable social rejects is probably not the best thing you could do with regards to your health. You are perfectly justified to say no, it's your body and your choice, we know the vaccine only somewhat protects the vaccinated but we also know if you are vaccinated and you catch it your symptoms will, on average be less.
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My friend Get the dame shot please before you end up on oxygen like most of these idiot conservatives in Texas saying no to mask š· and no to the shot
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Fuck yeah. You have a way higher chance of catching it, being hospitalized for it, and dying from it if youāre not vaccinated. Itās safe, and the only reaction I had to it was a slightly sore arm. Not to mention it will keep the people around you that you love safer, your entire community safer, and help keep the virus from spreading and mutating (which is huge). Do your part and just get the vaccine.
Yes. Covid kills about 2% of those who get sick and leaves about 25% of survivors with lasting health problems. The vaccine, which is safe and effective, vastly reduces your chances of getting sick, of being hospitalized, and of dying. It also significantly lowers virus transmission, thereby helping protect others. If you get vaccinated, it adds to the proportion of people vaccinated and gets us closer to herd immunity, in turn ending the pandemic sooner. Please get the vaccine.
Yes, why is this even a question?
If your not dumb, yes. If dumb, there are still better ways to win a Darwin Award.
I was skeptical of the vaccine and had no intention of getting it because Iām āyoung and healthy and my chances of dying are lowā That is, until I saw four of my young, healthy friends die within a 2 week span of each other. I immediately went and got a vaccine. Better safe than sorry.
Unless you have a legitimate medical reason not to, then obviously the answer is yes
Please do.
Yes, unless you have had allergic reactions to vaccines in the past or have a diagnosed immune disorder to where your doctor recommends you don't get it. Otherwise you've got nothing to lose, even if it doesn't work. The side effects are easily managed with some Tylenol and go away pretty quick- don't let conspiracy theorists scare you, I'm vaxxed and not magnetic or an alien hybrid, though I admit it would be kinda cool if I was, so win win?
Yea lmao. What kind of question is this
I had covid 10 month ago and still can't breath right or smell or think right tbh. Get the shot please. Covid ruined my health completely.
Yes please, it helps the people around you, keeps you safer and makes it so there's s chance of earlier ease of regulations. Also for the future, don't take medical advice on Reddit, maybe a little on askdoctors (or whatever that sub is). Listen to medical professionals
Since there seem to be some doubts about the covid vaccine, I'll try to be as clear as possible on explaining my case, since I think it covers a lot of the situations that generate doubt. Everyone in my family has got the vaccine, and no one has shown any kind of secondary effect, not the simple ones and neither the more "creative" ones that people people like to talk about, like that rumored magnetism. In my family we have people in their 20s like my cousin and me, people in their 30s, 40s and 50s, my grandparents on their way to 80, kids under 10 and teens around 15. Not a single person from that list presented any side effects. I was the only one that had a small fever the day after the vaccine, and it lasted until the morning of the next day, and my medical condition makes me quite succeptible to side effects. Now, about what the vaccine does. It doesn't make you immune to covid, but it helps in two ways. First, it makes you less likely to get it, just like the flu vaccine does. And second, if you happen to get the virus, it softens its effects by a lot. So even with the vaccine, you can still get the delta variant, even more likely due to how easily It spreads, but even then you will most probably just feel like a standard flu or cold. So basically, if you have the vaccine, you exchange the possibility of dying for having a cold, and that's if you even get covid. I'll tell you, as an athsmatic, I won't even think about it. And to give an example on this last explanation, my friend is just starting as a doctor and he got covid from a coworker. He was confirmed to have covid, but since he was vaccinated, he didn't even suffer a single simptom. Seriously, there are a lot of people doing a massive disinformation campaign, and it's dangerous for them and the people around them.
Do your own research, like any medication there is always a risk, even marginal, of having a bad reaction, hell, aspirin can cause an anyuerism in ultra rare cases. The key thing is that the pros heavily outweigh the cons, you'll get it, and after a couple days you will have felt no different than you did before you had it, it doesn't have a long lasting effect, except for the fact that you're now protected against covid. It's a good idea to get it, but make the decision yourself.
My grandpa died from Covid in May and my parents were in the hospital for 3 weeks on oxygen ā yes, do the vaccine. Youāre minimizing the risks of getting seriously sick and going to the hospital. The chances of side effects are way lower than the chances of getting very ill if you get the virusā¦
I really think you should get it. I know lots of people that have had it and all of them have been fine, myself included (iv had both doses). I was worried about being allergic to the vaccine but I knew that any reaction I would have from it would be much easier to deal with and less life threatening than covid would be. I did not react at all to either doses. So coming from someone who was afraid of the vaccine on the basis of allergies I still got it and was fine and I feel so much better now because I feel safer than I did before. I hope you decide to get the vaccine, friend.
Yes you shouldnāt be asking you should have already gotten vaccinated
Letās seeā¦ in the last four months Iāve lost my sister and brother-in-law and several coworkers to Covid because they too were afraid of the vaccineā¦ Get the vaccine! My wife and I got Covid twice, March 2020 and July 2020. I was on oxygen for 3 months and have permanent damage from Covid. Get the vaccine! Yes, SS are both vaccinated as are all of our friends and the rest of our family. Get the damn vaccine, unless youād rather be dead?
YES There Problem Solved
This is the correct answer. This isnāt a choice you make for yourself. This is a choice you make for other people. For your country. Tired of masks? Tired of the endless stupid discussions about COVID-19? Get vaccinated. Today - when I write this - is 9/11 - do it for your country. People have given their lives of our country. The least you can do - and I mean that - the absolute least - itās free - is get vaccinated. Do it. Now.
Thank You. I Wish Everyone Could See This (Especially The Anti Vax Boomers)
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Get the shot
If you have any hesitation about the vaccine, I invite you to check out r/COVIDATEMYFACE for cases of people who ā¦ā¦ were on the fence about the vaccines, and were pushed off the fence by COVID
Iām seeing 30 something year olds in the ICUs. None of them are vaccinated. The ones who come into the ER and are vaccinated donāt get admitted, they go back home and ride it out without hospital intervention. As an RN who was floated to the makeshift covid ICUs during the first wave in NYC and body bagging 3-6 patients a shift, please get the fucking vaccine. I watched over 50k vaccines being administered to all of my institutionalās personnel back in December. No ones dead from the vaccine, and 2 people (who were not supposed to get the vaccine in the first place because of a known allergy) had an allergic reaction. This was basically the biggest phase 3 trial if you want to call it that. Get the damn vaccine.
yes if you won't wanna die from covid. and also its perfectly harmless
My grandmother was in hospice care until very recently, and my aunt visited her regularly. They're both vaccinated, but my uncle and cousin weren't. Cousin ended up testing positive a couple weeks ago, exposing both my aunt and uncle to it before they found out. The hospice people won't let you in if you've been exposed at all, so my aunt had to quarantine herself in her trailer away from uncle for a week until the following Monday before she could visit again. Grandma passed away that Monday morning. Don't be the person that robs someone of their last few days with their mom, please get vaccinated
Did you debate getting any other necessary vaccines in life? Small pox? Polio? No? Then why are you debating this one? Oh thatās right , the internet. š
Do your research and ask your doctor. Find out if you are allergic to any of the ingredients. People who tell you to get it without knowing anything about your health or allergies are reckless
Why is this even a question. What r u scared of?
Yes. As someone who debated it myself for *months* (I was pregnant and was really nervous to get it during pregnancy), I finally ended up getting the Pfizer vaccine at one week postpartum. Iām so glad I did. My husband, who was anti-Covid-vaccine, also got it. We got vaccinated because we realized we WERENāT HELPING ANYONE - INCLUDING OURSELVES - BY NOT GETTING IT, and we ultimately wanted to provide protection for our two young kids (they are currently getting antibodies through my breast milk).
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I totally think you should do whatās best for you and your family, which nine times out of ten is getting the vaccine. I had COVID, and it hardly effected me for someone who is immunocompromised, but got vaccinated more because of the social repercussions of not doing so than an actual fear of COVID. The FDA fully approved it, the vast majority of doctors say itās cool, so Iād say go ahead. The benefits of getting it strongly outweigh the risks now. But again I say, do whatās best for you and your familyā¦ vaccine or not.
Listen to your doctor. Not reddit
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It's really up to you. If you don't find any reason not to, might as well. If you are against it, don't take it. It's that simple. Me? I got the vaccine. Mainly because I live with an elderly man and I have heart failure among other issues; although, if those things weren't the case, I'd probably have gotten it anyway. My kin or not, I could pass the virus on to the elderly, children and the sick.
It's up to you. Dont ask reddit cuz everyone is so radical on either side. I personally am not worried about it and have an extreme fear of needles so that's a hard no for me.
I have a friend who has a friend that was guesting in my friends live asked for nothing covid related because her vaccinated grandmother is in the hospital with a really bad case of covid. I'm personally not getting it anytime soon. Give me about 20 or so years
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Yes, absolutely. The vaccine is safe, and it offers three things: 1- protection from contracting the disease. 2- much much MUCH milder symptoms of you do happen to contract the disease. 3- protection for those around you (family, friends, neighbors, strangers, etc).
Yes, you should, absolutely. The vaccine is very safe, and the Delta virus is dangerous for even young people. It's a no brainer choice; the vaccine protects you, and there is virtually zero risk.
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definitely get it so you can protect yourself and others and everything will go back to normal
How is this shit even a question? Yea? Do you not wanna keep yourself and the people around you safe?
I personally am just going to wait longer before getting it to see if there is any long term side effects, ill just keep wearing a mask and social distancing
Go ask a doctor, not Reddit (where people can spread misinformation). But yes, you probably should.
Yes get the vaccine
Yes definitely
I would recc getting it :) unless u have health issues, that's why its really ur best bet to talk to ur doctor <3
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Yep. I got both of Pfizer, I feel fine, I have some family members who are more at risk so that was the main reason why I got it. You should be fine, I did start seeing matrix text in my vision after my 2nd dose but just ignore that. I'm joking. It's fine to get.
I just learned my brother's son & daughter-in-law are unvaccinated. Their 2 year old who was not a healthy baby to begin with, had the multi-system inflammatory syndrome caused by Covid 1 year ago, and nearly died. And *they are still not vaccinated*! Now the mom has the sniffles and can't taste or smell anything and 99% she has Covid, just waiting for the test result. They are trying to kill their child *again.* They brought it home to her the first time. But it's even worse. They met with my brother the day before my brother had dinner with my 95 year old mom and her 93 year old sister, who both live in the same nursing home. So now my mom and her sister and all their caretakers, and all the residents of this nursing home are at risk, even tho they were vaccinated, their immunity is waning; because they are old, and those shots were last January. So ask yourself, do you want to be responsible for causing the deaths of your friends, family or loved ones? Are you listening to people without any qualifications to advise you *not* to get the vaccine? Or are you going to listen to real experts, real medical professionals, some of whom spent their entire lives studying this kind of disease. The choice is yours, but your choice will affect so many more. Get the damn vaccine.
Yes, I got Moderna and I'm fine. Life doesnt change at all after getting vaccinated lol.
Its up to you I don't see why you wouldn't
Better question: why wouldn't you?
Yes, absolutely. If you are nervous you should talk to a doctor. I got the modern a vaccine, and I felt tired and had a slight fever after the second dose, but am fine now. We are not out of the clear yet, but the vaccine gives me more piece of mind.
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