Coronavirus...post your thoughts here...

[Essjay]

We were told ages ago we'd need a booster in late autumn/winter.

 

[Avel1896]

Government and politicos get on my nerves.....

 

[anewbie]

In the US we could prevent the spread of delta variant if people would get vaccinated since everyone who wants to be vaccinated can get one. However a bit over 40% of the population simply does not want to get vaccinated. And so it spreads....

 

[Naughts]

We were told ages ago we'd need a booster in late autumn/winter.

Now they seem to be saying autumn boosters are just for the immunosuppressed, older people in care homes and the over 70's. I'm guessing these are the groups who had the pfizer vaccine which is showing as less protective against the dominant Delta variant?

 

[Avel1896]

However a bit over 40% of the population simply does not want to get vaccinated.

Why ?

 

[anewbie]

Why ?

We are not allowed to talk about politics.

 

[Avel1896]

Oh it's a political concern ? Ok.

 

[Fishmanic]

some choose not to get vaccinated .... it's called freedom of choice. Perhaps they have concerns of possible side effects.

 

[Avel1896]

That is what I thought. A mix of free-will and side-effects.

 

[Colin_T]

In the US we could prevent the spread of delta variant if people would get vaccinated since everyone who wants to be vaccinated can get one. However a bit over 40% of the population simply does not want to get vaccinated. And so it spreads....

I'm in Western Australia and want the vaccination but can't get one

New South Wales (on the east coast of Australia) is in lock down and will be for a while due to the delta strain running rampant and people not complying with no socialising laws that are in effect. Idiots are visiting friends and family on the other side of town and spreading the virus.

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some choose not to get vaccinated .... it's called freedom of choice. Perhaps they have concerns of possible side effects.

The side effects are well known now and considering millions of people have had numerous different types of vaccine, that should alleviate the issues associated with being vaccinated.

The problem is too many people think they have the right to refuse it because they don't care about spreading it and causing the death of other people. These selfish individuals don't care because they don't know the people dying. If they watched their family and friends suffocating to death, they would be more inclined to get vaccinated instead of being paranoid conspiracy theorists worrying about what the government is injecting into them.

 

[Essjay]

There is also a lot of misinformation out there which scares people into not having the vaccine.

 

[Avel1896]

Well, I do not inderstand why the heck they're such a drama around these covid19 vaccines ! Any same reactions against flu vaccine ? No, and yet it is modified every year to protect against flu mutation ! So what ?

Every single active principle brings side-effects, or it is called a placebo.
Please note that, here, I am not saying side-effects don't have to be taken in consideration, not at all. I do understand people that have suffered side-effects have been afraid of them. It has do be scaring ; but that hysteria....

 

[Sunnyspots]

Did you know placebos can have side effects too?!

 

[anewbie]

There is also a lot of misinformation out there which scares people into not having the vaccine.

But that is the gist of the problem in the age of the internet. Anyone can say anything and a lot of people have difficulty filtering out the 'obvious' bull. It was true before the internet but the internet allows it to spread faster and adapt to people resistance to believe at a much faster pace; though to be honest certain tv news cast are doing the same thing at an alarming rate (spreading false information).

 

[Avel1896]

Did you know placebos can have side effects too?!

Well, how could they ? They bring none active principle. I think in this case it is particularly a psychological state.