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Originally Posted by TheMugwump
Respectfully Puck, it is a huge deal, and a public safety issue.
If it were just the matter of those who don't get the shot getting sick(er) and dying at a higher rate, that is one thing. A sad thing, but not really my business.
If it were just additionally that these non-vaccinated folks were overcrowding emergency rooms and taking critical care beds from vaccinated folks with other conditions (my father-in-law, for example could not get into a hospital in Buffalo last weekend to get a blockage treated, and with only one kidney, it could have ended up killing him), then that would be bordering on a national emergency, but still, as a Naval veteran I can see the argument that they should have the choice to not get the shot.
But now, these large numbers of unvaccinated folks are becoming petri dishes for newer and even more resistant variants of Covid. The Delta is only the beginning. You want to lose more sleep at night? Read up on the Mu variant, which is apparently able to evade the immunity that people with the vaccine have. Granted, Mu did not develop here in the US, but the point is that more people who are unvaccinated means more potential spots for viral mutations, which means the virus will become even deadlier and harder to stop.
THAT is why we should all care, before this thing mutates into Captain Trips, and 99.9% of us are gone.
This, to me, makes the protests of a few football players moot.
Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.
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I have stayed out of this fray until now but cannot help but weigh in as this goes to the smack talk area or to hell or wherever.
I work in a contract reserach organization and currently have a team dedicted to Pfizer Covid Lightspeed studies, among other pharma/biotech/research clients. I have folks on Janssen, AZ and Curevac among others.
As for jabs - I was stuck with AZ (not my choice in Spain) and as a 3rd party participant, I stand behind the Pfizer product 100% and have confidence in the others though I am more in tune with the data from Pfizer. As mentioned, I see the data and half the crap I have seen on this board and threads are simply mind boggling. Gawd help us but I promise you the pharma companies are not involved with Bill Gates and controlling us with mind altering nanobots and most of the other bizarre shit I have been reading on the interwebs.
I am also a Navy 20 year vet as an HMC and stand behind the need and also get the my choice stuff. Bottom line, look at the real facts and not the internet conspriacy carp. Then look at the numbers now in ICU and check who is vaccinated or not.... Jeebus Key-Rist on a crutch !!!
Soapbox now stored and venting done.