I'm curious what percent of vaccinated and/or boosted persons would make a different decision with the passage of time and with the information we have now? 10%? 50%? What about the alternative? How many people who didn't get the vaccine might reconsider? Anyone?
If You Had a Do-Over, Would You Still Get the Shot?
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This should get interesing.
I can't emphasize enough the significance of the passage of time.
Had the original vaccine. Would not do again.
Got the first two but no boosters. Would not do it again. Didn't want to do it at the time but did so out of a misguided noble gesture to support my wife who was forced to do so to keep her job at the time.
To remain gainfully employed in my industry, I had little alternative.
I met the absolute minimum vaccination requirement to remain employed with my company (and remain in my industry) and don't second guess my decision as the primary breadwinner for my family.
I met the absolute minimum vaccination requirement to remain employed with my company (and remain in my industry) and don't second guess my decision as the primary breadwinner for my family.
I think the more interesting question to ask would be, "Has the Covid vaccination saga changed the way that you look at other decisions you make in life?"
At this point, vaccination is a sunk cost. Done. Gone. No need to relitigate. If your outlook is changed because of it, you're going to see that in future decisions not past. Have you changed your lifestyle? Eat healthier? Trying to get off maintenance meds? Are you seeing your employer as less employee friendly than before? More? Do you see politicians running from vax past as something worth considering the next time they try to sell you an idea?
If you regret the vaccine and haven't changed anything else...well, I would say you really don't regret the vaccine.
At this point, vaccination is a sunk cost. Done. Gone. No need to relitigate. If your outlook is changed because of it, you're going to see that in future decisions not past. Have you changed your lifestyle? Eat healthier? Trying to get off maintenance meds? Are you seeing your employer as less employee friendly than before? More? Do you see politicians running from vax past as something worth considering the next time they try to sell you an idea?
If you regret the vaccine and haven't changed anything else...well, I would say you really don't regret the vaccine.
AggieRain said:
Had the original vaccine. Would not do again.
Ditto
The same set of circumstances would still be in place that basically forced me to get it.
For all those who got vaccinated to "keep their job"
It would have been real interesting if everyone who didn't want the shot would have just refused to get it.
It would have been real interesting if everyone who didn't want the shot would have just refused to get it.
No, I probably wouldn't have bothered.
A vaccine? For a cold virus?
Still, no.
Still, no.
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I had to get it to travel to BVI.
I wish that I didn't get it. It was short sighted of me.
I wish that I didn't get it. It was short sighted of me.
I kind of expected more resistance at my company, but even my conservative colleagues were like "meh, it is what it is". Screw the experimental nature of the vaccine itself, I couldn't believe there was no uproar that they were threatening to terminate us for simply making our own medical decisions.Ags4DaWin said:
For all those who got vaccinated to "keep their job"
It would have been real interesting if everyone who didn't want the shot would have just refused to get it.
I faked a vaccine card and do not regret it. I had a newborn at the time, otherwise, I might have just quit or told them to p*ss off and take my chances. Wife and I discussed and decided forgery was the best approach.
Hell no. It was required for a cruise we took. It was also required to have a negative Covid test 48 hours prior to sailing. Went through all that crap and got Covid on the cruise
Never got it.
Never will.
Never will.
When the truth comes out, do not ask me how I knew.
Ask yourself why you did not.
Ask yourself why you did not.
Elections are when people find out what politicians stand for, and politicians find out what people will fall for.
BudAg97 said:
I can't emphasize enough the significance of the passage of time.
Very underappreciated post.
no.
still. no.
Told my employer I will work till the last day it was required to get it and would find other work thereafter. There isn't a force on earth to make me get it.
My company required it(Federal contracts so uncle sam pushed it). After the 2nd booster I stopped getting them, and if I had a do over and
could have continued my employment I probably wouldn't get it again.
I do get the Flu shot because after my 20s, that really started beating the hell out of me.
could have continued my employment I probably wouldn't get it again.
I do get the Flu shot because after my 20s, that really started beating the hell out of me.
let me think on it again. all the dumbest i know are getting it. and its basically the flu, so...
no.
and still...
nope.
no.
and still...
nope.
Pure blood here!!!!
What u experienced with ur colleagues is a perfect example of how the Nazis took over.
Slow cook the frog.
Slow cook the frog.
Well, it wasn't a vaccine. I did not get the shot and will not get the shot. That choice kept me from going back to Tawara for the 80th anniversary.
Did get covid and it was sort of like a mild flu.
I know four people who have recently gotten covid and all are pretty old and all of them got the shot and knowing them, they probably got the booster(s). I have been around all four so we will see.
Did get covid and it was sort of like a mild flu.
I know four people who have recently gotten covid and all are pretty old and all of them got the shot and knowing them, they probably got the booster(s). I have been around all four so we will see.
What's getting annoying is all you virtue signalers who feel the need to jump on every thread.
Look, I'm glad you were able to avoid it. Congratulations. Some of us were pretty much given no choice if we wanted to continue down the path in life we were on.
Look, I'm glad you were able to avoid it. Congratulations. Some of us were pretty much given no choice if we wanted to continue down the path in life we were on.
From the original post:CDUB98 said:
What's getting annoying is all you virtue signalers who feel the need to jump on every thread.
Look, I'm glad you were able to avoid it. Congratulations. Some of us were pretty much given no choice if we wanted to continue down the path in life we were on.
How many people who didn't get the vaccine might reconsider? Anyone?
Pure blood here. However, if I had a do-over, I would do it the same way, again.
I received the vaccine then and, under similar circumstances, would likely do it again.
Eh, I got it and all the boosters. I had COVID (I think...it was Jan 2, 2020) before anyone knew what it was and haven't had any issues since. I also get a flu shot every year. I just don't get the uproar over a little shot.
Nope. I got the initial two Pfizer shots. Would not do it if I had a do over.
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