Discussion Are you going to get the Vaccine Shot?

[highland145]

Absolutely. When it gets round to me - I'm not really high-priority. My elderly mother will probably get it long before me.

I'm hoping it will have unexpected effects, i.e. give me super-powers. Perhaps I shall become PangolinBoy. With armoured scales and the ability to roll into a protective ball.

Bane: Cars, Trucks and Trains.

 

[grandpaflo]

Never. I'll never take it.

So long as people are going to liberally apply the word "crazy", there's a missing option:

"I'm a crazy pro-vaxxer!!!!" XD

 

[EXCellR8]

Probably. Though I'd like to see how, over the course of the next month or so, what it's actually doing for more susceptible folks.

 

[Sonikku]

Probably won't be getting one for a long time. I'm neither someone that's important like our medical professionals nor am I someone with connections that can move me to the front of the line. There will be a huge shortage and from what I hear the US won't be able to get more until June.

 

[nakedfrog]

Never. I'll never take it.

So long as people are going to liberally apply the word "crazy", there's a missing option:

"I'm a crazy pro-vaxxer!!!!" XD

If you love polio so much why don't you marry it already?

 

[dullard]

But I'm also in a risk category for, you know, dying from the coronavirus because of asthma, so probably yeah lol.

What do you base your increased risk of dying on? Everything that I've read shows a mild lowered risk of dying from Covid with asthma.

For example in a 66,123 patient study, the only consistent exposure that was protective was asthma:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/ar...85–0.99) showed a protective effect on dying.

The are many other studies with similar conclusions. All that I've seen otherwise is right at the beginning of the outbreak when asthma was lumped in with COPD and other respiratory illnesses and the entire group was deemed more likely to die. But once broken out into individual conditions, I see asthma as protective in studies.

I will go out on a limb and assume that the reason that asthma is protective is because upper respiratory tract infections of Covid tend to be far more mild than lower respiratory tract infections. And with asthma, you don't inhale as many particles as deeply.

 

[brianmanahan]

If you love polio so much why don't you marry it already?

polio builds character!

 

[Leymenaide]

ASAP!

 

[nakedfrog]

polio builds character!

And upper body strength!

 

[allisolm]

ASAP!

This.

 

[Mai72]

Bu what if the vacinne turns us all into ZOMBIES!

Plus, the Bill Gates plan scares me.

 

[IronWing]

And upper body strength!

Brace yourself for the anti-Vax lifestyle!

 

[skyking]

I'm all in, but my wife is in a really shitty category: rheumatoid arthritis for years now, rotating through the whole gamut of immunosuppression drugs. She is high risk for Covid, but she also has severe allergic reactions. They are advising against the vaccine for now.

 

[pcgeek11]

I was telling this wife this morning over breakfast that I had this crazy thought about how the front line workers are getting the vaccine first and it would be ironic if 28 days later they all turned into zombies.

That would make a great movie!

Oh wait.......................

lol

 

[DigDog]

i am disappointed that:

1. this poll exists
2. this poll has 3 answers instead of 2, where the correct two options are "yes" and "i am an idiot"
3. the poll results for ATOT are not 100% opt. 1

 

[snoopy7548]

Yep! The earliest I'll be able to get it will probably be around June.

 

[IEC]

I've already received the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine.

I'm a physician and due in part to the bias from seeing the worst of COVID-19 outcomes and also just being sick of isolation for 9 months I decided to take it ASAP. I've avoided infection during that time to the best of my knowledge by treating everyone (including my colleagues) as being infected.

To me the benefits greatly outweighed the (small) risks. So far nothing different versus the influenza shot.

 

[purbeast0]

Yes I will get it as soon as I am able to.

Pretty sure my brother got it yesterday as he's a DC Firefighter.

 

[Fritzo]

I'm glad to see we have a group of intelligent and reasonable people here

To those holding off- if you have severe food or skin allergies, you have good reason. If you're concerned about the overall safety or side effects- we've not had any issues with vaccines of ANY type in the last 50 years. This current vaccine is actually based on an existing SARS vaccine that was created 10 years ago and underwent minor edits (which is why it was produced so quickly). Please encourage those in doubt using facts and reason. We need to get to 60+% vaccination to start seeing a big difference, and I don't want to be wearing a mask next summer!

 

[kage69]

Absolutely I will.

High risk wife at home, we both need it asap.

 

[MtnMan]

i am disappointed that:

1. this poll exists
2. this poll has 3 answers instead of 2, where the correct two options are "yes" and "i am an idiot"
3. the poll results for ATOT are not 100% opt. 1

With the number of trump humpers here, no surprise.. The stupid walk amongst us.... sadly

 

[KMFJD]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1339052493163073537

'nuff said

 

[Ajay]

Will take it the second it is available to me.

Same!

 

[BudAshes]

 

[VashHT]

I'll get it when I can, not sure what the scheduling is but I'm technically an essential worker at a medical company so maybe I'd be able to get it earlier. My gf is a pharmacist so I'm hoping she can get it right away, people are being complete assholes at her pharmacy (going in while they're covid positive and telling her after they get their shit). Her pharmacy is getting the vaccine this week so I guess we'll see.