a reply to:
mikegaiser
I don't have as much problem with it being developed in China as some people (
Atsbhct) would have believed, but it still has the
exact same issues that make me loath to take the injected version. Specifically
- It has not been proven safe in long-term trials on the general
population, and
- it is for a disease with a 98+% survivability rate.
I know some people just can't get this... it's apparently too complex an idea for them to
grasp... but the injection is not why I am not taking the vaccine! The location the vaccine was developed is not why I am not taking the vaccine! The
color of the stuff is not why I not taking the vaccine! The position of Alpha Centauri is not why I am not taking the vaccine!
All of that is absolutely irrelevant! As far as I am concerned, even the fact that it is an mRNA vaccine is becoming pretty much irrelevant.
All that matters to me is
- Has it been tested on the general population for an extended period of time?
- Does it prevent a disease I would consider "deadly"?
That's it... that's all I am concerned about. Anything else, cries of racism, claims
that I am "anti-science," cajoling, pleading, begging, mandating, threatening... all of that is moot.
And since there seems to already be a level of comprehension on here lower than any I have ever imagined being possible, perhaps I should explain that
"moot" means it does not matter.
I will say this: if both types of vaccination were approved, had a reasonable trial period with little side effects, and combated a disease I felt
warranted a vaccine, I would probably opt for this one over the injection. Redneck don't like needles. But we're not even close to that point yet, and
since I tend to wonder about anything others try to force on me, especially others who are well-known for wanting to (and even trying to) make my life
miserable, it follows that at this rate I will never take the vaccine even if the conditions above were to be met.
Short answer: No. I do not need a vaccine.
I will not take it in the rain
I will not take it on a train
I will not take it on a tram
I will not take it, Sam-I-am!
Maybe that reading level will get through to people...
TheRedneck