I'm in the UK and I'm not old/vunerable so I been offered a vaccine yet, but I definitely intend to get it when the opportunity comes 
Ice, maybe worth adding AstraZeneca to the poll, since some members here have had that vaccine? 
Excuse me? My “tinfoil hat”?
People can lie? Really!? I had NO idea. Facebook is bought out, CBC news is bought out, to spread what the “big guys” want you to hear. Why on earth would they have to be bought out if it was the truth!? Why do records show that a certain very idolized “Doctor” was sending thousands to Wuhan for “research”. Not now, but before the whole thing.
I will NEVER be vaccinated. That’s my choice. You do whatever you please to yourself.
Have a nice night.
Other people have explained to you why your views are misguided, but you don't seem receptive to it, so I'm not going to try and change your mind about vaccines.
I just want to ask that you stop spreading anti-vaxxer views on this forum, which is full of young, impressionable people who will, at some point, need to make the decision whether or not to get the vaccine (please do get it!!) The anti-vaxxer movement is incredibly harmful, for reasons I'll explain below.
Yes, people have died from the vaccine, but the risk of that happening is extremely small. Especially compared to the number of people who would have died from Covid had they not been vaccinated. For instance, there's been a lot of controversy around AstraZeneca because it can cause blood clots. The chance of getting a blood clot is approximately 4 in 1 million. This is the same as the chance of getting a blood clot from a long-haul flight (source). Does that mean you should never get on a plane? These rare cases are blown up by anti-vaxxers to instill fear in people and perpetuate their movement when, in reality, the benefits of getting a vaccine far outweigh the risks.
"I will NEVER be vaccinated. That’s my choice. You do whatever you please to yourself." - The problem with this statement is that your choice affects other people. It's a scientifically proven fact that vaccines protect us through herd immunity. Once you are vaccinated, you can't spread Covid, meaning that, the more people who are vaccinated, the less likely the remaining unvaccinated people are to catch Covid. If you have never had a vaccine before, the reason you haven't contracted mumps, measels, rubella, etc. by now is because of herd immunity. In other words, all the people around you have protected you by getting vaccinated themselves. By choosing not to get vaccinated, you are putting the people who are physically unable to get vaccinated (e.g. because of allergic reactions) at risk.
Below, Pippapotamus explains first-hand the consequences when herd immunity fails:
EDIT: the quote ended up at the bottom, apologies!
Vaccines are the only way to end this pandemic. We're all relying on as many people to get vaccinated as possible. It's really disheartening to see countless scientists and experts work tirelessly to develop vaccines and promote them in order to save lives, only for a loud minority of people to spread horror stories and claim that the vaccines are "dangerous".
Robosrock, I don't mean for this post to be an attack on you. Frankly, I don't blame you for your views as there is so much misinformation out there, and it is very easily to believe what your family tells you. If you opinion didn't affect anyone else, then I wouldn't have made this post. But I felt the need to inform everyone reading that, not getting a vaccine is a choice, but it's a choice that can be harmful, not just to yourself, but to those around you. It's not as simple as "having a different opinion".
I've got Pfizer. I have a government job (my state's governor decided to remove the mask mandate highly prematurely, and being a public service, we can't enforce a private mask mandate), so despite being only 24, I was able to get my first vaccine mid march through my employer, and was fully vaccinated and protected mid April.
My eldest of my first cousins (only 34 years old) died from covid in January. Was she perfectly healthy, no (she had a long running history of ED and a few mental illnesses), but she wouldn't be dead today if it weren't for this pandemic.
I had (and was vaccinated against-- booster and everything) pertussis (whooping cough) as a teenager and had to miss 3 months of school. I'm incredibly worried that we aren't going to reach herd immunity because of anti-vaxx populations. I already had to suffer once, from preventable illness due to flawed herd immunity (I had my booster on time at 11, but my immunity wavered by 16 apparently); I've had a cough and lessened lung capacity from that since I was 16 (my parents think its funny to call it kennel cough-- I'm also not sure why exactly I do have long term issues from this, my guess is because I got it later in life and typically pertussis is seen more as a childhood illness and is more-so studied in that setting). So covid for me has been really scary given that I've already lived through preventable illness, and already have lasting lung issues. I got the vaccine, and needless to say, selfishly I want everyone around me to have it too so these things can't slip through as easily. I am not prepared to die anytime soon from preventable illness. I've already had one go at it and frankly that was enough.
Edited by midget7, 16 May 2021 - 05:30 PM.
(or good evening or morning or smth idk its 11:10 and i hafta wake up at 6:30 bye)
