To Jab Or Not To Jab
Dear Editor,
To be jabbed or not to be jabbed? That is the question!
If you are not ready to take the shot yet, when you are asked if you’ve had it you can reply by saying you’re part of the control group or you “identify” as vaccinated.
If you get push back, you can use this sound argument, which I copied from the net:
“If you want me to get vaccinated, stop censoring highly reputable scientists and doctors who have differing opinions.
“Stop worrying about doctors finding treatment protocols that will negate the emergency status of the vaccines and let them treat sick patients and publish their successful protocols.
“If the vaccines work, then stop the lockdowns, remove the masks, and act like they do.
“Stop pushing the vaccines at populations that don’t need them like children and people who have already had COVID-19.
“Be honest about the risks involved in taking the vaccine so I can make a fully-informed choice.
“For me, the way things stand, erring on the side of caution is to say, “No, thank you.”
“Pounding on my door or issuing threats won’t help.”
And, I will add, nor will bribing me with lottery tickets or tattoos!
Lynn Henson
Personally, I say let the idiots die. According to both sides that’s what’s going to happen to the other side. Let thing tell us who the idiots are.
Lynn, I wish it would be that simple. I agree with everything. I want them to answer one question –
What is in the vaccine that makes you, the governments of the world, so insistent that EVERY person in the world (including people that have had the virus) has the vaccine?
They recommend you get the vaccine even if you had covid and recovered. The reason is that they don’t know how long you are immune after you recover. Given the low risks from the vaccine and the reduced risk of spreading covid again, it makes sense.
If you have bought I to the misrepresentations of the vaccine and fear the shot, and you already had covid, I assume the risk of you reappearing is very low but not zero.
But as always, ask your doctor. Not a bunch of nobodies in an online comment section.
Lyn Henson’s Letter on COVID Vaccines? Although I respect Lynn’s thoughts on Big Government’s interference with one’s rights to be vaccinated or not, I question the intelligence of the American Public that refuses to get vaccinated! They are simply putting us all in harm’s way and it appears COVID and it’s variants are coming back with avengence.
During the Polio Epidemic in the 1950’s all Americans did their part and got vaccinated without any question! Polio was stopped in it’s tracts and it was just as cruel a disease as Covid. We all should learn from History!
Jim Donaldson
Polio? There is no comparison. From the WHO site: While polio is a distant memory in most of the world, the disease still exists in some places and mainly affects children under 5. One in 200 infections leads to irreversible paralysis (usually in the legs). Among those paralyzed, 5% to 10% die when their breathing muscles become immobilized.
With Covid 19, if you believe the numbers the government has provided, has resulted in 1 out of 600 people dying in the US, given our population is 330 million. Of those deaths, most vulnerable have been the elderly and obese, of which the US has plenty. There has been lots of corruption unveiled since the 50s so I don’t trust CDC’s accounting. And as a healthy person I don’t feel the need for an experimental shot against a virus with a 98% survival rate. The fact that it was made by man in China with assistance from dollars from US taxpayers makes it criminal and truly put us in harm’s way! I won’t even go into how many have died from the shot.
3 Died from the shot. Blood clots. 5k people died after the shot but due to other causes. Each case we carefully examined.
Just because you have no faith in others, don’t spread your misinformation as it potentially hurts others as ignorant as you. And even if you don’t fear getting covid, you risk spreading it to those that are more vulnerable. That makes you an awful person. But you be you Lynn.
The Rhino times should be ashamed of allowing misinformation such as Lynn is spreading through their moderation. Have some editing standards Hammer!!!
Chris, how am I spreading misinformation by asking questions???
Please take a look at the VAERS site. As of July 9th over 10000 deaths have been recorded from the vaccine. You say there’s only been 3 deaths and all others were due to other factors, okay then. With your logic, there were probably only 10 deaths from the Chinese virus.
I suppose you ignored the actions of Cuomo sending sick patients to senior nursing homes which was the mother of all super spreaders.
Sorry that I upset you so by thinking for myself and wanting answers.
Peace and health to all RHINO readers, even you Chris.
You frame the idea of vaccines as a strictly personal impact when it is very much a societal impact if we don’t reach a heard immunity.
An now you spew the idea of VAERS as if that data shows correlation and causation when it doesn’t. VAERS is a self reporting tool used to identify trends. So out of the millions that have had at least one shot (100 million approx) yes, several thousand have died. Some from car accidents, old age, etc…. The CDC investigates each death. So far 3 have been directly linked to the vaccine. Yet you fear monger out that number as if 10k people died from the vaccine. So yes YOU are a big part of the problem.
It is irresponsible and danger to the community that needs people to take the vaccine so we can put Covid behind us. But nope, people like you keep the false narrative going so now we see the Delta variant grabbing hold in certain communities that will greatly disrupt out economic recovery.
Correct my spelling to tracks not tracts
If you have had the shot, how am I putting you in danger by not getting the shot? Serious question, and it deserves a serious answer.
Well Wayne, here’s an attempt:
1. As we see in the news regularly, vaccinated folks still (though very rarely) catch COVID.
2. The more people getting and spreading COVID to not me, the more likely COVID mutates into a vaccine resistant, more contagious, or more deadly strain. We need much higher vaccination rates to stop that.
3. While I think my personal risk of getting COVID is low because I am vaccinated and still wear a mask in crowded spaces, that isn’t the same for any of my family and friends that haven’t gotten the vaccine for whatever reason.
4. If cases rise and businesses and schools need to shut down again that has a direct effect on all of our livelihoods – financial and mental and emotional and physical.
5. Finally, I want you to imagine that you contract COVID and nothing happens and you survive. However, the person you care about most in this world gets infected from you and dies. Would you not feel pain from this loss?
At the end of it, most unvaccinated folks are either selfish, scared, or some combination. You do you, this is the ex-CSA, right? Do your politics and freedom preaching but just know that you are reducing the quality of life for your neighbors whether you see that or not.
Please, go ahead and tell me how libtarded I am.
I’m not going to call you names. I appreciate that you took the time to give a thoughtful and polite response. Even when we don’t see things the same way, we can still be civil to one another.
There’s nothing civil about refusing to support the safety of your neighbors for no good reason. Liberty and freedom – to harm your neighbors. Thanks for that. Hope your neighbors aren’t as reckless as you continue to be.
If you really cared, why are you asking that question here on an internet comment and not your personal doctor or from the CDC website? This is well established FAQ regarding vaccines. If you don’t trust govt organizations like the CDC (which is foolish), at least ask you doctor. If you don’t have a doctor, ask your local pharmacist as they are more than qualified to answer these very basic questions.
By continuing the spread of the virus and allowing it to continue to develop into more dangerous variants that are potentially resistant to the vaccine. This is already begining to happen in the US in parts of the country that have low vaccination rates. So when we have to close down again…I am blaming those that refused the vaccine because they only get their information from right wing news organizations and fools on the internet because they lack basic trust and understanding in the scientific community.