Replies to post #238848 on Biotech Values

[radford]

I think the influenza comparison is very relevant when talking about immunizing children and young adults. Influenza is a much more serious disease in children than Covid.

For the record, I am not in any way opposed to vaccination. Quite the opposite. I am in favor of mandating vaccines for common communicable diseases in school children. But all vaccines have some side effects and some can have very serious side effects. The J&J vaccine can cause Guilliane-Barre syndrome, myocarditis, and other serious complications. Why any parent would allow their healthy teenager who had already a mild coronavirus case get any of the current crop of EUA vaccines is beyond me.

[swampboots]

Arguing about whether to get vaccinated is almost like arguing that it is not safer to be on death row than out free, because all those out fee may be exposed to a circumstance where they could die in an auto crash but those on death row are never in risk of such an outcome. Once armed with proving a point can be based on finding a single except that messenger is vaccinated from the "truth".
My latest ploy to the unvaccinated always changes, lately it is this sound bite: "those unvaccinated can be sterile or experience diminish drive from Covid, those vaccinated never have those symptoms.