by Guest999 » Sat Dec 05, 2020 3:59 pm
"Do the research", is sensible Q advice for anyone and everyone.
However can we agree that facts are facts, they are either correct or not? Alternative opinions we can argue about, as we can about whether something is a fact, or rather conjecture, but alternative facts,...
You might not be trying to influence anyone, but I am (with little success in your case, but fair enough). Like 3 former US presidents, I hope most people WILL get the Covid jab once it is proven safe, effective, and available to the general population.
I don't think Covid-19 is likely to significantly harm me personally, but I have some older more vulnerable relatives who it could well kill. I know they will die from something before too long, it happens, but I love them and enjoy their company, and hope my kids will get to know them more. Is that crazy?
When I fell in love with Cambodia, I think it was the most free country I had ever visited. Rules and laws were mere guidelines. Roads worked like sidewalks, the smallest twist of the head,, of a driver inside a car no less, indicated an intension to drive on the wrong side of the street for a few meters, or a few blocks, and no one cared - mostly it worked. (It didn't always, and if you were screwed, you were well screwed.) I vote freedom, I wouldn't dream of forcing a Covid-19 vaccine on anyone.
BUT, if enough people are not too fearful to get a couple of jabs, once shown to be effective and safe, then all my kids will have a better chance know their older relatives. That is basic public health.
Do the research, and when the facts are all in (we aren't quite there yet), make your decision.
"Do the research", is sensible Q advice for anyone and everyone.
However can we agree that facts are facts, they are either correct or not? Alternative opinions we can argue about, as we can about whether something is a fact, or rather conjecture, but alternative facts,...
You might not be trying to influence anyone, but I am (with little success in your case, but fair enough). Like 3 former US presidents, I hope most people WILL get the Covid jab once it is proven safe, effective, and available to the general population.
I don't think Covid-19 is likely to significantly harm me personally, but I have some older more vulnerable relatives who it could well kill. I know they will die from something before too long, it happens, but I love them and enjoy their company, and hope my kids will get to know them more. Is that crazy?
When I fell in love with Cambodia, I think it was the most free country I had ever visited. Rules and laws were mere guidelines. Roads worked like sidewalks, the smallest twist of the head,, of a driver inside a car no less, indicated an intension to drive on the wrong side of the street for a few meters, or a few blocks, and no one cared - mostly it worked. (It didn't always, and if you were screwed, you were well screwed.) I vote freedom, I wouldn't dream of forcing a Covid-19 vaccine on anyone.
BUT, if enough people are not too fearful to get a couple of jabs, once shown to be effective and safe, then all my kids will have a better chance know their older relatives. That is basic public health.
Do the research, and when the facts are all in (we aren't quite there yet), make your decision.