Anyone holding off on getting the COVID-19 vaccine?

No.

It’s too late to hold off – had both a month or more ago.

Nope. Already done.

I have one friend who had been holding off for her and her mom. She is planning to vaccinate her mom this week, and she goes next week.

I also have one family member holding off because of severe reactions, but she wants to be vaccinated, she’s just nervous. For now she still is extremely cautious, rarely goes far from her house.

I did have a few other family members “waiting” but they are vaccinated now, they just didn’t want to be in the initial couple of months.

Everyone else I know who is not vaccinated aren’t holding off, they are just not planning to get vaccinated period. Some of them have been conspiracy theorists or dismissed covid as “just a virus” since the beginning.

Nope. Done and dusted.

Not me and no one I know. HOORAY!

Nope, all donezo.

Unlike some people, I believe in my role in the collective good. I am a citizen, I am eligible, so I do my duty.

No, I’m not holding off. Why? There’s a global pandemic.

I went to a graduation party on Saturday, and sat with a couple who are refusing to get the vaccine. Obviously they weren’t the ones graduating.

My city, The Villages, runs through three counties, Sumter, Lake, and Marion. Most of my city is in Sumter County and most of Sumter County is my city, the rest of Sumter is rural. 58% of the people living in Sumter are over 65, and most of them live in The Villages. Actually, the majority of over 65 for all three counties live here, we have a population of 130,000 people and The Villages is a 55 and up community.

New York Times published these recent stats for the three counties, I’m thrilled! Not much vaccine hesitancy where I live.

Vaccination rates from today’s NYT:

Sumter 56% with 82% of 65+

Marion 27% with 63% of 65+

Lake 33% with 78% of 65+

Keep in mind The Villages is always touted in the media as full of crazy right wing people, but most of them are putting their arms out so they can back to their craziness I guess.

No,I’m getting my second one this Friday. One of my daughter-in-law’s sisters won’t get it because she thinks it will change her DNA. She’s done the “research” and has talked her mother and father into not getting their second dose. Other than that, everyone I know has gotten their vaccines.

No, I haven’t gotten the vaccine and am not sure I will. I just had the disease last month. I figure I’m pretty well set on antibodies at this point. Even the CDC says it isn’t necessary to get a vaccine for a few more months. But I made it more than a year without getting it in a job where I am in stores, bars, and restaurants daily. So I’m more of the “take my chances” mode at this time.

@seawulf575 “Take my chances?” Take YOUR chances??? I wonder if other people you come in contact with are ready to take YOUR chances…..
It could be a matter of life and death, or life-long problems, lung transplants…
Are you ready to be responsible for the possible COVID related problems of others??

I heard about a guy who had COVID. For the third time! Can YOU be that lucky??

My great Aunt Pompee just told me today she’s still deciding. She’s in her early 90s.

I did my research and decided to get it as soon as it became available to me.

No get my first one this Friday.

@mazingerz88 – survival rate of Covid for 90 year olds is not good. Hope she decides “yes” soon. My 86 year old mom went ASAP, so got both shots some time ago.

@kritiper If other people that come in contact with me have chosen not to get the vaccine, then we are in the same boat and they probably have the same outlook I have and there is no problem. If they HAVE chosen to get the vaccine then coming in contact with me shouldn’t be any threat to them since they have been inoculated so there is no problem. Unless you are trying to say the vaccine doesn’t work? And if that is the case, then what’s the point of getting the vaccine?
Having just had Covid, my immune system is ready for it. Even the CDC acknowledges that. And if I can’t get it, then I can’t spread it. So what is the big crisis?

@seawulf575 That’s not how it works. You can get it, but your immune system (if it’s working properly) prevents you from getting sick. You can infect others, and yes, your viral load will be much less, but you can still be a danger. The vaccine and the “immunity” are not shields, they are more like very effective treatment methods.

@seawulf575 This one time we semi-agree. If you just had COVID you probably are immune. I’d feel safe next to right now. I will tell you though, I have two friends who got covid19 early on, and by the time vaccines were offered had no antibodies (or maybe it was low antibodies) left so they got the shot. I have another friend who had super duper antibodies.

I find it shocking the antibodies might disappear in less than a year.

Anyway, just letting you know so you know. You can always get an antibody test in 3 months or 6 months, and see where you are at if you want to consider being vaccinated, or just want to know if you have some immunity left. I do that for tetanus. I get checked to see my immunity rather than getting a shot every ten years, because I had a bad experience with my last booster, but I had two tetanus shots close together.

We are holding off on getting the vaccine for a few mouths.

^ Why?

@KRD: They actually inject it into you arm.

@seawulf575 What I meant was that if you want to take (or avoid) certain risks in your life, there is no reason whatsoever for me to assume (or avoid) the same risks. I chose to get the vaccine by my own free will.

@kritiper I have no concern about others getting the vaccine. I fully support you right to choose to get it. You don’t hear me bad-mouthing anyone for wanting to get it. I find it telling that others choose not to give me that same right.
No one can really explain to me how the immunity from getting the disease is worse than getting the vaccine. They (the manufacturers of the vaccines) have already stated that these vaccines aren’t perfect and that they don’t last but for a couple months. So what is the difference? The exact same comments can be made about the immunities created from having Covid. Do you really believe that the vaccine is somehow a panacea? That if you get it you cannot get Covid? That you can’t spread it? None of the professionals are even claiming that.

Because only fools blindly get in early. Ask the people who made lead paint or asbestos. Or the people who waited to get married. What what do they have in common? The first ones are screwed. The second ones are fine.

@seawulf575 As bad as COVID can be, I’d rather not get it even once. I can survive the vaccine even though it isn’t or may not be foolproof against COVID. Can you say unequivocally that you could survive COVID just once? What about the people you could pass it on to? Could they be (supposedly) as lucky as you??

@kritiper I can say, unequivocally, that I could survive Covid. I did already. As for those around me who might get it? I can say, unequivocally, that they could survive it too. They did already. I have known quite a few people that have had Covid and only one had any really bad symptoms. Not bad enough to be hospitalized, but pretty ugly.
On the flipside, I have known several people that have gotten the vaccine as well. Some had no real issues. Others had worse symptoms than I had with the actual disease. Gee…sounds like the exact same thing! Some people that get Covid have no symptoms. Some have very mild symptoms. Others get whapped with everything you can think of, up to and including death. Some people that get the vaccine have no symptoms. Some have very mild symptoms. Others get whapped with everything you can think of, up to and including death.

So you have had Covid-19 @seawulf575 ?
And what I gather you seem to think getting the vaccine will be worse?
The second shot made Mrs Squeeky sick for three days than bingo fine.
Is that what makes you skeptical of the vaccine?
Is that what you have witnessed first hand or what you have read out of one your Fright wing, super boring blog sites?

@SQUEEKY2 I have had Covid-19. But the rest of your suppositions are out to lunch. Go back and take a look at my answers on this thread. I have never said the vaccine would be worse. I just don’t see the point for myself. It’s sort of like closing the barn door after the horse gets out.

However that answer seems to incense some of my fellow jellies. They believe they are the only ones with valid opinions and will attack anyone that dares to offer any other. And I find it interesting that you throw out the “Fright wing, super boring blog sites” as an attempt to slam. Because the ones that attack me do so based on information they have gotten off their left wing outlets. They can’t really debate why I am wrong (as they believe), but they are sure I am. I, on the other hand, have even gone to the CDC website for information and have supported my views with it. Apparently that isn’t good enough because Vox or Huffpo didn’t agree.

@seawulf575: If I remember correctly, you weren’t tested for it, therefore, how do you know you had it? You really don’t. You’re assuming. If I’m mistaken, and you were tested for it, then my apologies.

Yes @seawulf575 could you confirm you were indeed tested for Covid-19?

@JLeslie As far as I am personally concerned, I couldn’t’ care less if the people I come in contact with are vaccinated or not. Because I am vaccinated and protected form the infection.

I do wear a mask where it is required. Otherwise, I do not.

@crazyguy Personally, I want to give it another month of mask wearing in stores while people are still getting vaccinated. I know a lot of people are in a panic that we won’t reach herd immunity and the anti-vaxxers are a plague of their own, but people are still getting vaccinated. I hope the country can get above 50% by the end of May, or at least most states.

One reward that I don’t know if it was mentioned above is soon you can take a cruise if you are vaccinated. That might get some young adults to put out their arm.

DeSantis made some sort of announcement, actually I think it was an executive order, no more mask orders by mayors. We had mask orders in several counties up until now. I don’t know if the stores can still make it a policy, I assume they can. I also don’t know what Disney and the other parks plan to do.

”As far as I am personally concerned, I couldn’t’ care less if the people I come in contact with are vaccinated or not. Because I am vaccinated and protected form the infection.”

Geez.

Good thing some of are concerned about our fellow humans, even though you’re not, @crazyguy

^This kind of thinking is the reason India is in the shape it’s in today. About 350,000 cases a day, about 4,000 deaths a day. But hey, I got mine.

I looked up Disney, and for now Disney is keeping current measures even with the new order DeSantis just put out there. Disney was allowing people posing for photos and sitting at tables to take off their masks already, but otherwise is very strict with the mask wearing. I’m thinking this year might be the best time for me to go to see anything new. Less chance of catching a cold.

@chyna Is it why? Is that what Indians (in India) are saying? I thought India was just feeling fairly safe since they went the whole year doing fairly well, and they were mistaken to feel so confident. Plus, they went out into huge crowds for the holiday celebrations. I think of the Indian culture as caring about the lives of others. I really don’t know the answer for sure, I just wondered if you saw some sort of report that Indians are being defiant to health recommendations because they don’t care if other people get sick.

I think @crazyguy is just saying if he’s vaccinated he feels statistically safe that he won’t catch covid or give it to anyone, which is most likely true.

@JLeslie if you read what he wrote “As far as I’m personally concerned, I couldn’t care less if the people I come in contact with are vaccinated or not. Because I am vaccinated and protected from infection.”
I read that as not caring about his fellow human beings. And since he is an Indian, it doesn’t sound like he is concerned about what is going on in India. But that’s just how I’m reading it.
You read it any way you want.

@chyna He also believes the vaccine works. What I don’t understand is do most Democrats believe it works? I know they do where I live. We (most Democrats) are still taking some precautions to err on the side of caution, but we have changed a lot of what we are willing to do now that we are vaccinated, and so far so good. My husband is still reluctant to eat in a restaurant. It’s hard for a lot of people to let go of some of the safety measures, I understand that.

@crazyguy is Indian, but has lived in America for probably over 40 years. I really don’t know how long he has been here, but it’s a long time, and people who spend most of their lives in America become “Americanized.” Even American culture has changed in 40 years I assume Indian culture has also.

As you said, we just read it differently. That’s fine.

This whole debacle is an interesting case study for future historians. “How much science can a society take? How smart are we?”

We’ve got so and so defending anti-vax because we’re exercising too much caution in controlling the virus, which therefore must be a plot by the party in power to destroy the economy; this guy over here thumping his chest about how he knows he had the virus, and knows he cant get it again, and knows it cant take him or anyone he cares about down, and doesnt give two shits about any other human being on the planet. Now the vaccine is lead paint apparently, so we’ll have to use it for 70 years before anyone realizes it’s bad… oy.. you guys. I might need another 3 year break.

If I could give a hundred GAs to @Smashley!

@jca2 (and @SQUEEKY2) No, I had an illness early on that tested out to be the flu. However back in February, I got sick, went the next day and tested positive for Covid-19. I isolated myself as best I could in our home, venturing out of our spare room only to use the bathroom and occasionally get food or water…wearing gloves and wiping everything down with disinfectant the whole time. About 7 days into my isolation, my son started feeling poorly and went to get tested and tested positive as well. At about his 6th or 7th day of isolation, my wife started feeling bad and got tested. Positive again. None of us had horrible, life threatening issues. I was worried about my wife because of her comorbidities, but she sailed through it with no real problems. Her biggest complaint was losing her sense of smell and taste. Annoying but not life threatening.

I think it is time to ask…without looking it up, what percentage of people that get this disease do you believe get hospitalized and/or die?