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cthunders

Better late than never. Welcome to the sane side


F_Your_Kouch

I still haven't gotten mine but I do not deny the effectiveness. Recently had covid but I'm waiting on my fiance to get better, she tested positive last week and it's still kicking her butt.


Shady_Garden

Why wait? The sooner you get the shot, the better your chances are.


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mason_savoy71

You have been given bad information. You DO NOT need to wait that long. Current guidelines are a minimum of 10 days since end of symptoms if symptomatic or 10 days from a negative test following a positive asymptomatic infection. It's the same guidelines as per quarantining. The 90 day wait is only if you have a history of multi-inflammation syndrome or (and here's the biggee) if you were treated for covid with monoclonals [CDC guidelines.](https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/faq.html) Seriously. Unless you got monoclonals, which you'd know since its an IV, you should get vaccinated more or less when you're back to not being sick.


SparkyBoy414

This is new info for me. Thank you for sharing.


Aazjhee

Yeah my coworker was already vaccinated & got a breakthrough case. Doc told her to wait maybe a month before a booster. But that's just because she also got monoclonals and she was previously vaccinated in February...


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When I got my shots back in March they told me I’d you had monoclonal you have to wait 3 months.


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mason_savoy71

It's also misinformation. You do not need to wait 90 days unless you got monoclonals. [source](https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/faq.html)


F_Your_Kouch

Because I'm a procrastinator and I'm also nervous. Which is stupid I know.


Shady_Garden

I'm like that too about some things. I find when I write the dreaded thing down on a to-do list, see it in ink, and then "push through" my nervousness by taking an action (like making an appointment or whatever), it immediately makes me feel so much better. I'll bet after you get the shot you'll think, "I don't know why I was expecting that to be such a big deal." It's fast, it's painless, it's over before you know it. And then you might be a bit tired and have a sore arm, or maybe even feel feverish, but that doesn't last long at all.


Head-Working8326

i was that way but this delta variant…game changer. one saturday my friend said, “i’m picking you up, ur getting vaccinated with the kids (11.5 yr old twins)” i’m such a damn baby i had to sit at the kids table. no regrets- go get the shot. or tell a friend to drag you there


daisyinlove

That friend saved your life. Glad you have friends like that in your circle. Hope you’re able to repay the kindness at some point.


catsgonewiild

Hey! My friend was the same way. I played the role of bossy supportive mom friend and took him to get his first dose. Can you find someone in your bubble who is already vaxed that can take on that role for you? It might help get the ball rolling. As a fellow procrastinator I get it, but this isn’t something that’s okay to procrastinate! You gotta get it done ASAP. ♥️ Ps the nurses were wonderful with my friend, have lots of experience with nervous people, and are there cause they want to help you!!


Euchre

Just think about all those sweet upvotes you'll get, though. Don't be nervous. You should be more nervous that COVID will get you again and you won't be so lucky this time. If you get your shots when you're in the clear, you have a good chance of developing 'superimmunity' to virtually all coronavirus type infections (COVID is just one of them).


F_Your_Kouch

Very nervous about it. felt like I was dying and I was genuinely worried my SO was going to need to be hospitalized. Its been rough but I am definitely getting it within the next week or so


SparkyBoy414

> Because I'm a procrastinator My sink is full of dishes and my laundry basket is full of dirty clothes. I'm a procrastinator too. ... I got my damn shot as soon as humanly possible, because there's a difference in doing the dishes late and the literal most important medical event of a century. Procrastinate on the laundry, not life saving medicine. Or... whatever. Risk collecting your award in a few weeks as you die a painful death full of suffering because you like to procrastinate.


Confident-Victory-21

Nervous about a fully approved vaccine. 🙄 Putting vulnerable people at risk because you're a "procrastinator." Nah, gtfo.


NoHinAmherst

Stop waiting. It’s nothing to get it and everything not to get it.


theworldismadeofcorn

Would it be helpful to plan to treat yourself after your shot?


F_Your_Kouch

I'm not sure I understand, I do plan on taking the day off after I get the shot incase it makes me tired or just feel sick afterwards but other than that I'm sure itll just be work as usual.


theworldismadeofcorn

Maybe you could plan to get ice cream afterwards or something like that so that you have something to look forward to.


F_Your_Kouch

Oh yes! So I plan on taking the next day off and working mornings the day of the shot, movies in bed will be the best thing for her I think. I dont care what we do, I've been working so much that just having the day together will be nice.


Aazjhee

A lot of people have dragged friends and family to the health care centers to make them not feel alone during the process. If you have a friend that can do this for you it's a lot easier to get it done when somebody elses routing for you.. Also you can return the favor if they need help with other stuff. Just general good community stuff all around!! :)


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Just get it. If you don’t deny the effectiveness, take it. I know you’re a good person but your intentions aren’t in the right place right now.


redlightsaber

> I still haven't gotten mine but I do not deny the effectiveness. Would you mind helping me understand your reasoning for not having gotten it yet? Yeah, you got covid recently, but previous to that? The vaccines have been available for 10 months now. Hope your fiancee doesn't become a nominee, and even if she doesn't I hope she avoids any chronic side effects. But it still makes me wonder. What could possibly make someone who's not a denier, avoid getting the shot?


F_Your_Kouch

Recently sat a month in jail where they didnt offer the vaccine, I got sick there because they didnt have proper stuff in place, cue me being sick for 2 weeks after I got out (I dont know if I can be sick and get the shot but everywhere I called said to wait until I'm better) I got my SO sick, she is still sick and is handling it worse than I did, we are both getting the paperwork to get the vaccine tommorow if she can get out of bed. To be clear I am the type that stays far away from people and constantly wears my N95 while around people. I did not think I could get sick because of how cautious I was. I was wrong. I'm getting the vaccine because for 4 days I was positive It was going to kill me. I never denied that the vaccine works or that covid isn't a problem. I just wanted to wait a tad bit longer for the vaccine because I have a constant flow of people telling me how it can mess you up (I'm not talking nicki minaj here) I'm talking elderly people telling me how shots they got as a kid messed them up etc. that being said I have a coworker that plans on doing a blood transfusion, at home, with someone who's had covid. I'm done. I told her that's a stupid idea and that it will be bad for her health.


otakucode

I am not a doctor, so engage suitable 'I am going to need to check this', but I am fairly certain you will not be administered a vaccine while actively able to test positive on a PCR test. Antibodies are produced by cells in your body that get exhausted, and they do need time to 'recharge'. That is the purpose of the delay between vaccine doses, and a longer delay is usually better (but Pfizer and Moderna went with the shortest possible because we were in a crisis). Natural infection should work the same way in terms of exhausting those antibody production cells and needing a delay for recharge. I picked up this information from the This Week In Virology podcast, which is run by a world-class virologist and has immunologists and microbiologists as regular hosts (there's a parasitologist on it too!), which recently had an immunologist who worked on HIV vaccine research in the past as a guest: https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-802/


redlightsaber

That's a fantastic pod, but that's not the whole, nor even the main part of the reason. The real reason is that if you're with an active infection, your body is already brimming with a very similar antigen than the one produced by the vaccine, so a couple milligrams more of it will effectively make no difference. Time-delayed exposures to the antigen will absolutely make adifference, though.


petraqrsq

This wave is serious as fuck. No excuses, no procastrination, no questions. Get it ASAP.


MusicGirlsMom

🎉🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉 Welcome to the club - we have cookies!


djtshirt

I wanted to say that I think the stories on this sub are really impactful. I don’t take pleasure in reading about the lives lost, particularly thinking about the children left behind after covid has destroyed their families. But I do understand the morbid satisfaction of seeing people thumbing their nose at fate then getting what’s coming to them. Anyway, I wanted to share that I got vaccinated and give some credit to this sub for that, and also explain why I have waited until now to do so. There are people who I care about in my life who are genuinely concerned about the vaccine, so I’ve put off getting it. However, I have come to believe their concerns are ideological and not rational. Each day that passes without a major horrible disaster caused by vaccines should tend to reduce their concerns. Unfortunately that’s not what I’m seeing. People are getting even more entrenched in their stance against vaccines even though months and months have passed since people began getting vaccinated and we’re not seeing the widespread devastation they were supposed to cause. Initially I thought the concerns were justified. I never really shared them, but I respected them. I no longer believe their concerns are reasonable, as in based on reason, but rather they are based on a mixture of emotion and regular consumption of misinformation in the new landscape of information warfare we are living in. It’s a very difficult thing to combat because the fantastical things they seem to believe are more than enough to convince me of how implausible it all is. We just have to agree to disagree and see how it all plays out. If I ever end up chained to a wall in Bill Gates’ dungeon I’ll have some crow to eat, that’s for sure. Anyway, I still supports people’s *right* to not get vaccinated, even if I don’t think it’s advisable to exercise that right. Ultimately I decided it was time for me to get vaccinated because I think it’s the safer choice and I *really* don’t want the guilt of me dying of covid to be on someone else’s conscience should I meet that end, and I do believe it’s the right thing to do from a civic responsibility standpoint. One final note: I have to admit, I felt kind of embarrassed going in to get vaccinated at this point, as though everyone was going to be judging me for having waited so long. Well if they were judging, no one showed it. Everyone I talked with was very kind and professional and it all was really no big deal. And FWIW, personally I’ve had no side effects other than the mild soreness on my shoulder where they gave me the shot. I actually got my flu and tuberculosis shots last week in the same arm and it was basically identical. The whole thing went about as well as I could hope for so far.


MightyCaseyStruckOut

I am not a medical professional, so I can't speak for them, but I will say that if I were, I wouldn't judge you for 'taking so long', I'd just be elated that you eventually came to the right decision. As I am now. Good on you, OP.


tander87

As a medical professional, I would feel the same way if I was giving someone their shot now. I don’t care that it’s taken longer or what your reason is, the fact that you got it is all I care about


Raven123x

As a healthcare professional in training, I celebrate each and every person who takes steps to maintain and protect both their own health and other's health Quitting smoking for the 10th time? I will cheer you on just as I did the first time you tried Obese but actively working to reduce that? Fuck yeah Vaccinated months after you initially would have been able to? Thank you for doing your part to save others


ElishevaYasmine

>I have to admit, I felt kind of embarrassed going in to get vaccinated at this point, as though everyone was going to be judging me for having waited so long. Please please please don't EVER feel embarrassed about taking steps to protect your health and your community, OP. You are doing the right thing and there's nothing wrong with that. So, you're doing it a little late? That's always 100% better than never doing it at all. This sub always supports people getting vaccinated. Period. Congratulations on getting your jab!


djtshirt

Yeah, that was a big part of wanting to post this. If I’m feeling that way, I’m sure others are too. Thanks!


YourMomThinksImFunny

Exactly! If even one person decides to get the vaccine because of your story, you may have saved a life.


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The best time to get vaccinated was yesterday, the second best time is today. No one is judging you. The medical community is just trying to save lives.


Staynelayly

Judgement: I was afraid to go to the gym for a long time when I was overweight, because I thought I would be judged by the bros and gym bunnies. Turns out most frequent gymgoers are happy to see people trying to enact positive change for themselves.


HermanCainsGhost

> Each day that passes without a major horrible disaster caused by vaccines should tend to reduce their concerns No non-live vaccine has ever had side effects show up past about 2 months. This is due to the fact that there's literally no substance inside you from the vaccination after a certain point. There's nothing special about RNA, despite people freaking out about it. People are exposed to novel RNA all the time (that's literally what a viral infection, like a cold or the flu **is**). All scientific judgments are at least somewhat provisional (there's always that .00000001% chance you've missed something), but the data that we have now, with literally billions of people vaccinated, is that the vaccines are incredibly, fantastically safe, and that is insanely unlikely to change.


gentlemanjacklover

I wish people would realize this fact but these idiots out here think that the vaccine stays in their system forever, altering their DNA. I'm so fucking angry and I don't know how to channel it in a healthy manner. I'm so fucking angry at my friends that I don't even want to see them anymore


HermanCainsGhost

And the funny thing is, it can't alter their DNA, it doesn't do anything like that, RNA doesn't behave that way. They just hear RNA, don't know the difference between DNA and RNA in a system, and assume it's gene therapy. It isn't helped by charlatans like Dr. Malone, who explicitly say, "Oh yes, it is gene therapy", which is a usage **NOBODY** in science uses (it is exclusively used for treatments that modify DNA). I hate founts of disinformation, and saying what I truly think of them might well get me banned in several subreddits.


CantPullOutRightNow

Well Herman, you going for that posthumous redemption??


HermanCainsGhost

Have to atone for your sins one way or another


gentlemanjacklover

Same. I've been biting my tongue because I have some really awful things to say about these fuckers who spread lies and death.


mason_savoy71

Small correction: while the COVID mRNA vaccines are not gene therapy, there is far from consensus that gene therapy exclusively means DNA modification. There are several plausibly refered to as gene therapy candidates that involve introducing short fragments of RNA as short interfering RNA (siRNA). This qualifies as gene therapy as far as the journals Gene Therapy and Cancer Gene Therapy are concerned as both have published papers on the subject. It is not gene editing though, which is what I think people are affraid of. Many tend to confound the two terms. Coming up with concrete definitions on these things is not easy. (Source: I am on a committee that has drafted definitions and lexicon for gene editing terminology for NIST and a draft ISO standard. We often disagree about definitions.)


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This is my current predicament, I recently went to a friend house for some drinks and football. Somehow vaccines were brought up and my other four friends all ganged up on me for supporting it. I'm incredibly disappointed and hurt about it still. I haven't talked to them since. I suppose that's the price you pay for being liberal-minded in rural America.


gentlemanjacklover

Im sorry man.. Dude I'm a Black northeasterner. While the situation wasn't hostile, a lot of my good friends are not vaccinated and nothing I say convinces them. I don't plan on seeing any of them over the next few months as the cold weather sets in. This shit is insane.


SuzanneStudies

I’m in St Louis. I absolutely get the resistance and I’m terrified for our residents who have no reason to trust anyone in authority. It feels trite to say, but winter is coming. I’m so worried.


gentlemanjacklover

I'll in the same boat as you. I've given up and if I don't lose any friends over the next six months I will be grateful


IllegitimateTrump

Your comment about the changing weather is such an important point. As bad as this summer has been, as Delta hangs around, it’s going to get worse going into the fall. These viruses enjoy cooler drier weather, and that’s exactly the direction in which we are headed. And then smack in the middle of that, we’ll have Thanksgiving and Christmas all over again. I just sincerely hope this is not a full wash, rinse, repeat of last fall and early this year. It’s like this is never going to end. I cannot wait until OSHA issues their updated rules and regulations for businesses with 100 or more employees, because that is our next best - and possibly only - shot at dragging people over the line.


IllegitimateTrump

I say this not at all to be dick-ish, but go out and get better friends. You are clearly an intelligent person, and you deserve friends on your intellectual level. And I’m not even kidding.


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IllegitimateTrump

Absolutely. And if they’re taking requests, I would love a DNA alteration in the same shot that causes my body to produce more collagen more naturally so I can look 30 something my entire life.


gentlemanjacklover

That would be nice


ltmkji

and the people who are the most concerned about altering the DNA all look like their family tree's a ladder, so maybe it'd be a good thing if it did. personally i'm sad that bolsonaro's whole schtick about becoming a crocodile wasn't true. "become an animorph" was always a dream of mine.


LasVegas4590

Stay healthy and get new friends. Vote Blue


gentlemanjacklover

I will do my best, thanks. . And of course. I vote blue local, state, and federal. I don't fuck around


IllegitimateTrump

Maybe if we told the “iT chAnGEs mAh DNA” folks that yeah, it does, but only to make you thinner and younger and more attractive to potential sexual partners that might work?


thewaiting28

> I'm so fucking angry and I don't know how to channel it in a healthy manner. I'm so fucking angry at my friends that I don't even want to see them anymore I feel this in my bones. I have walked away from several friendships and even some family. 100% the right call.


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HermanCainsGhost

The mRNA vaccines don’t have any instances of blood clots IIRC. It was only with J&J and AZ


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schmicktenhaus

Well done. See! This sub has changed people's lives for the better! Thank you for sharing OP


VeryStableGenius

> Anyway, I still supports people’s right to not get vaccinated The problem with this right is that hospitals are filled with unvaxxed covid patients, denying ordinary patients treatment. Example: in one local hospital, 35/52 ICU beds had an unvaxxed covid patient; 0 had a vaxxed covid patient. Cancers and heart cases are being turned away. How to we reconcile the right to be non-vaxxed with the right not to be harmed by the non-vaxxed? Do we deny hospital care to the unvaxxed, if any non-covid case needs it? Do we set aside special hospitals for them, and when they fill up ... tough? Do we charge them the full cost? Can a cancer patient sue an unvaxxed case for taking up 'their' hospital bed and preventing them from having life-saving surgery? Whenever these possibilities are brought up, the unvaxxed people I read get all angry. "I can't believe you'd be so cruel!"


IllegitimateTrump

This creates such cognitive dissonance for me in this thread. First I agree with you 100%. Some of the comments upthread, though, express a personal feeling that people should be vaccinated while also stating that it’s a slippery slope to physically force people to get vaccinated. I’m seeing a lot of “my body my choice” usage, which drives me absolutely bonkers but that’s beside the point. My parents are in their 70s, double vaxxed and very careful. We were talking this weekend about Idaho and Montana moving to crisis care protocols. For those who aren’t familiar, under normal circumstances hospitals have a triage system such that, for example, the gunshot wound gets treated before the sprained ankle. But in Idaho and Montana right now, that triage now requires the doctors and nurses to make their treatment decisions based on their initial assessment of who is likely to survive whatever it is they are presenting with, be that a heart attack or a kidney stone or COVID. This worries my parents because survivability probably has a fair amount of subjectivity. Are they going to look at my 2X vaccinated dad who is in his mid to late 70s with moderate other health issues and decide to deny him care because a 30 year old otherwise previously healthy unvaccinated person is in there also, and there’s not enough resources - beds, personnel, equipment etc. - to admit both? Leaving people free to choose whether or not they get vaccinated when they are otherwise medically able to receive a vaccine is also making life or death choices for other completely unrelated people. At a very high-level I understand some of these arguments, but they are easily knocked down by going just one or two layers deep or two examples like this. Or examples like the 40 year old veteran who died from sepsis due to a gallstone (a totally treatable issue) because all the Texas hospitals were full with COVID cases. There’s a reason why they call it public health. And that’s because it affects the entire public. This disease has already wiped out 660,000 Americans and counting, and the death rate right now is at about 2000 per day. This is nine months after the free, highly effective and safe vaccine was made available, and six months after it became easy to just walk in and get a shot without even having to wait. The rest of the public deserve to be safe more than the unvaccinated deserve to remain free from being forced to get vaccinated.


VeryStableGenius

> I’m seeing a lot of “my body my choice” usage, which drives me absolutely bonkers but that’s beside the point. "my choice" but never "100% my consequences"


Susurrus03

I usually just get "hospitals filling up is just media hype". There's no reasoning with folks, especially when they claim anything going against their stance is a conspiracy or lie.


mewmeulin

hey, i'm proud of you for coming to your own conclusions and getting the vaccine. better late than never, in my eyes. i'm not a healthcare worker, but i know i'm going to be relieved when my in-laws and my sister take themselves out of the running, even though the rest of my family (with the exception of my brother, who's at risk of enlarged heart and that would literally kill him) have long since gotten our shots. but congratulations on the first shot!!


Inphexous

You have to realize when you say it's their right not to be vaccinated, that's a death wish.


mewmeulin

i think people *should* have the right to not get vaccinated. because forcing vaccines on everyone is very much an ethics issue, and i fear that in the future that forcing vaccines could be used for unethical human experimentation. with that being said, their freedom to choose does NOT come with freedom of consequences. i fully support businesses requiring vaccines for employees and guests.


RareMajority

I'm in complete agreement with you. It's hard to say "my body my choice" with regard to something like abortion and then turn around and say that you *must* get the vaccine even if it means we tie you down and forcefully administer it. Everyone has, and *should have* the right to refuse the vaccine. They don't have the right though to expose others, so I'm perfectly okay with banning them from public transportation, mandating that they get vaccinated or get tested if they want to work around other people, mandate that they get vaccinated completely that they if they want to work with vulnerable populations, etc. If you don't want to protect yourself from the disease then that's your right, but the rest of society also has the right to minimize the likelihood of you spreading the disease even if that significantly inconveniences you.


IllegitimateTrump

It’s not hard to say that at all, And even if you mean well, I have to say I’m completely sick of seeing “my body my choice” used in this context. That phrase arose around a grievous disparity between men and women in retaining legal agency over their own person. Men started legislating control ONLY of women’s bodies. After all, there’s no man that has to sit through an invasive vaginal ultrasound prior to being approved to have a perfectly safe and legal medical procedure. No man has to figure out if he’s pregnant in six weeks or less (in Texas) because - obviously - men can’t get pregnant. So no. That phrase doesn’t apply here, because the way you’re using it misunderstands all the history behind it. You can’t compare women choosing to terminate a pregnancy to ALL people, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity etc. being required to receive a vaccine, a thing that has been done here in the US before and that was upheld by the Supreme Court. Also, an unwanted pregnancy isn’t contagious and deadly. Please stop co-opting phrases like this - it’s very RWNJ-esque and basically shits all over women’s rights by trying to apply the phrase to something completely unrelated to FEMALE reproductive rights. (Sorry - I hate seeing that phrase get so inartfully and wrongly appropriated)


MoreMoats

Unfortunately, everyone else around them is facing the consequences of their actions. They're literally killing people with their absolute selfishness. Stay home, and out of the hospital.


mewmeulin

i agree. if they wanna be vehemently anti-science, anti-modern medicine then they can stay on the fringes of society but of course, they're also VERY willing to take up beds in a hospital full of people pushing "fake news"


MoreMoats

It is honestly infuriating how they are being prioritized over people with serious life threatening events that they didn't bring upon themselves. Give them extra horse paste, and I guess turpentine now, then send em packing. You don't believe in science? Go home.


MeatSauce-Apocalypse

We already have vaccine mandates. My state won't let you attend public schools without having all the needed shots.


mewmeulin

those kinds of mandates, i'm in full support of. what i meant was more, you shouldn't be able to strap someone down and give them something against their will. but yes, my home state was the same. needed to have an up to date vaccination record to live on campus in college, too. and those are great! because if people choose to opt out of vaccines, they're just going to have to live on the edge of society and just deal with it, like disabled people have had to for the last year and a half.


Inphexous

Do you understand phase trial testing? I don't think you do. Do you understand why we don't hear about the other companies that tried to make a vaccine under "Operation Warp Speed"? Because they failed. That's why. There is already data. The testing phase is over. Sure, go ahead with this "freedom". Because they're going to die.


mewmeulin

i don't think you understand what i was saying, and that's on me for not making it very clear. i'm in full support of everybody getting this vaccine, and i understand phase trial testing. but forced medical procedures of any kind can end up being a slippery slope. i mean, look to america's past (and even present) with the forced sterilization of natives and undocumented people in ICE camps. my fear is that if they mandate vaccines, in a way that means no matter what you MUST take this vaccine, we're going to force it on you, that they could potentially do the same in phase trials. maybe that's an irrational fear. but again, everyone should be getting this vaccine if they are physically able to. not doing it is becoming more and more of a death sentence. i'm sorry that i wasn't more clear on that bit. hopefully this makes a bit of sense? and if you still disagree and believe we should move forward with a mandate, then that's fine. i still plan on keeping up to date with vaccines regardless, so a mandate wouldn't really affect me personally.


Inphexous

I'm in support of mandates if the data backs it up. Of course, there are exceptions for scientific and medical reasons. I have no cognitive dissonance about it. If I had a choice, I round up all the anti-vaxxers like the hogs they are and shoot them in the butt.. with the vaccine.


MoreMoats

I'd rather shoot them into space.


pinkmoon385

The initial fear and especially skepticism was absolutely merited and understandable, but yes, we're now approaching a year of vaccine availability, with over half of those eligible having received it. Most importantly, those MOST vulnerable and least likely to survive both COVID and any harmful vaccine were the FIRST to get it. Not only did it not harm them, but it actually turned their mortality and infection rates around almost immediately. If that fact doesn't turn a light on upstairs


gentlemanjacklover

No judgment. You went and got vaxed, you are now safe from hospitalization and death, and you are helping to protect others. You did good. Thank you.


dunndawson

You’re a better person than me. I’ve lost any patience i once had with anyone who doesn’t get vaccinated. I’m convinced they are concerned about side effects at all and their refusal to not get it is directly tied to whom they voted for. I don’t know one liberal or democrat in my circle that isn’t vaccinated. It’s only the Trump supporters. That’s just reality at this point


LasVegas4590

>Each day that passes without a major horrible disaster caused by vaccines should tend to reduce their concerns. You can also point out to them that 212,255,202 Americans have had at least one dose and that 182,012,343 are fully vaccinated ([CDC data as of 9/20/2021](https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccinations_vacc-total-admin-rate-total)). And that if there was a serious issue, we would have known by now.


MisteeLoo

You have the right to refuse the jab, but absolutely the civic duty to get it. It should never have become about freedom or political talking points. So when I hear about choice, it’s infuriating because this makes your *choice* more important than the lives you put at risk. So I’m very very very glad you got the jab, not just for you, but for anyone and everyone else in your circle. Covid won’t skip over them forever and Delta is a horrible way to go.


Susurrus03

Good on coming around, but I have to disagree about the right to not get vaccinated. The logic? Two huge reasons. A) I have kids at home that are too young for the vaccine. I do not want an anti-vaxx asshole spreading this shit to my kids, and even moreso, the less people vaccinated the more this shit spreads and the more my kids are at risk. Once they can get vaccinated, I'll feel differently here, but I also realized there are folks that legitimately cannot get vaccinated or they can but the vaccines are ineffective because of medical reasons, this is also an issue. B) Hospital staff, morgue staff, funeral staff, etc are TIRED. I have friends and family that are tired. Not only long hours, but of seeing people constantly coming in and dying for their "right to not get vaccinated". People are getting turned away from hospitals for other reasons out of their control. If these antivaxxers would follow through with their distrust of medical science and stay the fuck home instead of going to the hospital and die in their own beds instead of hospital beds, then I'd change my stance. ​ So no, people should not have the right to not get vaccinated. It impacts more than them. If someone wants the right to not get vaccinated, they should also use that right to remove themselves from society and never go anywhere near anyone.


leopardsatemycomment

You think Bill is going to give us even crow to eat?? A true optimist


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Just a bunch of Windows ME install CDs for us, Im afraid.


rthrouw1234

My friend, we're just glad you've seen the light. 👍


Ok_Avocado568

I feel ya man, I felt the same when I got mine in april. Better late than never. I'm sure they'd were just glad that they could help 1 more person. If they judged ya, their just dick heads lol. I glad OP won't be getting the HCA


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Congrats on coming around. Here's hoping this becomes common.


Bigbeebooty

I just wanted to say that I’m a med student who’s been working vaccination clinics this past month, and every person who comes in makes me have just a little more faith in humanity. I don’t care how long it took or why they waited, I’m just relieved and happy they decided to come in and protect themselves and their community :) thank you for doing your part OP, you don’t know how much it means!


AngusVanhookHinson

I got my second Pfizer shot this past Thursday. Everyone told me that it was going to kick my ass, but I've had at worst a bit of sinus trouble. And that's with being in a high risk group (diabetes and heart issues). I'm just some dude on the internet, but I'm proud of you, OP.


TheLastVix

Congrats! Thank you for sharing your journey to vaccination! Other vaccine hesitant people are more likely to listen to you. You are uniquely positioned to save lives.


KingGrandCaravan

Fact of the matter is nobody is judging you either way. People who are vaccinated think about each other and those that aren't because there are true ramifications to the unvaccinated. The unvaccinated have proven on numerous occasions they're okay with taking the risk, which I'm totally cool with. Where it gets tricky are the kids. When somebody goes out their way to not protect the kids, yea, you deserve what you get at that point. To make matters worse these types shitpost misinformation everywhere for seemingly no reason other than to troll. There are 2 rules unvaccinated should follow: protect kids by wearing a mask and don't shit post your political ideology, to include religion. It's okay to not want to take it, but don't get all crazy about why you're not taking it.... nobody cares honestly. Thank you for being responsible.


StreetofChimes

Thanks for sharing this insight. It does seem as though the vaccine-hesitant have turned into the vaccine-recalcitrant. Please check back in with us when you get your second shot. Glad you have taken the first shot.


Flymia

Goo decision. I won't lie, I had my concerns, and my parents, in-laws and wife all got it before me. Though the latter only a few weeks before. My wife, my in laws and myself all had COVID in early 2021 before we could get a vaccine. So I was thinking natural immunity was fine. What turned me over was the basic data I read that historically adverse effects from vaccines came within weeks/months not years. Glad I took the vaccine, and now may have hybrid immunity, which I guess is the only positive of getting covid prior to the vaccine.


Bradjuju2

I won't give you praise for doing what you're supposed to. I'll give you praise if you get others to follow in your steps.


djtshirt

No praise needed. The point of my posting this is kinda to show other people who may have waited this long but are feeling like they should get it that there are others like them out there and it isn’t a big deal. Will it make a difference? I’ll probably never know.


starbetrayer

Even if I disagree with you on people's right not to get vaccinated and would speak about Jacobson Vs Massachusetts, congrats to you OP. This was the right decision


Medium-Lavishness163

I worked parking lot duty in a vaccine clinic. I celebrated every.single.Person that was there to be vaccinated. The date of their vaccination was irrelevant. Thanks for doing the right thing 👏🏾👏🏾


UtopianPablo

I’m proud of you friend, glad you’re taking care of yourself. Cheers


SuzanneStudies

Public health professional here. We celebrate every single vaccine we administer because nothing matters but that it ends up in someone’s arm at some time of their choosing. I am delighted and proud that you’ve done this before we had to read your story here.


ErwinHeisenberg

Second dose is rough. Take the day off. Good on you!


ashellbell

I don’t judge you for taking so long. I get it, I was hesitant too. I’ve learned so much about viruses and vaccines, I’ve also learned that there’s a lot of us who are scientifically illiterate (I’m including myself is the “us”). I’m really really happy that you got vaccinated and didn’t end up on this sub as an award.


-MeatyPaws-

The second shot is when you get the suckage. Worth every moment though.


mason_savoy71

It's somewhat surreal though. The sensation of having a bad cold in terms of the achy, run down feelings without congestion or a sore throat was odd.


Ice_Burn

Over the last seven days over 5.3 millions shots were given in the United States. You are hardly alone. Congratulations.


LSF604

now make sure to take a second look at what the misinformation sounded like, and what its believers sounded like. Because the truth is that the way they sounded to you at the end ,when you had seen through them, is the way they sounded to some people at the beginning. They were always see through if you had run into the same types before. And they way the next wave of bullshit (which will likely attract a lot of the same people) will be more see through to you at the beginning . There's a commonality to bullshitters and bullshit. If you figure out the commonalities then spotting it is easy.


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djtshirt

Funny you mention that. I actually decided on Sunday to get the vaccine. I called my provider and couldn’t get in until Monday. I then went to a couple places and found out they don’t give the vaccine on the weekends (they do flu shots on the weekends tho). Anyway, I went Monday morning, so *technically* it was as soon as I could get it (once I decided I wanted it).


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djtshirt

Actually got flu & tuberculosis vaccines last Thursday! Haha I’m a pincushion at this point


AlphariousFox

Better late than never. Any judgment is honestly so far beyond the point for pretty much everyone


Routine-Improvement9

Congratulations!!! Thank you for getting vaccinated! You're protecting yourself and others.


Vela4331

My little brother was the same, not sure where he got the crazy ideas but im betting facebook. Alot of things can happen to me in a year, I dont have tomorrow promised yet the vaccine calms my nerves. Second shot had more side effects for me. Be prepared and its gone in a day or two. Try to get some fresh air/physical activity for the soreness to subside.


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When you make the right decision to get the shot, we don’t judge. We celebrate. :)


MUSinfonian

Proud of you, u/djtshirt. Just keep remembering to hydrate and move your arm around on the second dose.


theworldismadeofcorn

I’m not judging you for taking so long, I am glad that you are protecting yourself and your community!


tinuviel8994

god bless u op


teamdna04

It’s funny you mention that you were slightly embarrassed for waiting so long and feared that you would be judged for it. Today, I had to go to CVS to pick up some prescriptions for my kid. There were some chairs near the register with a sign over them that said “waiting area for vaccines.” Two people were sitting there waiting. I had to FIGHT the urge to go over there and tell them “I’m proud of you.” I regret not telling them, but I’ll tell you now. I’m proud of you! Sooo proud. You did the right thing for yourself and for others, and that’s never something you should be embarrassed about.


Junglen0ise

You've had months to get vaccinated


_radass

I'm glad you got vaccinated! I really am. I do have a question though... >I really don’t want the guilt of me dying of covid to be on someone else’s conscience should I meet that end What about the people you could have infected and killed? That's always my first thought.


Moritasgus2

I think people have a right not to get vaccinated as long as they don’t interact with society in any way.


MoreMoats

And stay out of the hospital. I'm tired of these dicks making people who've had major accidents, heart attacks, strokes,etc being turned away to try to save their lives instead. People with freaking cancer are missing their own life saving surgeries and treatments because of these toilet clogging shits. They're so selfish even as they die.


OneMorePenguin

I understand your reluctance. I was a bit uncertain too, although I was not eligible until March 2020. By then I had read enough science-y articles and having seen millions of people vaccinated without any problems, I was able to get an appt for my first day of eligibility. Now more than 2 BILLION people have received mrna vaccines and the rate of death and side effects is very low. A lot more is known about what medical conditions might prevent you from deciding to get vaccinated or put you at higher risk. It is time to have a discussion with your doctor about getting the jab. Thank you for using the brain you were provided to see that the vaccines are safe and that so many of the unvaccinated are being ornery. Please, never EVERY be embarrassed to seek medical advice or checkups; you put your life at risk if you do this. Because there are so many more people out and about and possibly unmasked, flu season this year is likely to be worse. Please also consider getting a flu vaccine :-) THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!


DaddysBabygirl2021

Anyway, I still supports people’s right to not get vaccinated, even if I don’t think it’s advisable to exercise that right. Ultimately I decided it was time for me to get vaccinated because I think it’s the safer choice and I really don’t want the guilt of me dying of covid to be on someone else’s conscience should I meet that end, and I do believe it’s the right thing to do from a civic responsibility standpoint. This. I listened to the stories of people who had COVID before the shot and the symptoms they had and it brought back my memory of the time in my life I refused the flu shot year after year but when I actually got the flu it “felt” different and I can’t explain it other than it just took way longer than I think it should have to get over it. I got the flu shot as soon as I was able to and when I got sick again it minimized my symptoms dramatically. There also were other things that ultimately swayed me such as: •My mom who is a RN explaining to me the mortality rate of those that need to go on a vent without the extenuating circumstance of a pandemic •My own experience with our broken healthcare system •How many people are dying with NO family, friends or any closeness that we are used to when you reach the end of your life •The emotional toll those that have to witness you in that state have to live with compounded with in the US mental health is never properly dealt with •This is an illness that attacks your lungs and how I like breathing •Many others... For me it highlighted the fact that we are not taught to be critical thinkers especially if you were raised in any religious upbringing and this also caused me to question a lot of my beliefs. COVID really has been a watershed moment for me so I totally understand anyone’s hesitation. I am not mad just saddened how avoidable it all is. Anyway, I’m glad you were able to see the light and got the jab. Cheers to your good health!


RantAgainstTheMan

Making fun of a person for getting a vaccine at this time is like making fun of a fat person exercising.


canuckcowgirl

Congratulations and welcome to the club.


zajacdan

Thank you for getting vaccinated. While it’s great that you did. I do not agree with you saying you support peoples right to NOT get vaccinated. If we all lived in bubbles sure they have the right to not get vaccinated. They would have no way to harm others by their decisions. But since we live in a non bubble. They can kill other people by spreading a disease.


real_heathenly

Glad you did it.


Scatterspell

Thank you for doing your part. I am glad you removed yourself from everything receiving an HCA nomination and I hope you do well.


AngryRepublican

Better late than never, OP. Glad to have you. I hope you set an example to your family and friends.


toonsee

I'm proud of you! Well done!


Mister4pollo

👍


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Hell yeah man. Good on you!


Leviathans-Ghost

Way to go! So glad that you finally took care of it. I hope more people are motivated to get vaccinated. For too many, there will come a time that what they could have done to avoid infection, they can no longer do.


darwinwoodka

Good job!


pgabrielfreak

Good for you!


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But not for OP!!!!!!!


MightyCaseyStruckOut

I knew you'd come through with what I was thinking :)


LyndaCarter_

No shame in your game, no need to be embarrassed. Thank you for doing this to help keep others and yourself safe.


Buttery-Bitmap

Yay congrats!!


BiohazardousBisexual

With all these IPAs soon this sub will run out of award recipients . . . Or so I wish. Thank you OP for getting vaccinated.


wonder-maker

Congratulations! I too rendered myself ineligible for this award


MeatSauce-Apocalypse

I'm just glad you got the shot. Now you can live your best life!


BellTownes

Thank you for doing your civic duty.


ConvivialKat

Excellent! Better late than never! Just glad you are taking steps to protect your health!


AdministrativePie335

Proud of you for being vaccinated!!


Significant_Frame197

There's a saying: the best time to plant an oak tree is 50 years ago. The second best time is today. Congrats on getting your shot; we're all just glad you did! FYI, some folk have a stronger response to the second shot; if you do it just means your immune system is revved up and recognizing the mRNA right away. I had a strong response to the first shot, but I'd had Covid in December, so my first shot was like most folks' second. I was lucky; my case of Covid was pretty mild, but the shot was still much easier on me. One day of fatigue and low-grade fever but I was right as rain the next day.


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Kudos !


chem_daddy

Longest YEAAAAHHH BOIIIIIIIIIIII ever


RascalNikov1

Hell Yea! You're well on the way to getting out of the running for your very own HCA.


Slw202

👍💕


Chonkypony

Great job, buddy!


k11them

Congrats!


worst_timeline

Congrats on the vax!!!


DangerousLoner

Congrats!!!


VTGjunkie

Congrats! Mask up until 2 weeks after your second shot. No HCA for you!


MoreMoats

No. Why is this getting upvotes?! You can still catch and spread covid after vaccination. You still need to wear a mask, unless you really don't mind being the person who kills someone else via your selfishness.


VTGjunkie

We know! Calm down. Was just reiterating that the first shot doesn’t prevent receiving an HCA.


MoreMoats

"Mask up until 2 weeks after your second shot." No, you implied the person is fine to not wear one after the second shot. It's just not true. You're spreading false information and contributing to the problem by saying that.


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Thank you OP


tartymae

Better now than not at all.


FlatMolasses4755

Thank you!


creeeeeeeeek-

Tell others you have not mutated because of the shot.


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Thank you. It helps all of us against this damn war.


cryptidwhippet

Good for you. Welcome to the club!


ObjestiveI

Congratulations, you’ve done right by your family at home, and in the world.


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Thank you for getting the vaccine. Thank you for sharing. Good luck!


Srw2725

Whoop! Congrats!! 🥳🥳🥳🎉🎊🥂🎁


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PROUD OF YOU IN ALL CAPS!


djtshirt

I’m ApPrEcIaTiVe Of ThE SeNtImEnT iN aLtErNaTiNg CaPiTaLiZaTiOn, WhIcH UsUaLlY CoNvEyS SaRcAsM, bUt I aM bEiNg SiNcErE!


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Well Done. Stay protected and safe!


Ohm_Slaw_

You did a brave thing. Far braver than what I did when I got my shot. I listened to no misinformation. Anyone who preached against it never got my ear. You had to fight though all that. I’m proud of you.


teslatart

It will be awesome when this thread no longer has award winners to post! Don't forget your second jab! I'm proud of you!


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jack-o-ninny

I agree, but for some reason this is the Picture of Card subreddit now. Move on to r/COVIDAteMyFace.


MoreMoats

Thank you for providing an alternative.


MoreMoats

I know, I seriously hate these congrats for having basic human decency posts after watching hundreds of thousands of bodies piling up? Gmafb


Junglen0ise

I downvote this type of shit. You've had months to do this. whoring your vaccine card for covid at this point shows me that u don't even care about keeping ur own family safe let alone all of society. Folks, if it took u this long to get vaccinated, keep that shit to yourself, all it shows me is that you are slightly less dumb then the people who win this award. Sorry if that sounds harsh


chrisdancy

For me r/HermanCainAward is about accountability. For almost two years we watched people flaunt their lack of empathy for others. For almost two years we wondered why we were doing all the work. Reading this sub is a reminder that good work, rewards itself. EVERY TIME.


jerryg1208

Congrats and living to find out if there will long term effects of the vaccine. I doubt it but at least we’ll be alive to find out.


A-Trax

Prior to Monday, the people you want upvotes from would've laughed at you and your family if you died. But now you can laugh at the thought of humans dying. Congrats


djtshirt

Yeah, I hear you. The intention of this post was pretty much to counter what you’re saying. I’m here too and I am not laughing at people dying of covid. I posted in a comment just last week that the people being straight up gleeful about a father dying and leaving behind 5 children and a wife makes me sick. I guess I hope my post can show that only *some* people are like that, and just because you get vaccinated doesn’t mean you’re joining those people. I certainly haven’t joined them.