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I get it, you're sick of the pandemic. Well guess what, so am I.
But I don't wander around refusing tiny little shots or not wearing decent masks. I don't try to bully others into giving up and letting nature take it's course, possibly killing me or my housemates, or worse, getting long covid and being sick for the rest of my life.
It's trivial, really, to get a couple shots, the needle is really tiny, it takes maybe 20 minutes, 15 of which is the standard "wait for 15 minutes to see if you have an abnormal reaction".
But so many at-risk people refuse, thinking their abused "immune system" that they call "healthy" will save them. The Reddit subreddit r/HermanCainAward is full of the death of these clowns, many of whom leave behind young children.
I don't give a flying fuck about your "freedoms". In a society like ours it is a civic duty to protect the health of your fellow citizens from an infectious, airborne, disease. If you don't want to be a part of society, then you need to move into the boonies or keep your plague ridden ass home.
Is it really so hard to wear a damned mask? I used to have a job where we would spend all day in a fucking respirator, with only a few minutes outside for food and drink. Are the anti-mask people really that weak? If so, why are they even going out at all? If you "can't wear a mask for health reasons" like you can't breath, then the last thing you want is Covid Pneumonia, which fucks up your lungs, your heart, and even your kidneys. So stay the fuck home.
If everyone in the world had done actual lock downs for 4 weeks, with only emergency medical, police, fire and essential utility people going out in full PPE, we might have controlled this thing. But no, people are too fucking selfish, so now we have even more infectious variants and an assload of long covid.
It's becoming endemic. That doesn't mean we can stop masking, or forgo vaccination. I figure I'll need two shots of covid vaccine every year for the rest of my life, and masking will be automatic because of all the idiots who just don't care about others and think it can't happen to them.
But I don't wander around refusing tiny little shots or not wearing decent masks. I don't try to bully others into giving up and letting nature take it's course, possibly killing me or my housemates, or worse, getting long covid and being sick for the rest of my life.
It's trivial, really, to get a couple shots, the needle is really tiny, it takes maybe 20 minutes, 15 of which is the standard "wait for 15 minutes to see if you have an abnormal reaction".
But so many at-risk people refuse, thinking their abused "immune system" that they call "healthy" will save them. The Reddit subreddit r/HermanCainAward is full of the death of these clowns, many of whom leave behind young children.
I don't give a flying fuck about your "freedoms". In a society like ours it is a civic duty to protect the health of your fellow citizens from an infectious, airborne, disease. If you don't want to be a part of society, then you need to move into the boonies or keep your plague ridden ass home.
Is it really so hard to wear a damned mask? I used to have a job where we would spend all day in a fucking respirator, with only a few minutes outside for food and drink. Are the anti-mask people really that weak? If so, why are they even going out at all? If you "can't wear a mask for health reasons" like you can't breath, then the last thing you want is Covid Pneumonia, which fucks up your lungs, your heart, and even your kidneys. So stay the fuck home.
If everyone in the world had done actual lock downs for 4 weeks, with only emergency medical, police, fire and essential utility people going out in full PPE, we might have controlled this thing. But no, people are too fucking selfish, so now we have even more infectious variants and an assload of long covid.
It's becoming endemic. That doesn't mean we can stop masking, or forgo vaccination. I figure I'll need two shots of covid vaccine every year for the rest of my life, and masking will be automatic because of all the idiots who just don't care about others and think it can't happen to them.
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people who don't get the shot for political reasons are so unashamedly proud of what they have done...
but don't forget that there are those of us who are recommended (by our doctors) to not get the shot and to just stay self-isolated (this self-isolation has been going on for me, for about *9* years and not 3)..
but it puts me in the middle of both sides of the anti-vax debate...
those who are pro-shots are (surprisingly) often treating me like the vilLain (not everyone who is "pro-shot" is knowledgable with medical issues)....
and those who are anti-vax are furious with me that i am not on their "side", and that i keep my abstinence private (not public knowledge) because i am worried that it would give the wrong impression and encourage more people to avoid the shots...
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and i feel for you as far as being introvert (to a pathological degree) which honestly is probably the only thing that has kept me sane during the pandemic!
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Every vaccine will have people who either can't take it, or for whom it does no good. My immune compromised roomie is vaccinated, but we doubt it has provided her any benefit because of the immune suppression medication she has to take.
Lots of older vaccines are counter indicated for folks who are allergic to eggs, for instance. I have a friend who gets blood clots easily. He can't take the vax in his country because of it.
Even with the vaccine my entire household is still masking and avoiding crowded places, to protect the person for whom the vax may not work.
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my youngest sister was diagnosed with lupus a few years back and put on prednisone to suppress her immune system and it has given her cataracts.. i hope this doesn't happen to your roomie <3
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Of course, what would her brother-in-law know? He's only a retired Nurse AND has dealt with hiv/aids since the mid 80's. What would he kow about Infective agents;>?
Cheers,
Pat