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In all of that, I forgot the other compelling reason to consider getting the vaccine.
One of the risks of Covid is that you won't die but you will get long-term effects. A friend of mine who got Covid and survived gets problems just walking to the end of her driveway and back. She now has breathing issues.
My worry is the stories of brain fog and fatigue. For someone in the business of using their brain at a high rate over long periods of time (probably everyone on this site) this would seem to be a factor they should add to their decision-making.
COVID ‘Long Haulers’: Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 | Johns Hopkins Medicine[^]
Good luck with your decision.
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First of all, this isn't really an answer to the question you asked, but is related to it. It is something that I view as important, despite the apparent lack of concern by media and government.
Although I am generally in favor of the vaccine (I drove two of my children in to get their shots), if you are CMV negative, I encourage holding off.
CMV negative blood (only about 15% of the U.S. population, not sure of other countries) can also be used for newborn infants and for immune compromised patients (like cancer patients or HIV patients), whereas CMV positive can not. There is no current research out on how the vaccine affects the usability of blood for these types of patients yet.
If you are CMV negative, I encourage donating blood as frequently as you can, and holding off on getting your vaccination until the research results are out. And, of course, do everything you can to prevent exposure to COVID-19 and other viruses. Any time there is a limited source pool of blood donors, that pool should be protected.
I'll admit that this is a somewhat personal issue to me. My sister has been going through treatments for Leukemia. Before receiving a bone marrow transplant to rebuild her immune system, she underwent very strong chemotherapy to literally wipe her own compromised immune system completely out. During that time, she had to have a lot of blood transfusions to keep her platelet counts up where they needed to be. Her marrow transplant went well, and everything is looking good, but it is a 1 year process to slowly allow the transplanted immune system to take over. During that time, if she needs blood, it will still have to be from CMV negative donations.
I live too far away to directly give her my blood, so I am thankful for those donations that others closer to her made. As a CMV negative donor myself, I make donations as often as I am allowed to, to help patients in my area. If you are curious, you can take a look at the CMV negative page on the American Red Cross site.
Money makes the world go round ... but documentation moves the money.
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If you're under 70 and have less than 3 severe illness preconditions, then the side-effects of the vaccination are probably about as dangerous for you as the infection itself. Plus, the vaccination only trains your antibodies, which are only able to fight the current mutation of the virus, so it needs to be refreshed with every new mutation. That is not immunity in terms of viral respiratory diseases.
Immunity can only be achieved by having an infection every now and then, which trains your T cells and keeps them up-to-date with current and also with future mutations of the Corona virus. As the vaccination temporarily prevents you from being infected and your T cells from being trained, it in fact even weakens your immunity in the long run. And then you will need the next vaccination even more, because the longer you haven't been infected, the more disastrous your next infection will be. And Sars-Cov-2 will not go away, so you *will* have the next infection some day.
So if you're young and healthy: Bet your money on the infection, not on the vaccination.
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Consider getting an antibody test that measures quantity and not just presence.
If you still have lots of antibodies that will help you and your doctor make the decision.
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Had my second jab this Monday, without any adverse reactions I'm happy to say.
The first time it was admittedly a bit worse.
The day after my arm felt like someone had taken a swing at me with a plank.
And the day after that I had a full blown sinus infection.
Today I just have a tiny sniffle, that I wouldn't have noticed if I didn't look for it.
I'll keep working from home for a while longer, but there's a light at the end of the tunnel...
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Happy to hear you are all right...
I done with it like four months ago and all was and is well... Now I have to see how I convince my kids to take the vaccine...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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Removal of moms cooking or the inheritance usually does the trick.
On a more serious note, I'd try logic.
The only way to get rid of it is having immunity in a large enough part of society.
There are two ways to achieve that.
Using vaccines is putting less stress on the immunodeficient part of the population (their grandparents), and therefore the more human way.
So in short, if they don't they're kinda assholes.
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Yay! I don't feel jealous at all ... honest.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Welcome to the club. Good news.
(alas, the light is on the front of a train)
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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theoldfool wrote: the light is on the front of a train
That's what I'm afraid of.
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For online quality we retired professor! (8)
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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EMERITUS - retired professor
online = E
quality = MERIT
we = US
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Nice and simple, but I liked it!
You are up tomorrow.
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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I guessed it was emeritus but couldn't justify the E
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Some guy named Sean Ewington has taken over Insider News.
Hopefully Kent is just vacationing and not sick or dead.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
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Sean takes over once or twice a year.
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(When Kent runs away screaming.)
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His turn to feed the hamsters.
The less you need, the more you have.
Why is there a "Highway to Hell" and only a "Stairway to Heaven"? A prediction of the expected traffic load?
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As long as he is not fed to the hamsters...
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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MarkTJohnson wrote: "Some guy named Sean Ewington"
@sean-ewington, it is time to bring back the mankini pictures, people in the Lounge do not know you anymore.
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Rage wrote: mankini pictures
GIVE ME THE MIND BLEACH!
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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What, again?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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It's post-image stress disorder. Once the image is seen, any mention of it triggers a relapse.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
PLEASE NOOOOOOOOOOOO
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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This man is right. The people must not forget.
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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