I couldn't agree more with this post. The constant hoops politicians in power are making people jump through is just exhausting and sadly won't end for a while. "2 week freeze, I mean 4 weeks, flatten the curve, get through the winter, once we have a vaccine, oh when 80% are vaccinated." Sadly it won't end at 80% probably, starting to feel like we're all donkeys with a carrot on a stick in front of us.mrpd21 wrote:I worked for 12 years in a semiconductor micro-contamination lab, performing ISO-17025 accredited analyses down to parts per quadrillion in some cases. Tests needed to be proven as accurate and repeatable, among other variables, otherwise the data wasn't reliable. The COVID test results have been offensively laughable, but not funny given the data has been used to crush the economy let alone the physical and mental health of the populous.
Telling me the cases are X yet like magic the flu is essentially no longer existent has a real "piss on my head and tell me it's raining" vibe to it. Oh and then revisions and corrections are oft made with little media coverage, so the hype machine rolls on while the CDC adjust the findings silently. Meanwhile the 2020 death toll in a "pandemic year" looked strangely similar to that of other years. In a previous thread I already shared my family's experience with what was most certainly COVID before any sort of testing was done. This is a strain of SARS; not fun and possibly dangerous to the vulnerable, but the survival rate is so incredibly high that a vaccination requirement is beyond silly.
That brings us to the vaccine. This is really more of an experimental vaccine. How are you trying to force people to get it while Fauci and others keep saying things like it may still require a mask, you still may be able to get and spread it (this has changed multiple times), and vaccinated grandparents still probably shouldn't see their loved ones. Oh and the vaccine has mRna nanotechnology in it which possibly threatens capability to rewire your genetic code. Yeah sorry if I am not jumping headfirst into the vaccine, the long term effects are not only unknown but potentially catastrophic. Maybe it all ends up fine but understand that some may not be eager to get in line to find out. There are other things but one issue that's not talked about much is the sterility factor, but my post is already too long so I'll leave it at this.
Bottom line is this: get the vaccine, don't get the vaccine. You should be free to choose just like we have had with the flu shot every year, that's the beauty of individual freedom. If your vaccine works then you shouldn't worry if I don't get a jab. Let's play some damn football!
As for the vaccine, my family will not get one yet, again we are planning to have another child soon and there's evidence it can affect fertility, and we don't want to get a vaccine that was rushed as fast as this one was. This simply is us making a decision we believe is best for us. No conspiracies, just us making a decision based on the information available to us. We have gotten the flu shot every year and my toddler has gotten all of the recommended vaccines. If you believe that our choice is contributing to the shutdowns, then I believe you are more brainwashed than I am for making a free choice. If you believe that people like me shouldn't be able to freely go out with those who are vaccined, then you might be a communist.
I also have a Pez candy mask. I don't think I'll continue wearing masks indefinitely, though, as wearing masks is mainly designed to protect others... won't be much point if most people are running around maskless.
