"In the end there are only 2 ways to get any immunity to the covid virus - the first is to actually get the virus and hopefully survive and the second is to get the vaccine - the choice is yours"
I totally agree with this. It does make you wonder why all the folks with antibodies from surviving it need the get vaccinated too?
I've learned over the years to look at percentage with a great deal of scepticism.
29% more likely to die but 29% of a fraction is still pretty small.
yes it is a fraction of a fraction, but we also need to keep in mind that every time a person gets covid there is a chance it could mutate in that person, and every time it mutates we take a giant step backward in trying to stop this thing.
considering this how a person gets their immunity is not equal, getting it from the virus itself poses very big risks - the delta version that has now pushed us way backward would probably not exist if everyone had been vaccinated
Mutations are the creation of the unvaccinated, without them there is no host to mutate in - - and I am very sick and tired of new mutations turning this into a never ending problem.
Also I trust this vaccine, MNRA technology, the tech used to create the Pfizer Vaccine, that Donald Trump made possible with operation warp speed, has been around since the 90's, its not new tech. vaccines using this tech have been used since 2008 to treat cancer, it is proven technology. Donald Trump knew this when his administration poured money to get this thing done - - and now with a full approved Pfizer vaccine I think this is probabally as safe as any other vaccine in common use today
and you know what - even if down the road it turns out otherwise and harms me - - that's okay if by being vaccinated others around me were better protected - - I'm 67 and keeping those around me with their entire futures infront of them safe seems more important to me than not taking the chance and potentially harming them