No, they're fox-warped and seem to have come from some parallel universe.  The English is still sounding the same but must have a different meaning to them.  It's a slow-motion body-snatchers episode or pod people.  Can't communicate.

On 7/25/21 7:04 AM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote:
Sad.  Is his family vaccinated?

Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 24, 2021, at 11:12 PM, Jan-GAMs <j.vank...@grnacres.net> wrote:



My un-vaccinated brother-in-law died this a.m., leaving the family in tears.  We'd heard his rants about freedom, masks and magnets and plead with him to just get the damn shot. Now, it's no more conversation, that's gone, taken away forever.

On 7/24/21 9:47 PM, Darin Steffl wrote:
David,

I'm vaccinated and I believe most vaccinated people are NOT afraid of being infected. What we're afraid of are the less informed, unvaccinated people getting infected, creating new variants, and overloading hospital ICU beds again which would cause lockdowns and mask mandates.

I took the vaccine to be part of the solution to return life to normal. If the unvaccinated people take away my freedom to go out and not wear a mask, that's what I'm afraid of and angry about. I did my part and masked up when it was mandated and saw many small businesses go out of business because of lockdowns. I do NOT want this to happen again which means people should vaccinate so we keep cases down, deaths down, ICU beds open, and America open for business with no masks needed.

This is not about my fear of getting covid after my vaccine. Get that through your head.

People need to stop spreading fake news from Fox and other conservative voices and get the damn vaccine which is "Authorized" but not fully approved. I think hundreds of millions of doses is enough of a trial to conclude it's safer than Covid. Over 99% of covid patients in the hospital today are unvaccinated. Sad to see the lack of intelligence in half of America, particularly those who lean to the right politically. This simply confirms they can be brainwashed quite easily.

On Sat, Jul 24, 2021 at 11:22 PM Jan-GAMs <j.vank...@grnacres.net <mailto:j.vank...@grnacres.net>> wrote:

    It's "Z" world the movie come to life.  The
    MAGAT-nazi-brown-shirt-zombies walking at me grunting "freedom"
    over and over trying to grab and bite.  I keep shooting them to
    no avail and they just keep coming at me.  then my wife hits me
    and says you having a nightmare?  and I wake up in a sweat.

    On 7/24/21 8:32 PM, Chuck Macenski wrote:
    Assuming the vaccine is 90% effective, your neighbor
    (vaccinated) has a 9 in 10 chance of not getting it.
    Unvaccinated, your neighbor will get it (per your scenario) and
    now has the ability to infect others. A good analogy is
    critical-mass in a nuclear reactor; the vaccine represents the
    control rods and the infected represent the decaying isotope.
    Drop the control rods and the reaction stops - pull them out
    and the reaction goes super-critical.

    I wish I could tie this to Dr. Strangelove, but it is late and
    I am tired.



    On Sat, Jul 24, 2021 at 9:27 PM Steve Jones
    <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com <mailto:thatoneguyst...@gmail.com>>
    wrote:

        I laugh at the whole "get vaccinated so you dont give it to
        your neighbor" coming from the vaccinated who are spreading
        it to their neighbors.

        Good lulz.

        Anybody wanna charter a flight from texas to dc?

        On Sat, Jul 24, 2021, 8:01 PM Chuck McCown via AF
        <af@af.afmug.com <mailto:af@af.afmug.com>> wrote:

            Run Forrest

            Sent from my iPhone

            > On Jul 24, 2021, at 6:09 PM, Jay Weekley
            <par...@cyberbroadband.net
            <mailto:par...@cyberbroadband.net>> wrote:
            >
            > Yay Alabama.
            >
            > Jaime Solorza wrote:
            >> Getting vaccinated is just the correct thing to
            do...like polio and other ones..
            >> I don't see it as an infringement on my rights at all.
            >> Families are dying in the south mostly...the virus
            doesn't give a shit what you believe...
            >>
            >>
            >> On Sat, Jul 24, 2021, 4:38 PM Forrest Christian
            (List Account) <li...@packetflux.com
            <mailto:li...@packetflux.com>
            <mailto:li...@packetflux.com
            <mailto:li...@packetflux.com>>> wrote:
            >>
            >>    I've been trying to stay out of this to avoid
            stirring this up
            >>    further, but, it's probably time for me to stick
            my $0.02 in...
            >>
            >>    One primary role of government is to make rules
            or laws in places
            >>    where people's rights (or opinions) come in
            conflict with each other.
            >>
            >>    Pre-vaccine, the most likely way for me to be
            protected from
            >>    infection is if other people behaved like they
            might be a
            >>    carrier.   That is, limit social interaction,
            stay away from other
            >>    people if possible, wear masks, practice good
            hygiene.   Some
            >>    people didn't want to do this. Other people
            didn't want to be
            >>    infected, but couldn't protect themselves
            effectively.   Both
            >>    sides had rights - the right to do what one wants
            vs the right not
            >>    to be infected by others who are a carrier.  Add
            to that the right
            >>    of being able to have an ICU bed available if you
            did end up
            >>    infected.   At this point, the government needed
            to step in and
            >>    make a decision about who's rights were going to
            be protected, and
            >>    because of the nature of COVID, most places ended
            up choosing the
            >>    rights of people not to be infected.
            >>
            >>    Post-vaccine this conversation changes.   Now I 
            have a way to
            >>    protect myself.  Post-vaccination, my risk of
            dying or having
            >>    long-term effects from COVID is more like dying
            from the flu (if
            >>    not less).   As a result, now that anyone who
            wants a shot can get
            >>    one, I really could care less whether someone
            else wears a mask or
            >>    gets vaccinated.  Your choice. And the government
            rules should
            >>    reflect that, which most of them do at this point.
            >>
            >>    There is one main caveat, and that is that in
            some areas we're
            >>    going to have a resurgence of COVID among
            (mostly) the
            >>    unvaccinated.    If unvaccinated people start to
            fill the hospital
            >>    ICU wards, then either we need to go back to mask
            mandates and
            >>    similar in those areas, OR we need to be willing
            to kick
            >>    unvaccinated people out of the ICU when they
            fill, and let them
            >>    die of COVID at home.  Yes, this is cold, but if
            you chose a path
            >>    that results in a higher risk of dying, then you
            should also take
            >>    the risk of there not being an ICU bed available
            to you if you
            >>    need it.
            >>
            >>    There is also the concern about variants being
            generated by the
            >>    virus continuing to run rampant among parts of
            the population.     I'm going to ignore this as this
            makes my point a bit more messy
            >>    as then you have to start asking difficult
            questions about what
            >>    the actual risk of this is versus the downside of
            forcing a
            >>    population to either be vaccinated or continue
            quarantine+mask
            >>    wearing.  I'm not convinced that there is strong
            enough evidence,
            >>    either way, to make a decision here.
            >>
            >>    The other point which continues to be frustrating
            is that we need
            >>    people to make their decision about being
            vaccinated based on
            >>    actual facts.   Not based on talking points or
            conspiracy theories
            >>    from the left or the right.  The vaccine isn't
            magnetic.  The
            >>    vaccine, although still not fully FDA approved
            has proven to have
            >>    a lower statistical risk of bad outcomes than
            COVID itself.  No,
            >>    the vaccine isn't 100% effective, but it is
            highly effective. No, the vaccines don't have tracking
            chips. Even if you survive
            >>    COVID-19 (99% chance of doing so), the likelihood
            of having
            >>    long-term health effects is much higher (over
            10%).   No, the
            >>    vaccines don't alter your DNA.  And on and on.
            >>
            >>    Sadly, it seems that the worst of these
            conspiracy theories around
            >>    the vaccine and COVID continue to come from the
            right.  I totally
            >>    respect people who look at the real facts and
            decide not to get
            >>    the vaccine.   I can understand how two people
            who look at the
            >>    facts can choose either way, although I do
            believe that with the
            >>    real facts, most people would end up with the
            vaccine.   But the
            >>    whole slew of made-up crap that is circulating is
            detrimental to
            >>    people actually being able to make an informed
            decision as opposed
            >>    to jumping on this or that conspiracy theory and
            making decisions
            >>    based on that.  Add to that a healthy dose of
            ignoring facts that
            >>    don't match up with one's world view and you've
            got a situation
            >>    where many people make decisions based not on
            facts but on rumors
            >>    and suppositions.
            >>
            >>    And before someone thinks I'm saying the right
            has an exclusive
            >>    lock on conspiracy theories, I need to state for
            the record that
            >>    the left has their fair share as well.  Which
            side has made up
            >>    more crap seems to revolve around the issue, with
            some issues
            >>    largely just being both sides making up crap to
            make the issue
            >>    appear larger than it is.
            >>
            >>    On Sat, Jul 24, 2021 at 7:13 AM David Coudron
            >>    <david.coud...@advantenon.com
            <mailto:david.coud...@advantenon.com>
            >>    <mailto:david.coud...@advantenon.com
            <mailto:david.coud...@advantenon.com>>> wrote:
            >>
            >>        This is the key to the issue. Who decides
            what a valid medical
            >>        reason is.    In this country, we have always
            allowed an
            >>        individual to discuss and evaluate medical
            treatments with
            >>        their doctor and their family and then make
            their own
            >>        decision.  The individual’s determination of
            necessity for a
            >>        medical treatment may vary from person to
            person.   Their
            >>        perception of risk of treatment versus reward
            of not getting
            >>        sick is not the same for every instance.   
            Most people are
            >>        pretty smart and will make decision in the
            best interest of
            >>        their situation.   Are we now saying that the
            individual can
            >>        no longer make this determination?   That
            people are not smart
            >>        enough to make the decision in their best
            interest?    That
            >>        someone on an email list knows better than
            each individual
            >>        whether or not that individual should be
            taking any medical
            >>        treatment including a vaccination?   I hope
            we are not moving
            >>        into an era in the country where people
            decide for others
            >>        whether or not they should take any medical
            treatment,
            >>        especially when we are talking about an
            experimental
            >>        vaccine.    If we are suggesting that the
            group can now make
            >>        decisions for mandatory medical procedures,
            that is a pretty
            >>        slippery slope.   I believe in the good of
            people and their
            >>        ability to make a good decision when they
            have enough facts.   I suspect most unvaccinated folks
            will eventually have enough
            >>        data to determine they are ready to be
            vaccinated.
            >>
            >>        Again, and I can’t say this enough, if a
            person is vaccinated
            >>        and they believe the vaccine works, why are
            they concerned
            >>        that others are not vaccinated.   The only
            people at risk are
            >>        those who have decided not to be vaccinated
            and they have
            >>        accepted that risk.
            >>
            >>        *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com
            <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com>
            >>        <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com
            <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com>>> *On Behalf Of * Robert
            >>        *Sent:* Friday, July 23, 2021 8:53 PM
            >>        *To:* af@af.afmug.com
            <mailto:af@af.afmug.com> <mailto:af@af.afmug.com
            <mailto:af@af.afmug.com>>
            >>        *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT somewhat political
            >>
            >>        David,
            >>            Do you have any research of the
            percentage of people who
            >>        "have a valid medical reason" for not taking
            the vaccine?   I
            >>        don't imagine it's anywhere near the 45% of
            the US population
            >>        the is refusing that are not below the
            current age limit.   I
            >>        would WAG that it's probably a lot less than
            the 20% number
            >>        not taking it that would get us to effective
            herd immunity.
            >>
            >>        Now the kids are getting it and that we don't
            have a solution
            >>        for.
            >>
            >>        On 7/23/21 4:20 PM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote:
            >>
            >>            AIDS was / Is 100% avoidable.  COVID is
            like someone with
            >>            AIDS spraying you down with their
            precious bodily fluids
            >>            by sneezing.  People have been prosecuted
            for infecting
            >>            others with AIDS.  Why not COVID?  If you
            don’t want the
            >>            vax, fine but you need a full body condom
            if you come
            >>            within 100’ of another person.
            >>
            >>            Sent from my iPhone
            >>
            >>
            >>
            >>                On Jul 23, 2021, at 4:24 PM, David
            Coudron
            >>                <david.coud...@advantenon.com
            <mailto:david.coud...@advantenon.com>>
            >>                <mailto:david.coud...@advantenon.com
            <mailto:david.coud...@advantenon.com>> wrote:
            >>
            >>                
            >>
            >>                There are valid reasons for deciding
            to take this
            >>                vaccine, the shingles vaccine, the
            flu vaccine, or a
            >>                myriad of other medications.   Each
            decision should be
            >>                based on risk/reward of that drug and
            the medical
            >>                condition being treated.   To think
            that you know
            >>                everyone’s medical situation better
            than they do
            >>                doesn’t seem very feasible and
            awfully presumptive.       To call them selfish for
            making a decision they
            >>                believe is in their best medical
            interest seems overly
            >>                judgmental. Yes, there are people are
            deciding not to
            >>                take it simply because they think
            they shouldn’t be
            >>                forced to take a medical treatment
            against their
            >>                will.   You may feel that we should
            force them to take
            >>                the treatment for the better good. 
             I doubt you would
            >>                feel the same about mandatory
            castration of young men
            >>                to curb overcrowding of the earth. 
             Obviously there
            >>                is a line somewhere about forced
            treatment for the
            >>                greater good.  I am not attempting to
            determine where
            >>                that line is, only suggesting that
            folks have valid
            >>                medical reasons for not deciding to
            take the vaccine
            >>                and they shouldn’t be publicly shamed
            for making that
            >>                decision.   It doesn’t seem that far
            fetched, but I am
            >>                learning I see things differently
            than some other
            >>                folks.   So be it.
            >>
            >>                I love the argument that we have to
            get vaccinated,
            >>                but we still have to act like the
            vaccine doesn’t work
            >>                in order to save the human race. 
             Seems like a
            >>                disconnect there.
            >>
            >>                If we were really so worried about
            infecting others or
            >>                causing harm to others, we would
            avoid all other
            >>                activities that create risk for
            others.  We’d never
            >>                drive a car, much less have a beer
            and get in a car.         I doubt that very many of us
            on this list can say
            >>                that.  We would never allow the sale
            of fatty foods.           We would force each and
            everyone to get to a body mass
            >>                within our accepted range.   Keep in
            mind life is
            >>                risky.   We don’t need to do stupid
            things, but being
            >>                alive carries with it the risk of
            dying.    We are all
            >>                much more likely to die of heart
            disease, stroke
            >>                related illness, or cancer than we
            are of Covid.   Those are just the facts.  Many folks
            make small
            >>                adjustments to reduce the risk of
            those  likely causes
            >>                of mortality, but have long ago
            passed on decisions to
            >>                make big changes to eliminate the
            possibility of those
            >>                causes of death.
            >>
            >>                I have long ago decided not to live
            in constant fear
            >>                of these things. While I chose to be
            vaccinated, I
            >>                respect the right of folks to make
            the best choice for
            >>                their situation.   I also respect the
            right of someone
            >>                who is not in the best physical
            condition to eat a
            >>                steak.   I realize that a drunk
            driver might kill me
            >>                some day, but I respect the right of
            individuals to go
            >>                to a bar and expect that most (but
            not all) are
            >>                responsible enough not to drink and
            drive when they
            >>                have had too much.
            >>
            >>                Keep in mind that this virus would
            have never come to
            >>                our country if we never allowed
            anyone in or out of
            >>                it.   But we understand that certain
            personal freedoms
            >>                are worth the possibility of catching
            a disease that
            >>                might kill us.   I have a tough time
            with the mass
            >>                hypochondria surrounding this situation.
            >>
            >>                Sorry, I am not meaning to make
            anyone mad, just
            >>                trying to keep perspective.     I
            just don’t
            >>                understand why folks get so bent out
            of shape if they
            >>                are already vaccinated.   I guess
            they don’t believe
            >>                the vaccine will work because if it
            does, there is
            >>                nothing to worry about.
            >>
            >>                I wager that given Covid’s relation
            to influenza like
            >>                viruses, that it is with us
            permanently.   We will
            >>                have yearly updates to the
            vaccination, but we’ll
            >>                never be rid of it.  Not because
            people aren’t
            >>                getting vaccinated, but because it
            will always mutate
            >>                ahead of the vaccine, just like the
            flu virus.       Please don’t take this as an argument
            to not work on
            >>                vaccines, we absolutely should as it
            will save
            >>                lives.   But as Carl pointed out
            below, vaccines
            >>                aren’t 100% effective……. 😊
            >>
            >>                I will lay a friendly wager down. 
            Remember, we had a
            >>                AIDS epidemic several years ago. 
             Did we force people
            >>                to stop having sex or many of the
            other high risk
            >>                things that led to AIDS?   Does
            anyone even talk about
            >>                AIDS anymore?   32 million people
            died of AIDS and
            >>                people still die from it. No one
            talks about it any
            >>                more.  Covid will be the same way in
            10 years.  That
            >>                is my bet.
            >>
            >>                Again, lots of stuff to poke holes in
            here I am
            >>                sure.   My only original point was
            that there are
            >>                valid reasons folks chose not to get
            vaccinated. We
            >>                can’t and shouldn’t know what they
            are, but should
            >>                respect their right to chose.
            >>
            >>                *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com
            <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com>>
            >>                <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com
            <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com>> *On Behalf Of *Carl
            >>                Peterson
            >>                *Sent:* Friday, July3, 2021 4:30 PM
            >>                *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
            >>                <af@af.afmug.com
            <mailto:af@af.afmug.com>> <mailto:af@af.afmug.com
            <mailto:af@af.afmug.com>>
            >>                *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT somewhat
            political
            >>
            >>                No vaccination is 100% effective. 
            From a public
            >>                policy perspective, you need to pull
            on the levers
            >>                that work in order to get R0 to be
            less than 1.  We
            >>                know that a good percentage of people
            will follow a
            >>                mask mandate.  Even if most of that
            group is
            >>                vaccinated that lever will still do
            something since no
            >>                vaccine is 100% effective and some
            number of that
            >>                population is walking around as
            symptom-free carriers
            >>                at any given time.
            >>
            >>                Getting most people vaccinated would
            be the best way
            >>                to lower R0, but if someone is too
            self centered to
            >>                care about their neighbors or their
            country there
            >>                isn't much you can do to make them
            care.  That lever
            >>                isn't doing much these days.  The
            issue here really is
            >>                about what is best for society vs
            what an individual
            >>                thinks is best for themselves.  An
            individual's
            >>                personal risk of having serious Covid
            complications is
            >>                pretty low so if they believe there
            is some risk to
            >>                the vaccine and don't account for
            externalities, e.g.
            >>                them infecting other people, then
            it's hard to
            >>                convince them to get vaccinated.
            >>
            >>                On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 4:05 PM
            Dennis Burgess
            >>                <dmburg...@linktechs.net
            <mailto:dmburg...@linktechs.net>
            >>                <mailto:dmburg...@linktechs.net
            <mailto:dmburg...@linktechs.net>>> wrote:
            >>
            >>                    Why does someone who has made an
            informed choice
            >>                    not to get vaxxed by a NON-FDA
            approved drug have
            >>                    not sit out in timeout?  This is
            a free society,
            >>                    if you are so scared, you stay
            home. I will take
            >>                    my chances.
            >>
            >> *<image001.png>*
            >>
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            >>
            >>                    *From:* AF
            <af-boun...@af.afmug.com <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com>
            >>                    <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com
            <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com>>> *On Behalf Of
            >>                    *Jan-GAMs
            >>                    *Sent:* Friday, July 23, 2021 3:32 PM
            >>                    *To:* af@af.afmug.com
            <mailto:af@af.afmug.com> <mailto:af@af.afmug.com
            <mailto:af@af.afmug.com>>
            >>                    *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT
            somewhat political
            >>
            >>                    There is no having a sane
            discussion on this
            >>                    topic.  This is more like a
            whining child having
            >>                    an open temper-tantrum in public.
            Un-vaxxed
            >>                    persons are a health hazard and
            attempting to
            >>                    explain this to a child is a bit
            difficult. Those
            >>                    who don't have a vaccine should
            not be allowed in
            >>                    public. Every time a non-vaxxed
            person gets sick
            >>                    with Covid there is the potential
            for a new
            >>                    variant even worse than the Delta
            variant.
            >>                    Un-vaxxed persons should be
            quarrantined as they
            >>                    are a health-hazard to everyone
            around them and to
            >>                    the public at large.
            >>
            >>                    On 7/23/21 1:11 PM, David Coudron
            wrote:
            >>
            >>                        I know, we can all make our
            own decisions.
            >>                        However, I don’t believe I
            have stated
            >>                        anything that varies from the
            facts.   I can
            >>                        send you the Moderna sheet I
            received with my
            >>                        vaccine if you want to see that.
            >>
            >>                        Your points about FDA
            approval are probably
            >>                        accurate, however, why is not
            OK to say that I
            >>                        want to wait for the
            approval?   That doesn’t
            >>                        seem so unreasonable.  We
            don’t let folks on
            >>                        the plane based on the
            likelihood that those
            >>                        on the no-fly list probably
            won’t show up to
            >>                        get on the plane anyway.   We
            still check each
            >>                        and every person to make
            sure.  Just like we
            >>                        do the FDA approval process
            to make sure.             Otherwise, we could just tell
            drug companies
            >>                        “if you are pretty sure you’d
            pass anyway, we
            >>                        won’t bother putting you
            through the approval
            >>                        process”  We don’t do that
            for good reason.
            >>
            >>                        I agree with you on the memes
            both ways.
            >>                        Neither approach are helping
            the situation.                 It should be a
            discussion based upon the
            >>                        scientific merits of the
            situation.       Unfortunately both side love to poke
            at the
            >>                        intelligence of those that
            don’t agree with
            >>                        their decision.
            >>
            >>                        There is no way to know this
            for sure, but I
            >>                        wonder how many folks
            publicly shaming others
            >>                        for not taking the vaccine
            know that it is not
            >>                        FDA approved?
            >>
            >>                        Likely won’t change lots of
            folks decisions,
            >>                        nor am I suggesting it should
            have.   But I
            >>                        don’t think that those of us
            that decided to
            >>                        go ahead with the vaccination
            get to make
            >>                        medical decisions for those
            who aren’t
            >>                        comfortable with an
            experimental vaccine.
            >>
            >>                        *From:* AF
            <af-boun...@af.afmug.com <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com>>
            >>                       
            <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com
            <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com>> *On Behalf Of
            >>                        *Adam Moffett
            >>                        *Sent:* Friday, July 23, 2021
            2:56 PM
            >>                        *To:* af@af.afmug.com
            <mailto:af@af.afmug.com> <mailto:af@af.afmug.com
            <mailto:af@af.afmug.com>>
            >>                        *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT
            somewhat political
            >>
            >>                        I'm not calling anybody
            stupid, but I don't
            >>                        agree with most of your list.
            >>
            >>                        On 7/23/2021 3:37 PM, David
            Coudron wrote:
            >>
            >>                            Here is what I find
            particularly
            >> challenging about suggesting that folks
            >>                            who have chosen not to
            take the vaccine
            >>                            are not that smart.
            >>
            >>                             1. Folks who do that
            never talk about
            >>                                that fact that this
            is not an FDA
            >> approved medicine/vaccine.   I took
            >>                                the Moderna vaccine,
            the paperwork
            >> clearly stated several facts. Among
            >>                                them are:
            >>
            >>                                 1. This is not FDA
            approved.
            >>
            >>                        It has an emergency use
            authorization. FDA
            >>                        approval takes a long time,
            but around 90% of
            >>                        the submissions end up
            approved because they
            >>                        are pretty well tested by the
            manufacturer
            >>                        before they apply. Anybody
            applying for FDA
            >>                        approval already has a pretty
            good idea
            >>                        whether it's going to go
            through or not.        Presumably people on a no-fly
            list don't
            >>                        routinely show up at the
            airport expecting to
            >>                        board a plane.  Presumably
            people don't try to
            >>                        get a CDL if they know
            they'll fail the drug
            >>                        test. Same idea.
            >>
            >>
            >>                                1.
            >>                                 2. This “vaccine”
            has not been proven
            >> to prevent the virus.   While we
            >> likely all agree that there is a
            >> very good likelihood that this
            >> “vaccine” will help prevent it, it
            >> is far from a proven fact.
            >>
            >>                        99% of people dying of Covid
            right now are
            >> un-vaccinated.  We can split hairs and say
            >>                        maybe it didn't prevent them
            from becoming
            >>                        infected, but it clearly
            prevents them from dying.
            >>
            >>
            >>                                1.
            >>
            >>                             1. The argument is,
            “there should be no
            >> reason to think this vaccine isn’t
            >>                                safe since people
            aren’t dying from
            >> taking the vaccine”.
            >>
            >>                        I've never heard such an
            argument.
            >>
            >>
            >>                             1.  Vaccines are a
            risk/reward type of
            >> medical treatment. Every medicine you
            >>                                take has some level
            of side effect.
            >>                                The vast majority of
            medicines have
            >>                                such negligible side
            effects, that
            >>                                they are considered
            completely safe.
            >>                                The FDA approval
            process exists to
            >> ensure we understand the potential of
            >> serious side effects and drug
            >> interaction issues.   If you are 30
            >> years old and folks are saying you
            >>                                have to take this
            experimental drug to
            >> prevent this incredibly small chance
            >>                                of you becoming
            seriously ill or
            >> dying, it seems like an intelligent
            >> thing to say “I am not sure the risk
            >>                                of getting seriously
            ill or dying from
            >>                                this disease
            outweighs the risk of
            >> using an experimental drug”.   It used
            >>                                to be that people
            relied upon a
            >> conversation with their doctor to
            >> determine personal risk of disease and
            >>                                use of a drug.
            Apparently we no longer
            >>                                do that.   We
            publicly shame people
            >>                                into using
            experimental drugs.
            >>
            >>
            >>
            >>
            >>                             1. Since it is not FDA
            approved, we don’t
            >>                                have a full
            understanding of drug
            >> interactions with other medicines
            >> folks need to take.
            >>
            >>                        It isn't some weird new
            chemical we just
            >>                        invented this year.
            >>
            >>
            >>
            >>                             1. We likely understand
            the very common
            >> medicines, but, certainly not all.                  
                  We have FDA approval processes for
            >>                                good reason.   If for
            example, you
            >>                                were under 40 and
            were taking seizure
            >> control medication, it would be very
            >>                                fair to hold off on
            an experimental
            >>                                drug until it is
            fully understood if
            >>                                the vaccine might
            lessen the
            >> effectiveness of the seizure control
            >> medication.   An incredibly low risk
            >>                                of serious illness or
            death from the
            >> virus could turn into a good chance of
            >> serious injury from seizure.   As far
            >>                                as I know data like
            that is certainly
            >>                                not available yet.
            >>
            >>
            >>
            >>
            >>                             1. Why do vaccinated
            people feel the need
            >>                                to belittle those
            that have decided
            >>                                not to get vaccinated
            by an
            >> experimental drug?
            >>
            >>                        I don't know the answer to
            that. I'm not
            >>                        comfortable with that
            behavior either.  It
            >>                        goes both ways though. 
            Plenty of memes out
            >>                        there accusing people of
            being dumb sheep for
            >>                        taking the vaccine.
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