Richard_Parker

I sense this may be implicitly alluding to me among any others.

First, I am not pro-vax. Nor am I anti-vax, certainly not for tried and true vaccines that have been around for decades.

As I already stated, I was coerced in getting the vaccine, just to go to the gym. I weighed the risks and downsides of relenting versus holding out, and decided that relenting gave me the best chance of the most optimal outcome.

I do not like it, but assessing the political support locally and which the courts are blowing, I see little practicality in resisting further. The direction the courts are going, combined with supreme court precedent, are most damning. If there is a political mandate for compulsory vaccines, our legal system will not protect you.

I do not think there are microchips in the vaccine, nor do I think this is some sort devious Jonestown murder suicide plot where people who are vaccinated are going to drop dead.

I am very worried about the degree to which this opens for tighter government control, but that is the risk that would necessarily be presumed in a pandemic.

None of this of course warrants this level of hysteria. The lockdowns, mask mandates, all of this shit will have wound hurting/killing a lot more people. I am worried there may be a depression or economic calmaity on par with the 30s. But, if you had a pandemic that killed say ten percent or higher, this sort of government action would then be necessary.

Concerning the vaccine itself, whether or not to take it is a personal choice. If I were older or at a high risk group, I would have taken it voluntarily. I think those who are more vulnerable to Covid should take it. But since natural immunity is also the best, people less vulnerable should NOT be forced to take it, and as my own decisions ndicates, that was my choice until my arm was twisted.

Risk of side effects are real. If the media is sweeping this under the rug, we would likely have no way of knowing to what extent. Long term side effects are also a concern, but not as much I do not think. This is because coronavirus is not entirely a new disease. I understand that mRNA is new vaccine technology which gives me pause. In the end I am not a doctor or a disease expert so I am at the mercy of what I read, hear, and see.

It also gives me pause that Biden exempted members of Congress from the mandate. If I had known that on Wednesday I would have more squeamish about this.

It has been three days and so far nothing. This comports with others experiences. My woman though became very tired about four hours after, then had about a day of mild fever. Same thing happened second time around but the fever lasted half a day, this is contrary from advisories stating second dose likely worse. Given that i also had Covid, I was expecting the same, which supposedly is typical for people with prior infection. That was one of the things that I resented most. Not getting the vaccine presented pretty much zero chance of sickness, whereas I was convinced getting the jab would probably make me sick for one day after each vaccination.

While I think the reaction overall to Covid has been completely insane, I do not think it is just the flu. It is certainly real, both myself and my lady had. She was sick for 11-12 days. There is a wide range of reactions to this as we all know. Some people barely feel anything, others are pretty sick for a short time, others worse.

Being old, fat, diabetic etc certainly puts one under the cross hairs, but then you have things like Oscar de la Hoya requiring hospitalization. Whether that is an embellishment, psy-op etc I have no idea.