tonygraz wrote:Thanks Bucky for admitting it, MACS never will.
I admitted not liking (some may even qualify it as a phobia) needles. That has no bearing on my opinion or stance on vaccines be it this recent concoction, past vaccines, or future vaccines. Past and common vaccines, I'm more comfortable with because they have a decades of data to support them to be overall
safe and
effective.
Two key words. FDA approval or not, I wouldn't qualify the Rona one as it stands as an
effective vaccine. If you need a booster every 8 months to "protect" you from the latest version of the bug, I wouldn't say it's very
effective.
Safety factor is still TDB, we have less than one year's of data on this thing.
If you get the shot, you can still catch the affliction.
If you get the shot, you can still be contagious and pass on the affliction.
That doesn't sound like a very
effective vaccine to me. Sounds like they are just trying to hit a moving target and making it up as they go along. Again,
safety and long term effects are TBD. Fact, not opinion. First vaccine of it's type using technology that hasn't made it out of the R&D labs until recently when we pushed it for wide spread use. Fact, not opinion. Hey, "in for a penny in for a pound... full steam ahead!"
If you had the mumps vaccine (for example), does it wear out and we need re-inject everyone every 6 months? Every year? Studies have this vaccine providing immunity for like 15 to 50 years, around 30 on average. Sounds pretty
effective. Do we worry about those vaccinated from mumps passing it on to folks not vaccinated from the mumps or passing it on to those who are vaccinated from the mumps? Nope. Would I worry about getting a mumps vaccine if needed. Nope.
The common flu vaccine - it's FDA approved but I don't think it's
effective. Another shot is offered every year for the best guess on which strain. Historical data puts it at about 50%
effective, on average, since they have been tracking it. It's a coin flip. Vegas wouldn't even open a betting window on those odds. I don't get the yearly flu vaccine because I don't think it's effective.
Hep vaccine - it's FDA approved. 2 or 3 series of shots on a schedule with a few months between each shot. Then after that 10ish years immunity, but most likely lifetime. That sounds pretty
effective. If you are in a job where you are more prone to be exposed to Hep (medical field and such), you probably want to keep up on any boosters. I'm OK with that but I'm not high risk for catching Hep so I haven't signed up to get inoculated. If I was in a situation or a job where I would need it, I wouldn't have issues with doing so.