I would like to know the percentage of BLFers that will refuse the vaccination .
I will not be getting it .
My reasons are that I am a healthy person with no discernable ” underlying factors” for increased risk and I believe that I had the Covid19 back in March of last year and therefore have , to some degree , a natural immunity .
Will you refuse the vaccine ?
I'm going to get the vaccine when I can.
I don't want to get seriously sick or killed by COVID-19.
A lot of people that survive COVID-19 will have long-lasting negative health ramifications from the virus.
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We do need to be careful when talking about whether or not we will be getting the vaccine, as
"Discussions on whether vaccines are good or bad" is not allowed.
My wife is a Bower-therapist, and has some kind of magical distorting mirror.
She is in perfect health, causing her to see a doctor three times a week.
She thinks she needs no vaccine because she eats about 17 (give-or-take) supplements a day.
On top of the drugs that these doctors prescribe.
I’m seventy yr old, have never smoked after some teenage testing of cigarettes, cigars and pipes.
And I am about 7 year off the Côte de Rhone, Heineken, Martini, et cetera.
Have never done any drugs (at all), legal or illegal. Besides Aspirine when my plumbing was flushed.
And have avoided the Keith Richard way of life all my life (makes me look rather pathetic, or what?).
Only once in my life I have had a flu shot, and was sniffing all the way into summer that year.
But I will have my shot of vaccine, the moment it is presented to me!
Two different messages. Fauci says everyone will be eligible by April but everyone won’t be vaccinated until the end of summer. Why?
Maybe the general public (in the U.S.) will start getting vaccinated in April, but everyone that wants a vaccine won't get one until by the end of summer.
In other words, it'll take months to vaccinate the general public.
I can only guess, but having observed things from this side of the big pond I would say
ordering, receiving, and distributing vaccine are three completely different stories.
In NL all is “coördinated” centrally, and you’ve got 50 states with their own set of rules.
Sometimes I don’t know wether I should laugh or cry ou loud.
Some vaccinating stations have received vaccine, but no needles, or other necessary things.
Some shipments of vaccine had to be destroyed because it was transported in a food truck. And so on …
If I lived in a neighboring state I would be eligible right now for the vaccine, and I would have received it. But by my state rules, I missed qualifying by being 6 months too young and by not having any other health qualifiers and have to wait. I will receive a shot as soon as I can.
MtnDon
Just start smoking and come to NJ.
Smokers in N.J. Are Eligible for Vaccine. No Proof Needed.
New Jersey is one of only two states that has included smoking among the high-risk medical conditions that make people eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine.
I’ll skip the smoking. Decades ago I was a big pipe smoker. I had a collection of pipes. It was very hard to quit; took a long time and several attempts. All pre-nicotine patches and all. Quitting was a good thing.
I am actually of the point of view that the youger, non-retired crowd should come before the retirees who can stay homeand and avoid other people.
Pa asks about medical conditions and smoking is on the list but I don’t know if that is enough to jump line.
I found this article on vaccines and disease transmission interesting.
My wife and I took the initial Moderna shot on 1/31 after we became eligible for it (over 65 in Calif). For me it was a no-brainer even though we’re both healthy with no underlying conditions that we’re aware of (other than age). My 3 daughters and 1 son-in-law are all in the late 20’s and early 30’s and are also planning on taking it when their turn comes up. My 1 year old grand-daughter doesn’t have a say in this so she’ll get it when it becomes available for infants 
In my mind there’s basically zero risk in getting one of the vaccines as oppose to either death or long-haul symptoms from getting Covid.
I read that article and that’s why I’m still going to be wearing a mask, social distancing, etc even after my second shot. I feel I owe it to other people to be as cautious as I can be for their safety and well-being.
It will likely be summer before I am eligible so I have the luxury of waiting to make the decision. I remember Polio and the Swine Flu. Have lived the fact that vaccines have eradicated terrifying disease that I know people who suffered from before the development of the vaccine. Also know of the much less significant but real damage that was done by a poorly done Swine Flu vaccine. I am profoundly grateful to the people that took part in the trials and who are getting the shots now. I am lucky in that I can wait and watch what happens since there is no way there will be vaccine available to me in any case.
I will most likely get a vaccine for two reasons:
1. I have been fortunate to be part of a swing dance community. Excellent music, wonderful people, great exercise! No way to do this safely at the moment and I can’t wait for its return!!!
2. This should be absolutely number one but I do have to be honest. My personal benefit does provide stronger motivation. However, deep down, I am part of society and I want people to be able to be together again without risking the destruction of our health care system and the significant number of excess deaths. There simply is no way to accomplish this without a widely accepted vaccine. I want to do my duty to my neighbors so that we can all have a better life once again.
MtnDon
I guess I should have used a winky smiley face to show my sarcasm.
Well, that may make sense to you. However, my 60 year old, wife who needs to get physical therapy for her muscular dystrophy (which puts her at additional risk) is not happy about having to wait for the smokers who use THEIR nasty habit to jump the line ahead of her.
She hasn’t left our house for almost a full year now.
Yes, I sometimes am too serious for my own good I think, and often miss the intended sarcasm, the humor, or whatever in online text. That can be so much easier to discern when conversing in person. . I do sympathize with your wife’s views on smokers. I have had similar thoughts about smokers and people who eat too much sugar or simply too much of anything and endanger their health or those who won’t wear a seat belt in a vehicle or a helmet when on a motorcycle or about people who do stupid things in the great outdoors and then expect search and rescue teams to save them. But it is also hard to draw lines at times. I don’t know what the best, most fair answer is.
Isn’t that a little different though? If you decide you want to smoke, drive without a seat belt or eat an unhealthy diet, or whatever, that’s on you. My wife didn’t get muscular dystrophy from a poor diet or from bad choice on her part, she was born with the broken gene.
I got the first Moderna shot 3 weeks ago, go in for #2 next Wednesday. My wife has had both of her Pfizer vaccines so we should be in good shape(fingers crossed)soon.
I’ll be getting the vaccine at my earliest opportunity. It isn’t something I do just for myself - being vaccinated also reduces the probability that I’ll transmit the virus to others. So, I see being vaccinated as a civic responsibility I have no valid reason to refuse, even if I didn’t care about my own health. The vaccines have been proven safe and at least reasonably effective, so I have no reason not to be vaccinated.
I hear that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine isn't as effective as the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine.
I think I might want to avoid the J & J, even though it hasn't even been approved in the U.S. yet.