Vaccination free for-all

[TexasHusker]

Good idea, Texas.

I'm not wearing one, though. Stay away from me.

[ua_guy]

Keep your mask on. Fauci will tell you when you can take it off.

Good idea, Texas.

[QuarterMillionMan]

To me mask were a good tool pre-vaccine. Now post-vaccine masks are irrelevant unless one chooses to keep wearing masks then by all means do so. We no longer need the government or Dr. Fauci telling us to keep wearing a mask post-vaccine but like Texas said they like the power so I doubt they will drop the mask mandate any time soon.

[TexasHusker]

I'm not sure what "big brother" has to do with any of this.

Being vaccinated does not mean you are 100% safe from covid. The efficacy rates are high, but there is still a chance that a vaccinated person can get, and spread covid even if symptoms are mild. Only about half of adult americans have received their first dose so it makes common sense that people should continue to be cautious. You may not like the truth, but that's what it is.

You are just repeating what I said...you have to be cautious because you aren't quite safe...

Big Brother is your hypocrite COVID nazis leading your country and your states. Who tell you to do something and then they do something else. Who have changed their story, and the goalposts, dozens of times in the last year and continue to do so.

Let's agree to disagree. Keep your mask on. Fauci will tell you when you can take it off.

But I think we can agree on this: Many folks are not going to get vaccinated if nothing is going to change, anyway.

[ua_guy]

Friend of mine owns a liquor store in Oregon. Most of his workers (younger) don't want to get a vaccine. Reason? "We are going to have to wear a mask anyway, what's the difference?"

Seems like if the gubmit wanted to get everyone vaccinated as quickly as possible, they might tell folks "your life will return to normal 30 days after you do so."

Of course, that's not going to happen. I told my wife a year ago when Big Brother reached in...this is all going to be "done" very quickly, but getting it "undone" is going to be a fight, every step of the way. That has turned out to be the case.

Wresting back our normal way of life is proving to be a tussle. Locally, statewide, and nationally. I'm just glad I live in rural Texas right now.

I'm not sure what "big brother" has to do with any of this.

Being vaccinated does not mean you are 100% safe from covid. The efficacy rates are high, but there is still a chance that a vaccinated person can get, and spread covid even if symptoms are mild. Only about half of adult americans have received their first dose so it makes common sense that people should continue to be cautious. You may not like the truth, but that's what it is.

[TexasHusker]

I agree with Texas that fully vaccinated people should not have to wear masks.

Ohhh, but there's still that slim chance you could get COVID...and if you did, you might just die from it, or worse yet, give it someone else that's also vaccinated and yet they still somehow caught it, and then somehow died...so no, you have to still wear your mask. We'll be sure and tell you when you don't have to wear it anymore.

[QuarterMillionMan]

I agree with Texas that fully vaccinated people should not have to wear masks.

[TexasHusker]

Friend of mine owns a liquor store in Oregon. Most of his workers (younger) don't want to get a vaccine. Reason? "We are going to have to wear a mask anyway, what's the difference?"

Seems like if the gubmit wanted to get everyone vaccinated as quickly as possible, they might tell folks "your life will return to normal 30 days after you do so."

Of course, that's not going to happen. I told my wife a year ago when Big Brother reached in...this is all going to be "done" very quickly, but getting it "undone" is going to be a fight, every step of the way. That has turned out to be the case.

Wresting back our normal way of life is proving to be a tussle. Locally, statewide, and nationally. I'm just glad I live in rural Texas right now.

[disneysteve]

At the beach a 65 yr old Asian guy I was talking with yesterday was smoking and said he will not be getting the vaccine due to not knowing its long term effects. I was thinking to myself that the cigarette he was smoking would kill him faster than the vaccine would.

Not to mention his higher COVID risk from being a senior citizen smoker.

[QuarterMillionMan]

At the beach a 65 yr old Asian guy I was talking with yesterday was smoking and said he will not be getting the vaccine due to not knowing its long term effects. I was thinking to myself that the cigarette he was smoking would kill him faster than the vaccine would.

[disneysteve]

As of today, 4/19, vaccination is open to everyone aged 16 and up. No tiers or qualifying conditions needed. Hopefully everyone who hasn't yet been able to get vaccinated will be able to do so soon. I saw that the US has now given at least one dose to more than 50% of the population which is fantastic.

[LivingAlmostLarge]

I got my second shot of pfizer yesterday. DH and I both. We are tired with sore arms.

[Like2Plan]

Comparing the COVID-19 vaccines

Published 12:30 PM EDT Mar. 27, 2021 Updated 11:37 AM EDT Apr. 13, 2021

https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/graphics/2021/03/27/comparing-covid-19-vaccines/6806600002/

[Like2Plan]

I don't know if this WSJ article (link below) is behind a paywall, but here is a clip:

"Oral contraceptives can increase the risk of certain blood clots, but Dr. Marks said most of the women who developed clots after vaccination weren’t taking the drugs. There is no clear association between oral birth control and the clots seen in the women, he said. The agency is continuing to evaluate various risk factors.

This is a very, very rare event,” Dr. Marks said, adding that the agency recommended the pause in part to educate medical providers about spotting and treating the potential complication.

People who develop severe headache, abdominal or leg pain, or shortness of breath within three weeks after vaccination should immediately contact their healthcare providers, according to federal officials. Headaches within 24 hours of getting vaccinated are normal, doctors said. The risk of clotting among people who got the J&J shot more than a month ago is very low, said Anne Schuchat, the principal deputy director at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Doctors have documented a similar disorder after treatment with the blood thinner heparin. Dr. Connors and other blood specialists cautioned against using that drug to treat vaccine-associated clots because it could aggravate the condition.

The AstraZeneca vaccine and Johnson & Johnson’s both use so-called viral vector technology, in which genetic instructions for a key component of the novel coronavirus are placed within a harmless virus and then injected into the body to trigger immunity to the pathogen."

J&J Covid-19 Vaccine Pause Spotlights Science of Rare Clotting Disorder

https://www.wsj.com/articles/j-j-covid-19-vaccine-pause-spotlights-science-of-rare-clotting-disorder-11618350281

[QuarterMillionMan]

Dr. Fauci was live taking Q/A from reporters but not one reporter asked if there might be a link to birth control or smoking. One reporter asked if women 60 and over are safe to take J & J but not sure of Fauci's answer, but that reporter came close to asking about the correlation. I was hoping someone would ask the important question but what a let down.