Originally Posted by
MarkB
There's always three stories. Side A, Side B and the truth. Vaccine-supporters and Anti-Vaxxers ... they'll both go eye deep into their narrative.
The truth is in the middle. Here's where I think the middle is.
- covid was leaked, not sure if it was by accident or on purpose
- covid is bad, it is not "just like the flu", it is worse. I know people who have died from it, and healthy people that have had serious illness from it (including that they still after 6 months cannot smell or taste anything). I know of an anti-vaxx family, husband got covid, died in hospital last week. Wife now regrets not taking vaccine ... father leaves her behind and a 6 year old kid.
- vaccine does reduce the severity of the infection ... based on current Ontario statistics you have 16 times (1600% more chance) of developing severe illness requiring hospitalization if you are unvaccinated.
- vaccine has likely not been tested sufficiently. Speed to market was the key issue here ... both to make $$ (whoever was first, Pfizer/Moderna won), and to try and curb the illness.
- vaccine does not stop you from getting COVID ... anti-vaxxers are incorrectly using statistics to say vaccine doesn't work. It is irrelevant to say ... you see 400 covid infections today are with vaccinated people. The answer to that is, so what?? That's actually supposed to happen. The vaccine only reduces the likelyhood of developing a severe illness to COVID.
My stance on the whole matter is that getting the vaccine should be a choice ... but with that choice comes responsibility.
You equally have to respect one another's choice. It should not matter if the person beside you got the vaccine or not. It is for you to decide.
Your choice carries responsibility ... for example ... the vaccinated should not be punished with a lockdown, if unvaccinated fill the ICUs ... perhaps
then the unvaccinated should be subject to a shutdown, if they are found to be the problematic group ... and a decision like that must be based on
real data, not feelings or speculation.