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@Parasite said
How many didn't get the vaccine?

I didn't.

Have you ever had a cold? Did your body produce antibodies to the virus? Then your body "vaccinated" you against that virus.

If you take that same cold virus, kill it, and put it in your bloodstream, your body doesn't know the virus is dead, so it still produces antibodies. You get "vaccinated" but never get symptoms.

But congratulations for being against The Greatest Idea In Human Medicine.

@Parasite said
How many didn't get the vaccine?

I didn't.

You seem like that sort, yes.

@spruce112358 said
Have you ever had a cold? Did your body produce antibodies to the virus? Then your body "vaccinated" you against that virus.

If you take that same cold virus, kill it, and put it in your bloodstream, your body doesn't know the virus is dead, so it still produces antibodies. You get "vaccinated" but never get symptoms.

But congratulations for being against The Greatest Idea In Human Medicine.

Then why do the vaccinated still get covid and are still able to transmit it? Some vaccine.

@DJJ said
Then why do the vaccinated still get covid and are still able to transmit it? Some vaccine.

Whether or not you "get COVID" (i.e. you have strong enough symptoms that you go get tested; lots of people "have it" and never get tested) depends on the strength of your immune system AND how well trained that immune system is.

Your immune system is not a force field. It is the fire department. It puts out fires. But first it has to be trained so that it knows what 'fire' is. Children get all sorts of diseases when they are young because their immune systems are learning. But their immune systems are very vigorous, too.

You have had cancer. You have had measles. But your immune system fought those conditions off before you were even aware.

Vaccines vary in effectiveness based on the mutations in their virus targets. Polio, smallpox, etc. don't seem to change much. The vaccine is one and done.

But the flu vaccine has to be re-formulated every year because the virus changes its outer coat. Immune systems don't recognize it year to year. HIV changes its coat even more frequently, so the immune system has a very hard time tracking it. All the COVID strains show this virus is a mutator as well.

Vaccines are training. Better to have a trained immune system than not. That's it.

@DJJ said
@spruce112358
A very good answer, even gave it a thumbs up. I'd rather have a naturally trained immune system though.

That's your right. No one should have any medical procedure that they do not want, including being vaccinated. The exceptions are when you are not mature enough or "of sound mind" enough to make decisions for yourself.

But you should also not want to put others at risk. If you are unvaccinated, your immune system will take longer to fight off the disease, the symptoms will be more full-blown, and you will transmit more easily.

There is nothing wrong with trying to convince you to vaccinate or use other measures to slow down the spread of the disease because a slow-moving pandemic kills fewer people than a fast-moving one.

-Removed-

First shot - nothing. Second and third had one day of misery.

Not sure about ringing in the ears - was that there before? Or am I just getting old... 😆