Coronavirus - Here come the variants

[glasagusban]

@The_Most_Infamous

Your first point is incorrect pal. I don’t think we should be locked down for the last year at all regardless. We should have went with the Swedish model from the start.

No other country has followed that model and Sweden itself has backed away from it. I’m not bothered going into it any more really.

@The_Most_Infamous

The more people we get vaccinated the quicker we get out of lockdown you reckon - time will tell mate, the vaccine manufacturers have admitted the vaccines dont give immunity from the virus or stop transmission. What is their purpose then? Oh it reduces symptoms – surely ivermectin could do the same? Why isnt that an option also?

I don’t think its selfish to question a new vaccine given the above.

If you want to comment you should inform yourself first. If ivermectin did the same as vaccines why wouldn’t we just produce loads of that and open up? Honestly, that’s really silly. You’re not in any way thick, you’re a smart guy so you can inform yourself better here if you decide to. Then make your mind up. But don’t make your mind up when you seem to know nothing about it.

@The_Most_Infamous

I’ll also comment away on restrictions pal. Just because we’ve a different view shouldnt mean that my view should be silenced. Its a very important debate.

Comment away. Know that it makes you look like a crank. You want to whinge about restrictions but won’t do the one thing you can do to help ease them. You want to complain about the situation, but by your actions you are prolonging it. Does that really make sense?

You’re right it is an important debate.

@The_Most_Infamous

I’m also aware my opinion is an unpopular one.

There’s good reason for that.

Here’s the reasons I see to get the vaccine:
1 to protect your own health
2 to protect the health of others
3 the ease restrictions and get us back to normal life

1. You’ll say you’re not afraid of Corona virus. I’m not either. But I’d rather not get it. It can have some nasty long term effects for some healthy people. These are proven. You’d prefer the risk of something that is proven can have really bad long terms effects to something that has been rigorously tested and judged safe. That’s bizarre to me.

2. Vaccines stop you getting sick, they aren’t certain about transmission yet but it’s highly likely that at the very least it reduces transmission. I expect it will reduce it massively. So getting it protects others. The big risk of covid is the health system being overwhelmed, because of exponential growth. If you take the vaccine you reduce that risk, so getting it protects others. You’re telling me you’d prefer not take it and end up being put on invermectin in the hospital instead, so you’d actually prefer to be a burden on the health service. More people vaccinated reduces the risk of variants. If you and a lot more people refuse to take it it increases the risk the of the virus mutating, and undoing the protection that vulnerable people derive from the vaccine.

For all four reasons, refusing the vaccine is, in my view, hugely selfish.

3. Again this affects everyone. Restrictions end when enough people are vaccinated. You want restrictions to end, but want everyone else to do it for you. Once again, selfish.