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Why I Say "no" To Corona Vaccine

Discussion in 'Snippets of Life (Non-Fiction)' started by Balajee, May 2, 2021.

  1. Balajee

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    Whjy not indeed? Interesting hypothesis
     
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    Balajee IL Hall of Fame

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    Yes there's no 100% isolation without strving ourselves but there are always protective shields. I live in a gated community where no one is allowed to enter without a temperature check. The guys who deliver provisions from Big Basket or Amazon enter the gates of our houses and aftedr ringing thr bell leave provisions and go. There' no person-to-person contact. I think all this goes a long way in keeping the pandemic at bay.
     
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    Sorry I have to respectfully but vehemently refute your point.

    No No No.
    Russian roullete - chance of death is one in six.
    Covid Vaccine death is something like 1 in a million.
    Very very different. Roughly to compare ,
    Chances of being hit by lightening is 1 in a million.
    Chances of being hit by a car is one in 5000.

    For every vaccine death, there are tens of thousands dead because of COVID.
    Worldwide Covid deaths is 2 for every 100 infected.
    Even India with its under reporting deaths ,it is 1 for every 100 infected.

    Unfortunately, you are fearing the wrong thing.

    True that . There is an element , a very small element, of risk with vaccines. But an individual's decision not to get vaccinated , just because he fears , and distrusts "scientific" data , and is paranoid, all said and done, is a very selfish one. Piggy backing on others to get themselves vaccinated so that there is herd immunity in your community is very very selfish. Period.


    @Balajee Sir, I like reading your satire posts and respect your opinions. But this one is not right. Fear mongering like this is indirectly the cause of death for some. People who hesitated to take the vaccine , people who thought they dont go out so dont need the vaccine, people who said "even if you put the vaccine , you can still get Covid, so why bother?" - Some of those people are no more. My grandmother, and uncle are such people. It just angers me that their children thought so and didn't get them vaccinated. The price of ignorance, fear and selfishness is high.

    Everyone has a right to express their opinions. But Sir, there is something called social responsibility. This post fails to uphold that, especially in these times.

    So sorry for such a brutal reply but at this point we really dont need vaccine skepticism to be publicised anymore. My humble request is , if you do have such strong opinions about the vaccine, please please keep it to yourself - fear spreads faster than any virus.

    Once again, apologies for the harsh words
     
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    Social responsibility is also expressing one's apprehensions and caution others in these trying times. So I believe I have nopt gone against any kind of social responsibility. I don't see your words as harsh but the fact is there are chances that the vaccine is ineffective or even dangerous. A doctor interviewed recently on NDTV said what matters is not the efficacy" of the vaccine but its EFFICIENCY. That will be known not just by human trials on a few thousand but its impact on a far larger number of people. The impact has not been 100% without causing worries.
     
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    Your fears are not unfounded, but situation outside is terrible. So I think skipping vaccine is a bad idea. We hardly know about the virus, it is possibly more dangerous than the vaccine. So suggetsing people to not take the vaccine is not right.

    I feel temperature check is meaningless, as many people are asymptomatic.

    I don't know about others' experience, but in my home, the big-basket guys stay for five minutes talking i.e matching the items delivered against the bill-list of items. They don't just deliver outside and go. Even if they did, we would still have infected people entering the premises and airborne virus hanging in the air of the gated-community .

    Also , we cannot isolate ourselves from our relatives/family members. When they are in emergency, we have to go to hospitals also, or to meet the new baby(grandchild) , or the new bride, or simply meeting our own son/daughter or parents who are living away from us . The pandemic is here to stay, most people cannot hide forever . It would mean completely giving up our family/friends/relatives.

    So suggesting people to not take the vaccine is not right. Because you cannot expect everyone to be as careful as you. Somewhere people slip, that is how covid has spread so far inspite of such widespread awareness about it.
     
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    Thank you for not taking this personally. I was worried about hurting your feelings.

    I agree that the efficiency of the vaccine may not be as high as the efficacy, and I too fear what if I am the one in a million unlucky one to have a catastrophic reaction to it or who knows what could potentially be the long term side effects ? But that said, I feel, it is the best tool we have of controlling the pandemic, and we should play our part.
     
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    Such a vaccine does not exist so far to the best of my knowledge, and given the current situation, we can scarcely afford to wait for 10 years to start vaccinating people. I doubt there will be 100% efficacy and safety even then. Every single life saved by a vaccine is a success. We have lost enough lives to the pandemic already. What counts eventually is the number of lives saved versus the number of lives lost to the vaccine.
     
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    I agree...
    Same point I too was trying to make...temperature check doesn't matter in asymptomatic cases.
    And we can't be sure that people we come in contact with, follow masking and social distancing properly.
    I too am buying provisions from online vendors and all of them wear mask below chin or remove mask..very few wear properly. I wear mask and ask them to keep at a distance. Then collect when they leave . Still I feel afraid. Certain items I ask them to leave with the security person.
    One elderly person in my neighborhood got Covid even though he and his family members did not step out of the house, they were even looking after domestic requirement themselves and didnt engage the services of maid. Still he got it. Fortunately he recovered with hospitalization.
    So I request all to get themselves vaccinated unless they have some allergy or medical condition that makes them an unsuitable candidate for the vaccine.
     
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    Giving up family/friends/relatives could be a joyful thing for those who have the sort of family/friends/relatives that feel like tight shoes. Taking them off would be pure heaven.
    Did I miss something ? The OP is not suggesting that at all. He is merely pointing out a detached house, in a gated community, and a few old people in the home who see isolating a less risky option than venturing out for something that does not seem up to snuff, good as Amul ghee.

    I can totally see the OP's point of view. It is like that of a patient in a hospice. There is only one surefire thing coming up in the future. In the meantime, one has to make sure that the days are peaceful and painless.
     
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