To Vaccinate or Not

United States
July 27, 2021 7:19pm CST
I am in my 50s and have concerns about taking the vaccine or getting Covid. Personally I believe Covid is a course of nature that has came about to thin the populations of the elderly and unhealthy, although lots of healthy people have got it or died from it. It is certainly redesigning and changing society, the world and our planet. I know people who had got Covid despite mask wearing, social distancing and sanitizing and yes being vaccinated. Among those I knew who got vaccinated, one had a stroke and another died of possible heart attack or stroke. They were of older age. I'm disabled and getting elderly so my life will be physically and mentally declining as expected with age. Therefore I chose to not get vaccinated when the vaccine just came out and not yet plentiful, instead donating the shot that could be mine to a child, young person, someone with children to raise, essential workers etc those with much left to live and give to spare them from this plague Should I get sick, whether from Covid or the vaccine, I will ride or die at home, donating my spot in a hospital to a child, young person, a parent, essential worker, the kind of people with so much life still ahead of them who need the very best chance to recover from this plague. In the meantime I stay at home much as I can, wear masks, social distance and sanitize. So I'm at the crossroads of taking the vaccine and possibly dying from side effects or just getting Covid. I certainly don't look forward to my life declining with age. I live alone far from family in a somewhat rural area where resources or social services are limited and really don't want to leave home.
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• United Kingdom
28 Jul 21
I'm in my 50s too, with a couple of chronic health conditions. I checked with the doctors and nurses I've been seeing lately, and they all said to get vaccinated. You don't need to worry about side effects, they're minimal and only last a couple of days. Getting vaccinated doesn't provide absolute protection, but it makes it less likely you'll catch C-19, less likely to get it bad, and less likely that you'll pass it on if you are unlucky enough to catch it. So unless you're doctor has told you that you've got a medical condition that would make it unsafe to get vaccinated, the best course of action is to get jabbed as soon as you can - it's not just protecting yourself, but the people around you.
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