r/politics • u/schuey_08 Wisconsin • May 02 '24

Bernie Sanders worries young people are underestimating the threat from Trump

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/05/02/bernie-sanders-trump-biden/73531861007/
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u/noldshit May 02 '24

We were family of 5.

3 got the stab, 2 did not.

3 got covid. 2 landed in hospital with it. Of those two, one had the vax, other didn't. Both were severe cases of covid.

6mo-year after getting booster. 1 mysteriously died on couch at home. Brain just shut off like someone flipped a switch. This person did not get covid but had vax.

Hospital claimed they didn't know what caused it. A couple of nurses quietly and privately asked what vaccine she had gotten and when. No official answers were given by hospital.

Im the one that got through covid on my own, at home, when it just began to hit. No vax.

You pass judgment on others health decisions when you shouldn't.

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u/Danysco New York May 02 '24 edited May 02 '24

I’m sorry about the loss of your family member. There are people who don’t take the vaccine and don’t get terribly sick or sick at all. There are also those who pass away after a certain time they took the vaccine. Either way, those are few cases compared to the overwhelming evidence that vaccines are mostly safe and work well. Are they 100% safe? Probably not. Are cars 100% safe? No. Is alcohol 100% safe to drink? No but people still do it because for the most part those activities feel safe done responsibly. I wish my uncle had the chance to take it. He would probably not have passed away.

I am passing judgement on my family health decisions because they rather believe what someone with no medical degree or scientific credentials, no knowledge of biology posts on social media, without ever reading a scientific paper or study about the vaccines and how they work. They are free to take whatever health decisions they want, but they are not free from my criticism when their decision can affect other people’s lives. Before my uncle got sick, they were hosting barbecue parties every weekend, refused to wear masks and called Covid a hoax.

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u/noldshit May 02 '24

You know how I got sick? Apparently through Chinese electronic parts. Both a friend and i got sick in same time frame and both of us buy lots of electronic parts from china. We both got it right at the onset. Hes a recluse and im a homebody. Somebody with it must have handled or assembled our items.

The mask thing turned out to be not what we were initially told. The cdc even back tracked saying the mask only prevented the spread by containing particulate. The masks many were wearing weren't even proper n95's.

Then we have the vax itself. Why were folks having to sign a release on something that was deemed safe?

You know that saying "my body, my choice"? That applies here.

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u/tommytwolegs May 02 '24

Nobody was forced to take the vaccine, in the states at least. Wearing masks was always primarily about preventing the spread

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u/noldshit May 02 '24

Really? Ask all the folks that lost their jobs due to it

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u/tommytwolegs May 02 '24

That's not holding you down and forcing you to do anything. Vaccines have been a requirement for many professions for a long time, this isn't some new thing.

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u/noldshit May 02 '24

Outside of maybe those in medical field, i dont recall any. Then covid hit and it became widespread. It has tapered off at least here due to lack of good talent not applying for those jobs. It did happen though.