To be fair Jesse Boshears, the 20-year-old college athlete from Arkansas, first fell ill with COVID in the summer of 2021. The vaccine for folks his age and health condition were not available until May 2021. He fell ill with COVID during the summer was admitted to hospital in July of 2021. The window of time for him getting the vaccine was very short.
I got mine in March when they first became available to healthy seniors. As prescribed, it was 4 weeks before the second dose and 6 months before the booster. And with all that diligence, I still got COVID.
Accusing Jesse (now deceased) of being responsible for the death of an untold number of folks because he was in the ICU is unconscionable, IMO.
Glad that you have provided some nuance here that OAK did not provide, Prime!
Firstly, I am vaccine-hesitant...but that's specific to this vaccine. One major reason I'm not getting THIS vaccine is because there is no liability coverage for adverse events or even deaths.
That just boggles my mind. Where they is risk, there must be choice - and my choice is to not get this vaccine. Others have been coerced to get it, through threats of being fired.
Beyond that, I still wouldn't get this vaccine though. Why not?
For the same reason I don't get the flu shot! I have a 99.99% chance of surviving this virus. Fuck's sake.
Yes, I CAN die. By this logic, I better push for the development of all 200-300 common cold strains, and get vaccinated for all of those ones too!
Absolutely not.
Yes, I can die.
I can also die every time I drive my car. So should I spend $100,000 upgrading my car to the Batmobile, in order to ensure my safety? NO.
There are risks in life. Period, end of.