I am not convinced about the safety of this vaccine.
Some facts here to remember:
This is the first mRNA vaccine ever developed.
Lets look at Moderna for one second. This is the first time they have EVER developed a vaccine. Oh, and they did this in less than a month (the actual design for it took no more than 2 days). The clinical trials (Phase 1 + 2) took just about 2 months to get completed.
We do NOT have long term studies documenting serious side & adverse effects.
mRNA in some studies has been shown to have the potential to deactivate tumor suppressor genes (Google that if you'd like, as major institutions like Memorial Sloane Kettering put that out years ago). What other things can occur if mRNA is not properly handled? How can it be mishandled? Look at the actual people that administer vaccines, it's not the most gentle virologist and immunologists that our nation has to offer, it's a bunch of handmaids at your doctor's offices.
The vaccine does not make you immune to Covid. We still don't know for sure whether it will provide any long-term immunity or whether this will become another yearly vaccine, like the Flu vaccine.
This vaccine literally will program your cells to produce the most critical protein components of COVID in order to allow for your body to develop antibodies to then attack COVID if you get infected with it. It's literally supposed to make you better able to stage an immune-mediated attack against the virus itself. It will not make you immune to the virus or better said, incapable of getting infected.
Like most things, I don't run off to buy the newest of anything on the market, until it has been properly tested and trialed by a good chunk of our population. In a novel vaccine, I'd like to allow for a little more data to be gathered and for most of the adverse effects that can occur to declare themselves before I jump into the pool and become a guinea pig.
I am not saying it might not be effective and maybe over time, my view will change. For now, I will hold off on getting it and give it a good 6-12 months before I revisit the idea to get the vaccine. I would appreciate if maybe a sizeable pool of Americans get it before me, say about 50% of the US population. Inversely, instead of getting the vaccine, I could even take my chances by getting COVID (if it happens) and giving my body a chance to beat it naturally and develop immunity to it. If more than 95% (I know it's higher) of people that get infected actually recover, why not take my chances and allow for my own body to do its job? To get a vaccine based on the fearmongering that people like Gates and family are pushing is just not convincing enough for me. I've seen what his actions have led to in places like India and I believe firmly he isn't doing what's best for humanity.
To answer the original question posed by the thread started, yes, I believe they might make it mandatory, but not in the way most people think. I don't believe it will immediately become a mandate throughout the states to get vaccinated. Instead, I think institutions will make it practically impossible to do business with them unless you are vaccinated. How? Want a passport? You need a vaccine. Want to have your children go to school? They need to be vaccinated. Want access to work in major tech, finance, healthcare institutions? You need to get a vaccine to not cause infection amongst your coworkers. Want to get in to see a movie? You need proof of vaccination. Want to get access to a mall? You guessed it, show me the proof of vaccination. Want to log into Getbig? Next to your password, enter the LOT number for your individual vaccination.
That last one is a joke, but you get my point.
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