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My partner, who is 32 with only minor underlying health issues, received her first jab yesterday. I'm obviously pleased that she will shortly have some degree o
by VBprogrammer 6y ago
My partner, who is 32 with only minor underlying health issues, received her first jab yesterday. I'm obviously pleased that she will shortly have some degree of protection both for her sake and for our daughter and I, since my partner is the only one who has to leave the house for work.
However, at the same time, I can't help feel that we've jumped the queue slightly. The EU is experiencing another wave which will doubtlessly culminate in thousands of deaths, the majority will be from people older or with much more serious health complications than my partner.
I'm kinda sick of reading these debates about who ordered what and when under what conditions. There is a complete lack of compassion, we should be doing what we can to help those countries who still have older people unvaccinated. We can wait another couple of months before our holidays to Blackpool and Stalyvegas.
- joelbluminator 6y agoSo why help the EU - why should they jump the queue before Africa or India or China?
- VBprogrammer 6y agoI'm not sure what part of what I said you've misread as only helping the EU. For the avoidance of doubt, I think we should act with compassion, trying to save lives regardless of the place those people were born in.
- breakfastduck 6y agoI agree with that, but the UK was one of the first countries to stump up cash and start developing a vaccine before it'd even got bad in the UK. That's basically the reason, it was part of the contract that we get first dibs if fund it. I don't think EU countries putting out bad press about the AstraZenica vaccine is doing them any favors either - it's the company they're in negotiations with! Not saying what's fair or isn't here but that's the reality.
- secondcoming 6y ago> We can wait another couple of months before our holidays to Blackpool and Stalyvegas Speak for yourself. I'm not being glib. Compassion is wearing thin. There are anti-lockdown protests all over the UK and EU. There is a limit to how much more the ordinary citizen can endure. If that means that some people have to risk death then perhaps, as awful as it sounds, that may be for the best. They're the ones who should stay at home. And yes, I do have elderly relatives who are at risk.
- donovanian 6y agoYea I’m frankly tired of hearing from the authoritarian agoraphobes. The ones that air their resentment of returning to “normal life.” Dumb stuff like getting dressed or not working from bed.
- astrange 6y agoEveryone who gets vaccinated is contributing, because you're all preventing the spread. Once it's not spreading, then it might be OK to hold off on shots so that the elderly can get them, but for now as many people should get it as possible. The US, despite actually doing very well at vaccine distribution, should probably have switched to the one shot for everyone model.
- VBprogrammer 6y agoThis is a fair point. I'm also sick of hearing about unions complaining about this occupation not being vaccinated or this group with this health condition not being vaccinated first. If we expended all of the energy to somehow rate all of these competing factors we'd never be done.
- bluGill 6y agoEveryone wants themselves first, then whoever. I ran as soon as I was informed I'm eligible, who wouldn't. I'm well aware that as someone who works from home I should be lower on the list, but now I don't worry about life as much. (I'll worry less after my second shot)
- astrange 6y agoEven if you work from home you still go out sometimes to stores and places like that. That's why living in rural areas didn't actually make people safer than in cities - they still gathered inside places like stores and church. Or maybe you don't go out, I dunno. I do get too much delivery.