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Hi thanks for the reply and the perspective. >I have people around me who are not so young or not so healthy; while I might live, I do not want to transmit a a
by NalNezumi 5y ago
Hi thanks for the reply and the perspective.
>I have people around me who are not so young or not so healthy; while I might live, I do not want to transmit a a virus that could be potentially lethal to them.
This is also the reason I did sign up for vaccination,(traveling with work and all) but it also put a dent in the reasoning that the people I'll meet will highly likely be vaccinated due to their age.
>I also don't think it is worth putting stock into fear of the unknown with this vaccine
You have a valid point and I do trust the scientist to do their work well(although after entering research this year my trust for science have been slightly jaded), but trusting the vaccine means I have to trust not just the scientists but all entities involved along the line (mass production, distribution, quality control, government logistics, safe storage and transportation).
With the entire vaccine thing being so highly politicized and tribalized, having the (healthy) level of scepticism and trying to express it to inform myself through dialogue have been very hard, so I appreciate your comment a lot. I'll ponder a bit where my doubts are valid/not valid and what action is reasonable based on that
- admax88qqq 5y ago> but it also put a dent in the reasoning that the people I'll meet will highly likely be vaccinated due to their age. Gotta stop thinking in binary terms. Breakthrough cases happen though. So even if the people you're seeing are vaccinated, if they are unlucky they can still pick up the virus from you, and if they are even more unlucky they can still have a pretty bad infection from it. Vaccination reduces spread, and reduces severity, but it doesn't just flip those from 1 to 0. Vaxed you + vaxed them is less risk to them than unvaxed you + vaxed them.