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you will get it eventually or you had it already I am not vaxxed, had COVID in 2 weeks this October, 2 weeks of high fever with max. 2 short 1 day breaks, tota
by Markoff 5y ago
you will get it eventually or you had it already
I am not vaxxed, had COVID in 2 weeks this October, 2 weeks of high fever with max. 2 short 1 day breaks, total fatigue, bad headaches, loss of smell, partial loss of taste
after 2 weeks it was like you would turn the switch off and I was basically healthy, left with sporadic weak coughing and no smell, though after 3 weeks smell returned and farts never smelled as good as before
would I get vaxxed after this experience? not really, I am healthy person, it was inconvenient, luckily I didnt have much work during that period and I work from home. but if they provided me with safe vaccine proven by decades of experience (inactivated virus) instead of these experimental vaccines first time in history used year (mRNA) or two (viral vector, ebola, 2019) ago I would probably take it even without restrictions and I'd recommend it to other healthy ppl, since I would consider it safe technology which works basically same as infection, unlike mRNA/viral vector pushed for reasons unknown to me, I am willing to pay extra for safe vaccine and they can keep these cheaper (easier to produce en masse) mRNA/VV vaccines for poor people who don't care about their health
vaccines work. do they work against infection? hardly, very inefficient. do they work against hospitalization? already better. do they work against death? pretty good, sure nowhere close to promised 90+ percents but from recent numbers at least in Czechia the efficacy against death (for risk groups) is ~75%, that's not bad if you are at risk of death
if you are risk group - get vaxxed, it surely has benefits against hospitalization and death, not much against infection.
if you are not risk group then it should be up to you without being forced by unscientific political restrictions, since vaccine will hardly change anything for you, at best will make your COVID more pleasant experience, if we had available safe inactivated virus vaccines I would say sure go for it, but since we have only mRNA/VV vaccines never used in history and nobody will guarantee safety of the technology in next 10 years, then their benefit for non-risk groups is questionable