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Ask HN: Do you regret getting the Covid-19 vaccine?
- strangattractor 4y agono
- jsiaajdsdaa 4y agoDid not get the vaccine, got covid, do not regret my lack of getting the vaccine.
- eimrine 4y agosame but without "got covid" part.
- latchkey 4y agolol, exactly. Same here as well. No regrets about getting the vaccine, boosters or future shots.
- jsiaajdsdaa 4y agoJohns Hopkins themselves say that the rate of covid among vaccinated people is 1 in 100. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/coronavirus/breakthrough-infections-coronavirus-after-vaccination?amp=true https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseas...
- hitpointdrew 4y agoSame, Covid wasn’t that bad, certainly nothing to close the economy and schools for. It is very survivable, the vaccines shouldn’t have never been recommended for anyone except elderly and high risk individuals.
- jsiaajdsdaa 4y agoI will never forgive the authoritarians among us who destroyed my wedding, my wife's green card application, and freedom to move freely.
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- bluedino 4y agoWhat's to regret?
- TruthIsHeresy 4y ago
- sward-zk 4y agoYes, sacrificing your bodily autonomy by choosing to get a vaccine...
- Normille 4y agoGot the vaccine and the two boosters. Don't really regret it but I don't think I'll be bothering with any further boosters. I don't believe the conspiracy theory nut-jobs about the vaccine. But I do feel it was oversold to us as "Get the vaccine and a booster and you'll be immune to Covid". The reality seems to be that we're expected to get a new booster shot, every time the virus mutates.
- latchkey 4y agoIt was never sold as "you'll be immune". ALL of the discussions have been that it reduces the effects, if you are infected. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/effectiveness/index.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/effective... https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/facts.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/facts.htm...
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- hitpointdrew 4y agoIt absolutely was sold as “you’ll be immune”. Maybe not in scientific papers, but certainly on the news.
- melling 4y agoPerhaps in the first couple months the effectiveness was overstated but that quickly changed. After a million American deaths you’d think people could start to get the story straight. But hey, maybe there are news links that support your belief. Got anything from say June 2020 until now?
- amadeuspagel 4y agoNo.
- rossdavidh 4y agoI feel about the same about it (I got J&J plus booster) as about the various times I have gotten flu vaccines. No regrets, not really wanting any more unless things change.
- Ekaros 4y agoKinda, didn't even end up using it... So wasted time and suffering. Also sad for the fact that I ended up supporting fascism.
- hdlothia 4y agoNo
- ss108 4y agoI do not regret doing something beneficial for my health, the health of my family, and the health of society at large, no. Who would regret it, unless they are in the small percentage of ppl who had side effects?
- beardyw 4y agoNo
- soueuls 4y agoI kept living my life as usual, the news got out of hand so I just stop TV and reading the news. Did not get any vaccine out of laziness, no regrets so far, I did not feel the need for it