None, never had covid never wore a mask either.
What Covid-19 vaccines have you had?
4 Pfizers free. They should have given me a t-shirt as well by now.
I only got 3 Pfizers.
And yeah, even though I live in this ridiculous country, it was free.
The fourth shot was actually for older folks but then they gradually lowered the age from 80 to 50. After reading a few topics here on a very average day, thought I could do with a shot in my arm, went out and got one.
On a 'positive' note though, a few folks in the office got infected recently and stayed positive for almost 2 weeks with high fever and headache for about a week. No loss of smell reported.
4 Pfizers free. They should have given me a t-shirt as well by now.
I only got 3 Pfizers.
And yeah, even though I live in this ridiculous country, it was free.
The fourth shot was actually for older folks but then they gradually lowered the age from 80 to 50. After reading a few topics here on a very average day, thought I could do with a shot in my arm, went out and got one.
I've been a bit lazy about it. I wouldn't be surprised if they recommend it for me, but cases are low and many people aren't wearing masks, so it's not on my mind.
If it becomes a seasonal disease then I wouldn't mind getting more shots... it's 0% political to me. Viruses are combated by vaccines. Very simple.
Reportedly, as the bug has evolved Covid-19 is a very different disease (mainly omicron-BA.5) now to the vaccinated population. Vaccinated people rarely have any fever at all or effects on smell and taste if they get infected and the characteristic symptom is pharyngitis (a sore throat). Given the choice versus the ICU...
2 moderna and a flu shot
Never had a flu shot in my life. Not anti-flu shot. Just never had the flu or the shot.
You see?! It’s people like you that we still have the flu! 😄🤣
None. These vaccines are unreliable. Until they have certification by our CDC, I will not get them. We here only have the vaccines u see emergency authorization. Not been tested by FDA and CDC yet. So, in doing so, I have no focus vaccinations. And I have not had Covid. But relatives got the vaccine and had Covid many more times. Sounds fishy, right? Well that’s my opinion.
I didn't have them for two reasons. They were not properly tested and also because since I'd lived for 70 years without needing a flu vaccine and since Covid is just a third flu variety (that's denied but it's obviously true) I reckoned that since my body had successfully fought off these things in the past and since I also lived through two pandemics ... in the 1950s and then in the 1960s, I didn't need a vaccine.
None. These vaccines are unreliable. Until they have certification by our CDC, I will not get them. We here only have the vaccines u see emergency authorization. Not been tested by FDA and CDC yet. So, in doing so, I have no focus vaccinations. And I have not had Covid. But relatives got the vaccine and had Covid many more times. Sounds fishy, right? Well that’s my opinion.
A good example of the sort of pathological irrationality that is common in the Facebook age. The science is extremely clear that getting vaccinated provides very low risks and very large reductions in risk. People who believe unmoderated crap from unreliable sources (or think their random anecdotal evidence stacks up against the sum total of all of the carefully executed clinical trials and other scientific evidence!) cause themselves unnecessary risks.
The bottom line of this pathological irrationality is hundreds of thousands or millions of unnecessary deaths (never mind the non-fatal harm). This is true more in some countries than others, from the anti-scientific (and more poorly educated) demographic in the US to the elderly in China who have never believed modern medicine is as good as the mainly quack remedies of "traditional medicine".
During one of my visits, there was a guy getting his shot who, I can only assume, was compelled by his workplace, because he was full of conspiracy nonsense. For example when he was offered an informational pamphlet, he said it was just government propaganda so there's no sense in reading it.
During the shot he asked the healthcare lady what they'd do if the shot caused him to pass out. She flatly responded "we'd call 911." (emergency # in the USA)
Made of a lot comments like that, but overall he put up with it, and left without causing any real trouble.