A few pages back somebody made a comment that "there is no middle on this one"...then there was a bunch of name calling. I think that kind of statement and mentality on a hot button issue only divides very good people.
It shouldn't matter to anybody what somebody else chooses to do in regards to the vaccine. If it works, which the data suggest it does (99% of all cases now are among the unvaccinated), then people who believe in science and got the shot should feel safe and unthreatened by the unvaccinated. Conversely, those who believe the virus is a hoax and distrust the science and government should not feel threatened by those who chose to get the vaccine. I don't see the need for all of the name calling and hyperbole?
I got experimental anti-chemical weapons shots when deployed during Desert Storm. We had to sign a release saying that we could not discuss or acknowledge that we even got the shots. We had to take a small white pill every 12 hours...also for anti-chemical weapon defense. 35 year later roughly 200,000 DStorm vets suffer a wide range of symptoms loosely referred to as Desert Storm Syndrome. I am no stranger to the dangers of taking experimental government vaccines and the potential long term threat they pose. Yet, I got the Covid-19 vaccine after much thought. I am healthy 52 year old. I have a strong immune system. I wasn't really concerned about my ability to fight Covid-19 if I caught it. But, I just didn't want to get it. There are many people who fight this thing just fine but then have "long haul" symptoms...to include heart and lung damage...and I simply did not want to risk that possibility. Like many of you, I am very active and athletic. Many of you know that I like to get out and chase whitetails in Larry Benoit style in the late season. I simply didn't want to risk my long term health...and getting the vaccine was the lesser of two evils based on my research, and my data review, and my understanding of the vaccine and Covid-19.
So, call me a sheep...or misinformed...or ignorant. I fully understand why some people chose not to get the vaccine. And I respect that. And I fully understand why some choose to get it. That is also respected. I don't understand or respect some of the language, hyperbole, and invective in a thread like this that just divides us. There IS a middle on this if people choose to set their own egos aside and consider both sides of the issue.