She got vaccinated the day her fiance tested positive for COVID-19. It was too late for him.

[St. Helens]

She was vaccinated the day her fiance contracted Covid. It was too late for him and the result for him were pretty dire. Covid is no laughing matter. It can be pretty serious. This man was 39 and leaves behind children.

She got vaccinated the day her fiance tested positive for COVID-19. It was too late for him.

Vaccines are not perfect. But they are better than nothing.

 

[returntosender]

This is an example of where a Sympathy emoticon would be welcome.
He needed prayer, she needed sympathy.

 

[Sword of the Lord]

Again:

This makes him 1 of 7,000~ out of 44,000,000 people in the entire country to have died of COVID-19 in the 30-39 age bracket. 0.016% of the 30-39 age bracket has died of COVID-19 in the US.

COVID-19 deaths by age U.S. July 2021 | Statista

This is very sad. Every COVID-19 death is sad. It's not a joke, it's not a laughing matter. It's very real.

But again, his death is an extreme abnormality and minority. This doesn't mean his death is acceptable, as is often the sick response (that I believe this is an acceptable death) when I point out the facts. He had regrets about not getting the vaccine. Others have regrets for getting the vaccine. In the end, most people survive COVID-19 just fine, and most vaccinated people don't have side effects or complications. None of these headlines (young person dies of COVID-19 or vaccinated person has a stroke) should make the decision for you. Your age, health, and which route you're willing to take the gamble on should be the decision maker; and either way, you'll almost certainly be fine.

My decision is easy. I'm in my early 30s. I had COVID-19 in January. I lost my taste and smell for about a week and a half or so. I had the sickly aches for a couple of days. And then it was over. New research says the antibodies last at least 9 months, and future research might and probably will determine that they have lasted and will last for even longer. So I had COVID-19 and it was a minor illness, my age bracket says I'll almost certainly without a doubt live, and I have antibodies. I'm not taking this shot. It's a risk that I don't need to take.

 

[royal priest]

Again:

This makes him 1 of 7,000~ out of 44,000,000 people in the entire country to have died of COVID-19 in the 30-39 age bracket. 0.016% of the 30-39 age bracket has died of COVID-19 in the US.

COVID-19 deaths by age U.S. July 2021 | Statista

This is very sad. Every COVID-19 death is sad. It's not a joke, it's not a laughing matter. It's very real.

But again, his death is an extreme abnormality and minority. This doesn't mean his death is acceptable, as is often the sick response (that I believe this is an acceptable death) when I point out the facts. He had regrets about not getting the vaccine. Others have regrets for getting the vaccine. In the end, most people survive COVID-19 just fine, and most vaccinated people don't have side effects or complications. None of these headlines (young person dies of COVID-19 or vaccinated person has a stroke) should make the decision for you. Your age, health, and which route you're willing to take the gamble on should be the decision maker; and either way, you'll almost certainly be fine.

My decision is easy. I'm in my early 30s. I had COVID-19 in January. I lost my taste and smell for about a week and a half or so. I had the sickly aches for a couple of days. And then it was over. New research says the antibodies last at least 9 months, and future research might and probably will determine that they have lasted and will last for even longer. So I had COVID-19 and it was a minor illness, my age bracket says I'll almost certainly without a doubt live, and I have antibodies. I'm not taking this shot. It's a risk that I don't need to take.

I've known over 50 people who caught it. Though it was not a big deal for most of them, some suffered greatly. 60 years and over suffered the most. 2 people over 70 died from it. My Dad, 72 yo diabetic, was on a ventilator for two weeks.
One anomaly was a 30 yo fit cyclist. It took him months to fully recover.
Another 36 yo, his doctor diagnosed his left side lung with Smokers lung. He never smoked a day in his life.

 

[Halbhh]

Again:

This makes him 1 of 7,000~ out of 44,000,000 people in the entire country to have died of COVID-19 in the 30-39 age bracket. 0.016% of the 30-39 age bracket has died of COVID-19 in the US.

COVID-19 deaths by age U.S. July 2021 | Statista

This is very sad. Every COVID-19 death is sad. It's not a joke, it's not a laughing matter. It's very real.

But again, his death is an extreme abnormality and minority. This doesn't mean his death is acceptable, as is often the sick response (that I believe this is an acceptable death) when I point out the facts. He had regrets about not getting the vaccine. Others have regrets for getting the vaccine. In the end, most people survive COVID-19 just fine, and most vaccinated people don't have side effects or complications. None of these headlines (young person dies of COVID-19 or vaccinated person has a stroke) should make the decision for you. Your age, health, and which route you're willing to take the gamble on should be the decision maker; and either way, you'll almost certainly be fine.

My decision is easy. I'm in my early 30s. I had COVID-19 in January. I lost my taste and smell for about a week and a half or so. I had the sickly aches for a couple of days. And then it was over. New research says the antibodies last at least 9 months, and future research might and probably will determine that they have lasted and will last for even longer. So I had COVID-19 and it was a minor illness, my age bracket says I'll almost certainly without a doubt live, and I have antibodies. I'm not taking this shot. It's a risk that I don't need to take.

That was the UK variant then, Jan, very likely, now called Alpha.

This new variant is Delta so we can then look up findings.

Here's something I found:

"Antibodies from 56 people who were infected with SARS-CoV-2 in the past did not neutralize Delta very well, but after one dose of either the AstraZeneca, Pfizer/BioNTech, or Moderna vaccines, antibodies from all 56 neutralized all four strains. "
-- Stat News

 

[Michie]

Lord have mercy and grant us Your wisdom.

 

[busrider]

From the article:

She said the newness of the COVID-19 vaccine and the speed that it had been produced gave her and Freedy pause.

I do believe the following is the problem, people have been conditioned that it takes centuries for a vaccine to come out but it is not true. As with this vaccine with enough fire under their buts scientist can get together and make a safe and effective vaccine much faster. I have read somewhere or heard that scientist were working on a vaccine to SARS 1 and modified with some work for Covid. I wish the media gave out the proper info so this couple could still be together and they didn't have pause

 

[FireDragon76]

Again:

This makes him 1 of 7,000~ out of 44,000,000 people in the entire country to have died of COVID-19 in the 30-39 age bracket. 0.016% of the 30-39 age bracket has died of COVID-19 in the US.

COVID-19 deaths by age U.S. July 2021 | Statista

This is very sad. Every COVID-19 death is sad. It's not a joke, it's not a laughing matter. It's very real.

But again, his death is an extreme abnormality and minority. This doesn't mean his death is acceptable, as is often the sick response (that I believe this is an acceptable death) when I point out the facts. He had regrets about not getting the vaccine. Others have regrets for getting the vaccine. In the end, most people survive COVID-19 just fine, and most vaccinated people don't have side effects or complications. None of these headlines (young person dies of COVID-19 or vaccinated person has a stroke) should make the decision for you. Your age, health, and which route you're willing to take the gamble on should be the decision maker; and either way, you'll almost certainly be fine.

My decision is easy. I'm in my early 30s. I had COVID-19 in January. I lost my taste and smell for about a week and a half or so. I had the sickly aches for a couple of days. And then it was over. New research says the antibodies last at least 9 months, and future research might and probably will determine that they have lasted and will last for even longer. So I had COVID-19 and it was a minor illness, my age bracket says I'll almost certainly without a doubt live, and I have antibodies. I'm not taking this shot. It's a risk that I don't need to take.

How are you coming to those conclusions?

The Delta variant can produce up to 1,000 times the viral load of the Alpha variant. It's better at evading the immune system. It's killing more young people.

Just because death may not be all that common in the US, every single death of a young person due to COVID at this point is an avoidable tragedy. People would be well advised not to risk it, and to get vaccinated.

 

[Michie]

From the article:

She said the newness of the COVID-19 vaccine and the speed that it had been produced gave her and Freedy pause.

I do believe the following is the problem, people have been conditioned that it takes centuries for a vaccine to come out but it is not true. As with this vaccine with enough fire under their buts scientist can get together and make a safe and effective vaccine much faster. I have read somewhere or heard that scientist were working on a vaccine to SARS 1 and modified with some work for Covid. I wish the media gave out the proper info so this couple could still be together and they didn't have pause

Journalism has turned into a sport. Which side wins.

 

[FireDragon76]

From the article:

She said the newness of the COVID-19 vaccine and the speed that it had been produced gave her and Freedy pause.

I do believe the following is the problem, people have been conditioned that it takes centuries for a vaccine to come out but it is not true. As with this vaccine with enough fire under their buts scientist can get together and make a safe and effective vaccine much faster. I have read somewhere or heard that scientist were working on a vaccine to SARS 1 and modified with some work for Covid. I wish the media gave out the proper info so this couple could still be together and they didn't have pause

That's exactly right. The mRNA technology was not cooked up in a Frankenstein lab, it's based on technology that researchers have been working on for decades.

 

[St. Helens]

I've known over 50 people who caught it. Though it was not a big deal for most of them, some suffered greatly. 60 years and over suffered the most. 2 people over 70 died from it. My Dad, 72 yo diabetic, was on a ventilator for two weeks.
One anomaly was a 30 yo fit cyclist. It took him months to fully recover.
Another 36 yo, his doctor diagnosed his left side lung with Smokers lung. He never smoked a day in his life.

I am an American Legion Member and serve on the Honor Guard. Just this past year my post has lost three of its members to Covid. Our post Chaplain had his lungs destroyed by the virus. He lingered for 4 months before finally succumbing.

 

[RDKirk]

I've known over 50 people who caught it. Though it was not a big deal for most of them, some suffered greatly. 60 years and over suffered the most. 2 people over 70 died from it. My Dad, 72 yo diabetic, was on a ventilator for two weeks.
One anomaly was a 30 yo fit cyclist. It took him months to fully recover.
Another 36 yo, his doctor diagnosed his left side lung with Smokers lung. He never smoked a day in his life.

I have a 40-year-old niece who contracted it in March 2020. She is still 100% disabled and has to carry an oxygen tank around with her.

 

[Sabertooth]

People who can get vaccinated and don't are my textbook definition of stupid.

...and they are ugly,
...and their mothers dress them funny...!

(Give us Valneva!)

 

[FireDragon76]

I have a 40-year-old niece who contracted it in March 2020. She is still 100% disabled and has to carry an oxygen tank around with her.

My mom had and aunt and an uncle both die from COVID in rural Oklahoma. That's about the only loss our family has had with COVID. The rest of us have been lucky and/or cautious enough not to get it.

I am still trying to get my brother to get a vaccine. But he's stubborn. He only focuses on the mortality rate, oblivious to the long term health problems the disease can cause.

 

[pitabread]

Your age, health, and which route you're willing to take the gamble on should be the decision maker; and either way, you'll almost certainly be fine.

Except it's not just a question of one's individual health. The transmissibility of the virus makes it a question of everyone else's health as well.

I still don't understand why this needs to be explained. :/

 

[Sabertooth]

Except it's not just a question of one's individual health. The transmissibility of the virus makes it a question of everyone else's health as well.

I still don't understand why this needs to be explained. :/

(Current vaccines do not block transmission...)

 

[pitabread]

(Current vaccines do not block transmission...)

True. But that still doesn't mean people shouldn't take the view that contracting COVID-19 is an individual decision.

 

[KCfromNC]

Except it's not just a question of one's individual health. The transmissibility of the virus makes it a question of everyone else's health as well.

I still don't understand why this needs to be explained. :/

Pervasive anti-vaxx propaganda, for a start.

 

[returntosender]

My mom had and aunt and an uncle both die from COVID in rural Oklahoma. That's about the only loss our family has had with COVID. The rest of us have been lucky and/or cautious enough not to get it.

I am still trying to get my brother to get a vaccine. But he's stubborn. He only focuses on the mortality rate, oblivious to the long term health problems the disease can cause.

And we don't know the long term affects of the vaccine either.

 

[FireDragon76]

And we don't know the long term affects of the vaccine either.

Human beings operate in a world of uncertainties all the time, where we might be struck by lightening or killed in a car accident tomorrow, or in a year, or never. Still, we ought to pursue wise choices and be good stewards of the life we have. The probability of being harmed immediately by COVID is what is pertinent.