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I don't know what's in it/I don't like what's in itHere are the ingredients of each vaccine with explanations for how they're used.Fetal cells are used during the production process of the J&J vaccine, but they are not in the vaccine. They are not used in any other vaccines approved for use in the US. The fetal cells are decades old.Describe the ingredients that pop up here and tell me where each ingredient is from and what they are used for. If you can't, by your logic, you should not use the products these are from.Here is a podcast to explain some of how it works.Another explanation of what each ingredient is and how/why they are in the vaccine. The active ingredient is the mRNA; other than that, there are sugars, fats, and salts. Delicious.An MIT Technology Review analysis of the ingredients of the Pfizer vaccineAllsides.comYou should not get the COVID-19 vaccine if you have had a severe allergic reaction to the COVID-19 vaccine you're being offered or any of its ingredients
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I want to wait for FDA approvalLibertarian response: the Libertarian party does not approve of any medical testing and insists that medical professionals should be able to administer any treatments they want for COVID-19. "For anydecision where a company would have to ask the FDA for permission, said permission should be assumed to begranted upon request."FDA response: The vaccines have been tested in tens of thousands of people before their emergency use authorizations, and have now been tested in tens of millions more without serious side effects - over 1.3b worldwidePfizer has applied for full FDA approval for people over 16; check for updates soon. Moderna applied for FDA approval in mid June.Here are the differences between emergency-use authorization and FDA approval (hint: the difference is that with EUA, they manufacture the vaccine while testing to make things more efficient. Everything else is essentially the same.)Once the FDA actually approves the vaccines (Pfizer has already applied, Moderna is applying later this month; it will most likely take a couple months for full approval) it will make mandates much easier for the military, businesses, and schools. This means it could take much longer to get vaccinated at that point, and it could be required.The Pfizer vaccine is likely to be approved in September or October.Just kidding, the Pfizer vaccine is probably going to be approved on Monday, August 23, 2021.The Pfizer vaccine was approved by the FDA on August 23, 2021.Fox Valley Technical CollegeYou should not get a COVID-19 vaccine if you're a child because they haven't been approved for children yet.
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mRNA hasn't been researched in humans/the vaccines haven't been researched enough/I don't want to be a guinea pigmRNA has been studied in humans since at least 2008.RNA and mRNA vaccines have been studied since 1989mRNA vaccines were tested with several diseases by 2018, and they're easier to implement than attenuated virus vaccines since they're just a recipeHere is a study of mRNA vaccines from 2012, proving that the mRNA vaccines tested were effective. It also mentions that they've been studying the use of mRNA for two decades prior to this study.A study of mRNA vaccines from 2019: "During the last two decades...preclinical and clinical trials have shown that mRNA vaccines provide a safe and long-lasting immune response in animal models and humans."The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines were tested in animals then tested in 70,000 people before being authorized for use. By not getting vaccinated, you are taking part in a science experiment: you are the control. Everyone getting vaccinated is getting treatment, you are refusing preventative medical treatment.Here's an explanation for how the COVID-19 vaccines were developed so quickly - there were decades of research on mRNA vaccines beforehand.Moderna is also working on mRNA vaccines for HIV (and the flu!)AdvontesmediaYou should not get a COVID-19 vaccine if you had COVID-19 within the last month and your first positive test was less than four weeks ago.
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*someone* hasn't gotten vaccinatedPfizer's CEO, Albert Bourla, has gotten the Pfizer vaccine. The interview in which he said that he hadn't gotten it yet was December 14, only 3 days after the vaccine had been authorized for use by the FDA.Melania and Donald Trump were vaccinated in January with either Pfizer or Moderna and Trump "doesn't understand" why his supporters are hesitant to get vaccinated.All of these people with power, money, and influence are getting vaccinated; if there was something dangerous about the vaccines, they wouldn't be doing so/someone would have warned them.328 million people (as of the time I'm writing this) have been vaccinated worldwide. How big of a test pool do you need to consider the study wide enough? If you believe vaccines cause autism, that was based on a cherry-picked study of 12 people.Just watch the lines continue on their upward trajectory. Is it you? You should fix that.The CEO of Pfizer got his second dose of the vaccine on March 10, 2021.Media bias / fact checkYou should not get a COVID-19 vaccine if you had COVID-19 and were treated with monoclonal antibodies or convalescent plasma within the last three months.
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mRNA vaccines alter DNA and those alterations are passed on to childrenmRNA vaccines never enter the nucleus of the cell, where the DNA is stored. The vaccines only enter the cytoplasm, then leave the body after "teaching" the cells to fight COVID-19. The mRNA (messenger RNA) enters your body, teaches your cells to produce spike proteins, then your immune system learns to fight anything with those spike proteins.mRNA vaccines are more of a recipe for your cells; they do not interact with DNA.This is not genetic material; it's a blueprint that shows your body how to fight a thing.We do have the ability to use CRISPR to alter genes, but trials in humans were just approved by the FDA and it involves a process of taking cells from the patient, altering them, and putting them back in. Getting the COVID-19 vaccine doesn't pull blood/cells from you; you're getting an injection both times.Germline engineering is possible, but has not been approved in humans and involves taking genes from a person, editing them, and putting them back in. One person tried to do this in embryos and was fined $430,000, fired, and put in jail for three years.Scientists are currently studying whether or not COVID-19 can put itself into the human genome/DNA, which would account for why people have tested positive for COVID-19 long after they "beat" the virus.COVID might make it difficult to pass anything on to children since it causes erectile dysfunctionAsk your doctor if you're immunocompromised, antibody results have been iffy and monoclonal antibodies or convalescent plasma might be a better option for you.
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Vaccines have killed more people this year than ever beforeThis is just a Tucker Carlson talking point; he has called himself an entertainer and has said that no reasonable person would believe him.The CDC found "no evidence that vaccination contributed to patient deaths"There is a requirement for reports of deaths following COVID-19 vaccination; that's not required for other vaccines. The reports on VAERS are unverified and can be submitted anonymously by anyone without any proof.You know what has killed more people in the last year than ever before? COVID-19.You are three times more likely to be struck by lightning than you are to die of the COVID-19 vaccine.Cars have killed 36-37k people (in the US alone) per year for the last 5 years. "Immunization currently prevents 4-5 million deaths every year".Early COVID-19 vaccinations may have prevented almost 140,000 US deaths.
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COVID-19 is just the flu/a cold OR flu cases have gone down in the last year/people are mistaking the flu for COVID-19The mortality rate for COVID-19 is around 3-4%, the mortality rate for the flu is less than 0.1%. The flu is also not as contagious.There are many types of coronavirus; it's just a family of viruses. This does not mean they're all the same.COVID-19 is a coronavirus, a cold is a rhinovirus.Around 359,000 Americans have died of the flu in the last decade. Around 580,000 Americans have died of COVID-19 in the last year. It seems like one of these is a bit worse.Here's a podcast about COVID-19's effect on the most recent flu season.This is a flu virus. This is COVID-19. They are not the same.Flu transmission rates would also go down with social distancing, masks, etc. because it's similarly spread person-to-person by people within 6 feet of each other, through coughing, sneezing, or talking.COVID-19 is far more contagious than the flu, so any measures taken to prevent the spread of COVID-19 would also prevent the spread of the flu. (COVID's R0 is 1.5-12 depending on the variant, the flu's R0 is 1-2)
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The side effects of the vaccine are worse than the side effects for COVID-19/someone had a bad reactionThe side effects for the vaccine are minimal and usually last a couple of days, max. They are also something you can plan for/around. Every medical treatment is administered with the idea that the treatment will be more beneficial than the side effects are harmful.COVID-19 symptoms can last for months (or more) and we don't know if the long-term effects are permanent.None of the manufacturers have recommended the vaccine to people who are allergic to the ingredients or who had an allergic reaction to the first dose. After being vaccinated, patients are asked to wait for 15 minutes just to make sure they don't have any adverse reactions.Several governments paused the use of two vaccines because a few people got blood clots; are blood clots worse than death?Here's a podcast with some doctors explaining the rare allergic reactions that have happened.COVID-19: causes long-term brain issues. Vaccine: might make you nauseated. Hmm.In the US, there are CURRENTLY 88,637 people hospitalized for COVID-19 (August 23, 2021)There have been a TOTAL of 7755 hospitalizations for COVID from vaccinated people in the US.COVID has been found in penile tissue and has been correlated with erectile dysfunction even months after infection
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COVID was manufactured for profit for big pharmaWhile these vaccines will make vaccine developers billions of dollars in the next couple of years, but in general, vaccines are not a very profitable venture. J&J and Astrazeneca have pledged to sell their vaccines at cost ($4-10).Biden is pushing for a waiver of the COVID-19 patents so poorer countries can get vaccinated without having to pay a premium, but this could negatively impact the US.Do we not want US pharmaceutical companies to have an incentive to invest in R&D? The J&J/Astrazeneca vaccines were mostly publicly funded, hence the low prices, but in the US, conservatives advocate for privatizing everything. This is the result.Viruses mutate on their own ALL THE TIME. Before this, there was SARS, MERS, etc. and now we have several variants of COVID-19.Another study showing that vaccines are not profitable. This is especially true with the ones paid for by public funding. If you don't want pharmaceutical companies to profit, might I suggest socialized medicine?Pharmaceutical companies like Gilead profit from people being sick in hospitals, not people being healthy.The more we allow COVID-19 to mutate, the more people will be hospitalized. If you don't want big pharma to get a lot of money, get vaccinated. The hospitalization rate of those who are fully vaccinated ranges from 0%-0.9% by state.You know what else was produced by big pharma? Ivermectin.
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There are microchips or nanotechnology in the vaccine or it turns people into hybrids who aren't entitled to human rights under lawThe vaccine stays in your body for a matter of hours and has no microchips or nanotechnology in it. While there are nanorobotic vaccines that have been tested in mice, they are not in these vaccines. These are simple mRNA and attenuated virus vaccines.The video claiming that this was true was made of manipulated/out of context footage. This shows the sources of all the clips shown in the video.If someone needed to track us, all they would have to do is track the things we buy and pay monthly for - our phones.The vaccines are administered in a needle that's 21G or smaller. Most of the conspiracy theories about microchips have said that the chips are the size of half a grain of rice. A grain of rice is around 6 mm long, so half a grain of rice is around 3 mm. A 21G needle is 0.8 mm wide.We debate whether or not robots should have human rights. Robots. Even if there were microchips in us, our rights wouldn't be taken away.It would be much easier to get people to, say, pay thousands of dollars for a piece of technology that they don't understand but are addicted to rather than getting a tiny one injected into them.
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COVID-19 was just made to make sure Trump wasn't re-electedThe idea that the entire world would kill off their citizens to ensure something happened politically in the US is both narcissistic and unrealistic. Not only would it be impossible for that many people to keep a secret, but there's no reason for the countries we're not on good terms with to keep a secret for us. This has affected every country.Trump could have reacted proactively to COVID-19 and secured his win - tragedies usually lead to a president's reelection. Trump chose to deny the seriousness of COVID, didn't provide PPE, continued to disobey CDC guidelines, got COVID-19 and was hospitalized, didn't follow his own advice when he got COVID, and generally made the US look foolish on the world stage.There is no evidence that the vaccine information or anything else was suppressed to get Biden elected.It's not like he was universally adored, he wasn't expected to win and his approval ratings topped out at 49%. Right before the election, his approval rating was at 46%.If you believe this, you must believe COVID-19 is real. If you believe COVID-19 is real, you should want to avoid it. The best way to avoid it is to get vaccinated and practice social distancing, especially in high-risk areas.The science still shows (as of June 2021) that COVID-19 didn't come from a lab, and it's impossible to prove a negative. If it is found that it came from a lab - how silly would it be for someone to start a worldwide pandemic to stop the president of 1 leader from being reeelected?
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This is a "great reset" like the Prussian reset for the NWONo. The people who would be profiting from this are already in power; there have been no big power shifts. If we were really worried about other countries becoming superpowers, we might want to get ahead of them in the industries they're beating us in rather than killing off 3.3m peopleAh yes, Switzerland. The most conniving of all the countries.World leaders are promising a "great reset" - by that, they mean approaching business and economic policymaking in a way that benefits the well-being of society and is more socially conscious. I suppose this would be bad if you're one of the richest people in the world.
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These two doctors said COVID-19 isn't even realStudies have shown that this strategy has been used to try to disprove the scientific consensus - like climate change and cigarette-related lung cancer/diseases, a couple of doctors do not disprove the overwhelming majority of doctors, epidemiologists, virologists, and other experts.If you look into the background of the scientists who say things like this and where they get their funding, it becomes easy to see their ulterior motives. For example, John Loannidis, one of the doctors saying COVID-19 was a fiasco that might cause 10k US deaths (only off by 570k+!) was funded by Jetblue - an airline company that would obviously profit from more people traveling.The vast majority of doctors are getting the vaccine and obviously believe in COVID-19 since they've had to deal with it for the last yearThese international scientists say COVID-19 is real and a problem. Perhaps it is a problem.Here's a Brazilian doctor who's prescribing random, unproven medications instead of encouraging people to get vaccinated. He'll treat the people who subscribe to his Youtube channel. There are others in Brazil, as well. Let's see how that's working out... Oh, Brazil just set their single-day record - 115k new cases - and they refused vaccines when Pfizer offered them at half the price that the US bought them for.
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The spike protein in the mRNA is harmful/people are shedding spike proteins and it's affecting reproductive systemsBoth the Moderna and Pfizer vaccine have been thoroughly tested for harm; the Moderna vaccine only produces part of the spike protein, and the Pfizer vaccine produces the full spike protein, but it was found to be the most effective and least harmful.COVID-19 affects fertility and has been linked to impotence, decreased sperm count/sex hormones, and death in men, and increased miscarriages/deaths in pregnant women.The opposite of this is true - not being infected with COVID-19 means you cannot shed virus/spike proteins. It's also just biologically impossible for this to happen. However, if vaccinated during pregnancy, there is evidence that some immunity can pass to the child via the placenta or breastmilk when breastfeeding."There is no evidence that the COVID-19 vaccine can lead to infertility"In a study of 35,691 pregnant people from 16-54 years of age, the percentage of vaccinated women who completed their pregnancies was similar to the percentage of women who completed their pregnancies pre-COVID.A science-based breakdown of the three papers that people afraid of spike proteins (but not afraid of COVID-19, which... has spike proteins) are citing.A June 2021 study showing that people vaccinated with the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines had similar pregnancy loss rates to what's expected - 13.9% of the pregancies were lost. The average is 10-20%, so this is just what's expected.The Society for Maternal and Fetal Medicine (high-risk pregnancy experts) recommend that pregnant and lactating people be vaccinated against COVID-19.
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(Bill Gates' wife left him) because he created COVID-19 to sterilize people/achieve depopulation... or aliens did, because Bill Gates is an alien.The two have been distant and building separate lives for years, according to sources close to them.Current evidence shows that COVID-19 mutated from a disease in bats or pangolins; bats are frequently consumed in China, and pangolins are used in traditional Chinese medicine as cure-alls (and are being hunted to extinction for it)Melinda Gates was meeting with divorce lawyers in 2019As lonely as it sounds, we might be alone in this universe.As of March 2021, the WHO says that COVID-19 was circulating in markets in China in December 2019. "Genomic analyses and inferences based on the origins of other diseases suggest that an intermediate animal - possibly one sold at markets - passed SARS-CoV-2 after becoming infected with a predecessor coronavirus in bats."COVID-19 could have come from a lab, but if it did, it probably leaked accidentally, not maliciously.
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I already had COVID-19, so I'm immune.There have been many people who've gotten COVID-19 multiple times, sometimes worse the second time around.This is true up to 8 months after infection; we aren't sure about after that but it won't be permanent seeing as many have been infected multiple times.The CDC recommends that even if you've already had COVID-19, you should get vaccinated.You will probably make antibodies for a lifetime, but that doesn't mean you'll be protected against all variants, and it doesn't mean you can't get COVID-19.A man "with no history of clinically significant underlying conditions, and no indications of compromised immunity" in Nevada got COVID-19 twice, and unexpectedly, it was worse the second time around.If you already had COVID-19, this is even more reason to get vaccinated: you're EXTRA immune! You might even be able to skip a dose... maybe.
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COVID-19 isn't that bad/if I get it, I get it/I'm not high risk so I'll be fineLong-term effects include brain fog, impotence, lethargy, depression, organ damage (heart/lungs/brain), blood clots, depression, muscle pain, rapid heartbeat, anxiety, dizziness. sleep difficulty, autoimmune disorders, and others. Short term effects include death, fever, cough, difficulty breathing, hospitalization/being put on a ventilator, ridiculous hospital bills, etc.Over 3,300,000 people have died worldwide, over 580,000 have died in the US.38% of the 173,300 excess deaths that occured from March-July 2020 were in people ages 25-44This is a podcast where a doctor who's young and healthy describes what COVID-19 did to him when he got it. Do you have a penis and like when it works? COVID-19 is linked to (possibly permanent) erectile dysfunction due to the damage it does to blood vessels.Have you ever cared about anyone else or did you just stop recently?
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Children died after being vaccinatedThe videos of this happening in Senegal were actually videos of someone trying to sell cosmetics. It's from spring 2020 and there were no trials happening in Senegal at that time.COVID-19 vaccines have been very effective in trials so far.This claim came from Natural News; a far-right, anti-vaxx conspiracy theory/fake news site. There has been no evidence to support it.15,000 children die every day. That doesn't mean that a vaccine caused it. Chances are, there would be a lot less adults (and children) if we didn't have and use vaccines and other medical advancements.The CDC recommends the Pfizer vaccine for anyone 12+Tucker Carlson said that thousands of people died from the vaccine based on the Vaers database reports, which are unverified. Even if all of the reports were verified, the percentage would be less than 0.0017% mortality. The mortality rate for COVID-19 is 1.8%. 1.8 is bigger than 0.0017.
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You can catch COVID-19 and die even with the vaccine/you still have to wear a mask/you can still spread COVID-19The CDC says that when you've been fully vaccinated, you can safely hang out with other vaccinated people without a mask.Fully vaccinated adults are 94% less likely to be hospitalized if they get COVID-19, and the efficacy rates of the most common vaccines are around 94-95%You can catch COVID-19 and die without the vaccine, and you're much more likely to. You can also die while wearing a seatbelt; only 47% of the people who died in car accidents were unrestrained. The most common COVID-19 vaccines protect against infection with an efficacy rate of 94-95%, stop serious illness and death, and prevent the spread of COVID-19.It is correct that 67-95% are less than 100%, yes. It is also correct that 5-33% are higher than 0%. It is also correct that if the virus can't go anywhere (herd immunity) it has fewer chances to mutate, and if it can't spread, it will die.This is how viruses spread. The chance of you getting or spreading COVID-19 after getting vaccinated is much lower because of how vaccines spread and exist. All of medicine is doing a benefit-risk balance; a drug's benefits must outweigh its risk for it to be approved for use.The CDC guidelines now say that you don't need to wear a mask when you're fully vaccinated unless you're in specific situations (when required by federal, state, local, tribal, or territorrial laws, rules, and regulations, including businesses and workplaces.)Breakthrough cases do occur (especially with the delta variant), but the hospitalization rates of people who are fully vaccinated are much lower. More than 9/10 COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths have occurred among people who are unvaccinated.
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The virus is in the vaccineThe Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are mRNA vaccines, meaning they teach your cells to create spike proteins (in this case) and your immune system learns to fight them off. The J&J vaccine uses a disabled adenovirus (NOT COVID-19) that teaches your immune system how to fight COVID-19.See B2It simply isn't.See page 2: Ingredients of each vaccine
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Exercising/eating healthily/taking vitamins will protect me more than a vaccineExercise is good for you and can boost your health in general/protect from serious complications, but it can't protect you from long-term effects or from spreading it to others.Optimizing your metabolism will make you healthier but it will not protect you from COVID-19. Many of the people pushing this idea are the same ones selling diet plans to "fix" your immune system. Again, consider the source.Eating nutritious food is good but it doesn't give you 95% immunity. It's just healthy and you should do it all the time.If you want to exercise and eat healthily because it's more natural than a vaccine, you have found the appeal to nature logical fallacy. Congratulations!High dose vitamin D does nothing to prevent COVID-19People trusting "natural" remedies quite possibly led to the pandemic.Eating healthily and exercising are obviously beneficial, but if you've ever seen a fit/healthy person get sick at all, you know this doesn't make sense against an extremely contagious virus that's killed over 5 million people.Even if you're low-risk, getting vaccinated will decrease the virulence of symptoms and length of sickness.
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COVID-19 has a 99.7% survival rate, I'm fine/I have a great immune system!Surviving isn't the only important thingYou aren't the only one who matters; making decisions purely based on how they'll affect you and not considering how COVID or its mutations can affect those around you is self-centered.Depending on the time/location/resources available, it has an 85-99% survival rate.Do you want to pay for a 4-53 day hospital stay? If you really want to give tens of thousuands of dollars to a hospital, maybe donate it instead of risking your life to do so.Even if asymptomatic while infected, long COVID can result in extended: fatigue, poor memory/concentration, confusion, "brain fog", chest pain/heaviness, breathlessness, head/muscle aches, issues with cardipulmonary and gastrointestinal systems, negative effects on skin and eyes, and difficulty sleeping.Your immune system is great, that's why you should help it with a vaccine. Vaccines teach your immune system about new enemies.You could probably lose your arms and legs and survive, that doesn't mean your quality of life is the same or that you shouldn't have taken steps to keep your limbs.Speaking of, this 10-year-old boy lost his hands and legs because he got COVID-19. If you look up "COVID loss of legs" there are many stories like this.
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I'm just going to wait for herd immunityA large part of herd immunity is getting vaccinated; if people are vaccinated, the virus can't spread to/through them and therefore cannot mutate into more virulent or contagious strains.Sweden relied on herd immunity and ended up much worse off than their Nordic counterparts.Another comparison with Sweden/Finland/Denmark/Norway: "COVID-19 pushed Sweden’s health system to its capacity, exposed systemic weaknesses in the seniors’ care system, and revealed challenges with implementing effective contact tracing and testing strategies while experiencing a high case burden."Allowing the virus to continue spreading will allow it to continue mutating. This is a link to a podcast explaining the mutations as of a few months ago.Another podcast discussing what will happen if we wait for herd immunity.Another paper by an assistant professor of biology at Stanford, a Ph.D. candidate for infectious disease at Stanford, and a professor of epidemology at Harvard saying that we might never get to herd immunity because of vaccine hesitancy."We may have to vaccinate children as young as 5 to reach herd immunity" (pre-print, not peer-reviewed yet)
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It might require annual boosters/I don't see the point of more than one doseSo does the flu; many vaccines require boosters due to mutations, immunity wearing off, first dose not providing enough immunity, or simply improving immune response.You can get tested for immunity for the things you've been vaccinated against and get additional boosters of other vaccines. Request it from your doctor; if there's a measles outbreak, you can get tested and get a booster if needed.The Moderna vaccine is likely to last for a couple of yearsA single dose of the vaccine cannot protect against the South African variant; as the virus mutates, more resistance could be developed. It's best to get vaccinated to prevent mutations and spread.According to recent studies, immunity might last for years (or a lifetime!)More studies showing that immunity from vaccines could last for yearsWe will likely require boosters because unvaccinated people are allowing COVID to spread, mutate, and become more virulent.If you're eligible for a booster, you should get one. As of October 2021, this includes older people, immunocompromised people, and those who work/live in high-risk settings who got their second shot 6+ months ago.
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The companies that developed the vaccines aren't liable for any adverse effectsThis applies to all vaccines and has been in effect since 1986 because companies were hesitant to send vaccines to the US due to so many lawsuits over the DPT vaccine. The US was worried that we'd lose herd immunity, so they created this "court".The vaccines that are covered are listed here. The vaccine that's not covered: the flu vaccine.There might have been some confusion with the COVID vaccine not being covered under the VICP - it's covered under the CICP because it's a countermeasure. If the vaccine is handled improperly (not kept at the correct temperature, patient is given the wrong dosage, a syringe is reused, etc.) and something goes wrong, the health care provider could potentially be sued for malpractice.You can get something called "no-fault compensation" for vaccines, because while no medicine will be perfect in terms of side effects, the benefits outweigh the risks.
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I don't trust the government to have my best interests in mindAll of the living US presidents have been vaccinatedLeaders from around the world are all being vaccinated; the chance that they're all conspiring against themselves is pretty lowPandemics hurt economies; governments, countries, and people thrive when their economies are thriving. There is no benefit to a government harming its people.Governments generally want more people in their countries so their country can thrive. Death/poor health lead to fewer people in the workforce and fewer births/a decreased populace.Honestly if all of our governments wanted all of us dead, especially in the US, they'd probably just kill us without putting themselves at risk. They even have a program for it!82% of doctors recommended getting the vaccine right when it came out, the others were waiting for more information. If you have a primary care physician, ask them about it to see what they think (since they should know about your health as much as/more than you do).If you don't trust the government, ask your doctor.The person who showed this to you probably has your best interests in mind. They are not trying to hurt you or themselves, they're trying to save lives.If you don't trust those in power to have your best interests in mind, shouldn't you have your own best interests in mind? Those in power have already been vaccinated. They're not putting it off. If they thought the vaccine was unsafe, wouldn't they have tested it on the poor instead of getting vaccinated themselves?
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COVID was a message from God (All things come from God for the good of the people)/vaccines are the mark of the beastBible: "Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body."Islam: No harming yourself or harming others, "Allah has sent down both the disease and the cure, and He has appointed a cure for every disease, so treat yourselves medically, but use nothing unlawful."Buddhism: We must practice compassion for ourselves so that we can practice compassion for others. "Any scientific advancement that promotes health and wellbeing is something that the Buddhists seriously encourage."Torah: "The Jewish tradition tells us that we are obligated to get vaccinated. There are two reasons for this obligation: we are obligated to protect ourselves, and we are obligated to protect other people."A Hindu temple was transformed into a COVID-19 vaccination site.Some church leaders are warning their members to not get the vaccine in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. They are currently doing worse than at any other time in the pandemic (see trackers on page 3).Love thy neighbor - don't get them sick with COVID-19 and kill them.Leviticus 13:45-46: 'Anyone with such a defiling disease must wear torn clothes,(A) let their hair be unkempt,[a] cover the lower part of their face(B) and cry out, ‘Unclean! Unclean!’(C) 46 As long as they have the disease they remain unclean. They must live alone; they must live outside the camp.'
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Vaccines give you or your unborn child autismThe article saying that vaccines cause autism was retracted over a decade ago and the study was funded by lawyers who were suing vaccine manufacturers. They "studied" 12 children - the children of the parents who were suing.Here's a study of 657,461 children born between 1999 and 2010 that again proves that vaccines do not cause autism.Andrew Wakefield, the former physician and academic who started the fraud, was struck off the medical register. No one was able to reproduce his findings because he lied about them and cherry picked his patients.A study of 39,726 infants with mothers vaccinated during pregnancy and 29,293 infants with mothers not vaccinated during pregnancy found that there was no correlation between vaccinated mothers and autism.Have all of your vaccinated friends become autistic? Are all the famous people (or any of them) that you know of who are vaccinated suddenly autistic?5.4 million adults in the US have autism. 135 million Americans are fully vaccinated; 295 million doses have gone out total.
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The vaccine can give you herpesIt probably originally came from this - Harvard made a post about potentially using a herpes simplex virus vector for a COVID vaccine. This is not the same as giving you herpes.Here's an explanation from the CDC giving examples of other vaccines that have used viruses as vectors. It also explains how it could be used in a COVID vaccine.There were six women who had herpes outbreaks after getting the vaccine; all of them were taking immunosuppressants and had the dormant HSV already, probably from getting chicken pox at some point.You literally just have to read the first sentence after the headline.They got shingles because they were taking immunosuppressants. This is why everyone ELSE is supposed to get vaccinated - some people can't because they have autoimmune disorders, have gotten organ transplants, etc.
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A pharmaceutical employee says the vaccine will kill people in 2 yearsYes a conspiracy theorist said a conspiracy.Why would you trust someone who's wrong every time he speaks?Michael Yeadon (the ex-Pfizer employee) worked on allergy and respiratory research - how to make drugs that are inhaled through the nose. He did not work in virology or vaccines.Here are the lawsuits Pfizer has been involved with (that weren't dismissed). You would think that if their drugs were killing lots of people, they'd get sued for it, seeing as death is worse than kidney problems and diabetes.For those who die of COVID-19, it usually takes them about a week. Two years is longer than a week.
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Vaccines can make you gay or transgenderThis all came from an ultra-orthodox rabbi who's anti-vaxVaccines cannot; however, there is a link between COVID-19 diagnoses and impotence/erectile dysfunction. This is caused by COVID symptoms: artery disease, psychological distress, hypogonadism (not making enough testosterone), and issues with getting enough air.An Arabnews article about the homophobic and anti-science rant the rabbi went on, including his video. This rabbi is the only source of this theory, from what I can find. Arab News leans right, for full transparency. There just weren't many sources for this.A metroweekly article about the same person, but it also mentions a few other people who've suggested the same thing. Metroweekly is a free LGBTQIA+ magazine, and it leans far left.If you're gay/trans after getting a vaccine, you were gay/transgender before you got the vaccine. Congratulations on accepting your true self!They cannot change your sexuality or gender identity, but COVID can make you impotent, so if you'd like to continue to have a sex life of any sort... you might want to avoid getting COVID. With a vaccine.
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I can just move away from 5G areas to avoid COVID-19India does not have 5G and won't for a few months at least.As of a few days ago, India has over 230k deaths from COVIDThere is no 5G in Antarctica. There is not much 5G in Russia. There have been over 5 million cases of COVID-19 and 121k+ deaths.This "expert" suggested both the 5G theory and the magnet theory in a hearing. This link is the same as the one below it; she proved two conspiracy theories wrong in one! Very efficient.Just compare this map of 5G coverage and the number of towers to......this map of COVID-19 transmission by county. The south doesn't have an excessive amount of 5G towers, and yet almost every county in that area is full of COVID-19. Even looking at Canada, they had a lot of COVID and very few 5G towers.
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Vaccinated people are magneticAnother retracted paper.Another source of this is some lady on Instagram. I suggest finding more credible sources.If this were true, vaccinated people wouldn't be able to use credit cards after awhile. Someone probably would've noticed by now.Just bring a magnet to your vaccinated friends. Ask them to pick it up and drop it. Many of the people "proving" this in videos are sticking keys or coins to their neck/face. This is just showing that they have oily skin. Do keys and coins stick to your fridge?A guy tried to prove that it wasn't just his skin being sticky by rubbing baby powder on his arm before testing the magnet theory. He ended the video with, "I would like to issue a public apology for being an idiot." This is because he did, in fact, just have sticky skin.
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People with (x) blood type should not get vaccinated/are already immune to COVID-19July 2020 Harvard study finds no relationship between blood type and severity of COVID-19People with O blood types are less likely to get COVID, but not immune.November 2020 study finds that there is a slightly lower risk for O blood types, but A blood types have a lower risk of intubation and risk of death is increased for AB and decreased for A and B. Rh-negative blood types have a slightly protective effect.In a study of 1667 COVID-19 patients, 45.17% had blood type A, 18.65% had blood type B, 26.81% had blood type O, and 9.35% had blood type AB. 88.66% were Rh+ and 11.33% were Rh-In a study of 484 COVID patients in July 2020, 34.2% were blood type A, 15.6% were blood type B, 4.7% were blood type AB, and 45.5% were blood type O.
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Regarding kids/young people: they can't get it/it's not that bad for kids2.9 million people between 0-24 got COVID-19 between March-December 2020. Of the patients whose data was available for this study, 4.6% were hospitalized and 1.8% were put into the ICU.In the summer of 2020, people under 30 accounted for more than 20% of the COVID-19 cases and were more likely to transmit the virus than others.We still don't know all the long-term effects of COVID-19; why risk spreading it or getting it when it's a preventable disease?The majority of recent cases (including serious cases) are people in their 30s-50s. They're still getting really sick.Some kids who have COVID-19 develop Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) as a reaction to having COVID-19, around two to six weeks after their infection. Most of the kids with MIS-C previously had COVID-19.Babies and immunocompromised children are more likely to get severely sick from COVID-19The CDC recommends that everyone 12 and older gets a COVID-19 vaccine. It's our responsibility to get vaccinated so we don't spread it to those who aren't old enough to get vaccinated yet.The Pfizer vaccine is being tested in children 6 months-12 years old and early results have been positive.The CDC approved the Pfizer vaccine for kids 5-11.
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The vaccines cause myocarditis/heart inflammationThe links to myocarditis are rare and easily treatable/fixable within a few days. This is better than long COVID.COVID affects the cardiovascular system and can also lead to myocarditis, amongst other things.This is mostly in adolescent boys after receiving their second shot of the mRNA vaccines. If you want to avoid this, get a vaccine that doesn't use mRNA.There have been around 300 cases out of 177 million mRNA vaccines. Update: there have now been around 1000 cases of myocarditis - for every million doses given, there were 67 cases in boys 12-17 (9 in girls of that age group) and 56 of those aged 18-24 (6 in women of that age group) and 20 in males 25-29 (3 in women of that age group).
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The Delta variant is spreading even though people are getting vaccinated98% of the hospitalized COVID patients in Arkansas are unvaccinated. 93% of them in Maryland are unvaccinated. COVID-19 is killing almost exclusively unvaccinated people.The Pfizer vaccine is 88% effective against symptomatic disease and 96% effective against hospitalization. AstraZeneca is 60% effective against symptomatic disease and 93% effective against hospitalization.COVID cases are rising in the states with lower vaccination rates.There is a clear correlation between the vaccination rate of a locale and its COVID cases"99.5% of the people who died of COVID-19 since January were unvaccinated...We also know that our authorized vaccines prevent severe disease, hospitalization, and death from the delta variant" - CDC Director Dr. Rochelle WalenskyEven with mild symptoms, a person can be affected by long COVID. We don't know everything about it yet, but so far, they have fatigue, dyspnea, chest pain, cognitive disturbances/brain fog, arthralgia, decline in quality of life, etc.This shows the percentage of vaccinated people who are experiencing breakthrough cases, divided by state (US).For at least 3 months, the vaccine prevents transmission and serious infection because it decreases the viral load (and therefore the amount of "spreadable" virus). The vaccine also lessens some of the symptoms, meaning fewer people in hospitals and more beds for those who need them for other things.
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I can just get a fake vaccine card This is a federal crime in the USUsing a fake card is much more trouble than it's worth - if an employer requires vaccination and you lie about it, you can be fired. If you're caught creating fraudulent medical records/counterfeiting federal government documents, you can be fined, lose your job, and/or be imprisoned.Some states have their own digital vaccination verification systems, including Oregon, New York, California, and Illinois. These can be used to see if vaccination cards are legitimate.Here is the California vaccine verification systemAsking for vaccine records does not break HIPAA - HIPAA says doctors can't talk to people aside from the patient (or patient's guardians, if the patient is a child) about their health records. It's within a privately owned company's rights to require vaccination, just as they might require drug tests or a uniform.If you're going to decide to not get vaccinated, fine, but at least be willing to deal with the consequences of making that choice."The FBI has warned that the unauthorized use of the CDC seal on a vaccine card could be punishable under TItle 18 of the United States Code, which has a penalty of a fine, imprisonment of up to five years or both."Career paths that are off-limits to felons: healthcare, education, government/licensing, and some private industry jobs.Being a felon also forbids you from voting; in some cases, for your entire life. Perhaps avoid committing felonies like faking vaccine cards.
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I can take a COVID antiviral pillPaxlovid is around 90% effective in preventing hospitalization/death when taken properly, but relying on a product that will be hard to obtain and should be taken quickly after infection isn't ideal. It's similar to getting an abortion instead of using birth control.Merck's Molnupiravir is less effective than Pfizer's but could be used in high-risk people. It has some side effects that are worse than any of the vaccines, too, but it's better than COVID side effects (and better than dying of COVID)There's a potential risk with children, pregnant women, and people using other drugs when combined with both of the antivirals.
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