Anti-vaxxers aren't just anti-vax; they're trying to prevent others from getting vaccinated

Nosy Bee-54 said:
The virus isn't going anywhere because of mutations and inequity in vaccinations within the global community. So, Refusers/Deniers may find some solace in the following:

“Blanket booster programs are likely to prolong the pandemic, rather than ending it, by diverting supply to countries that already have high levels of vaccination coverage, giving the virus more opportunity to spread and mutate,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during a news briefing.

"Currently, the vast majority of Covid hospitalizations and deaths are among unvaccinated people, not vaccinated people without booster shots, according to Tedros.

“No country can boost its way out of the pandemic,” he said.

Global health experts say the emergence of omicron is tied to vaccine inequality. Omicron is thought to have emerged from an HIV patient in South Africa where just 26% of the population is fully vaccinated, scientists have said. The virus mutates particularly well in people with compromised immune systems where it can live for a long time and figure out how to survive inside its human host.

The WHO estimates just half of its member states will have vaccinated at least 40% of their populations by the end of this year “because of distortions in global supply,” Tedros said.

Vaccine inequity is “the most horrific injustice of 2021,” Dr. Michael Ryan, executive director of the WHO’s health emergencies program, said at the briefing"


https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/22/who-says-covid-vaccine-booster-programs-will-prolong-pandemic.html
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"So, Refusers/Deniers may find some solace in the following"

The non vaccinated who I know and myself included do not want or wish this pandemic to continue. 🙄
 

Jackie23 said:
Listening to doctors and nurses on the front lines battling to save lives and risking their own lives KNOW better, they KNOW there are more cases being reported because the omicron variant is more contagious than the others.... they repeatedly tell us to get vaccinated....they KNOW that even if the vaccinated get the virus their symptoms will not be as severe as the unvaccinated. They KNOW that the death count of the unvaccinated is far greater than the vaccinated, they KNOW that the unvaccinated is making their life and the life of others harder, they KNOW and are disgusted with the unvaccinated and their conspiracies....this is why they get on TV and beg people to get vaccinated because they live and see the enormous danger the unvaccinated are causing. Read the statistics and listen to those that are fighting the battle daily.
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^^^^ This is a recording.
 
I'm lucky. I have an appointment to get my booster shot on December 29. No one is approaching me not to do it. Anyway, I'm a country boy and I know what is right and I know what is wrong and I as sure as a snowball in a hot place am not going to be pushed around or forced to do the wrong thing.
 
Packerjohn said:
I'm lucky. I have an appointment to get my booster shot on December 29. No one is approaching me not to do it. Anyway, I'm a country boy and I know what is right and I know what is wrong and I as sure as a snowball in a hot place am not going to be pushed around or forced to do the wrong thing.
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"No one is approaching me not to do it."

That's right, most who do not wish to be vaccinated could care less who is or isn't vaccinated.
 
Becky1951 said:
"No one is approaching me not to do it."

That's right, most who do not wish to be vaccinated could care less who is or isn't vaccinated.
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Exactly! Even when i had surgery on tuesday NOT ONE medical professional in two huge medical building connected to a large hospital asked me if I got the shot. And I didnt offer my vaccine status either. They KNOW!
 
Just read the following and got a kick out of it.

"I don't know what is in ibuprofen or any other pain killers. They just treat my headaches and pain. I don't know what is in the tattoo ink, botox and fillers, or every ingredient in my soap, shampoo and deodorants. Furthermore, I don't know whether or not that restaurant I just ate at really used clean foods and that the employees washed their hands. I got vaccinated because I don't want to die from COVID-19" :cool:
 
Pauline1954 said:
Exactly! Even when i had surgery on tuesday NOT ONE medical professional in two huge medical building connected to a large hospital asked me if I got the shot. And I didnt offer my vaccine status either. They KNOW!
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At my doctor visit, they also don't ask whether or not I'm vaccinated.
They ask if I've had the pneumonia or shingles vaccine or a colonoscopy. When I say "No," they don't say anything else.
 
I had to show my vaccination card the first time I visited my wife at the nursing home where she's staying. They made a copy of it along with my driver's license. They required masks before the omicron variant and now require face shields along with the masks.

I'm glad they're taking all those precautions. It's not that big of a deal for me to do my part to help prevent an outbreak in the facility.
 
If you are not asked whether you have received the vaccine, it's probably because that information is already in their computer, attached to your health record. The latest information about preventatives of those other diseases may not be.

And Win, they don't ask whether you've been vaccinated? They probably don't ask if you've recently attempted suicide either. (In a way, being unvaccinated is kind of the same thing.)

Funny, I've had the opposite experience. In more and more of the places I go, if there is expected to be a large number of people, I have to show proof of vaccination before I can even get in the door. I don't mean in medical facilities; they already know. But in theatres, meeting halls, etc. Most of us carry our proof of vaccination/booster card around with us all the time, like a driver's license. Our Covid disease numbers are much lower than in those places that are, incredibly, still saying, "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain."
 
I can’t speak to the rest of Canada, but here in BC we had anti-vaxxers obstructing vaccination sites and some hospitals. The government had to create safe zones. We had some Remembrance Day ceremonies taken over by anti-vaxxers. At our provincial building, we had 3 people hung in effigy. The Chief Medical officer has to have round the clock security because of death threats. No, anti-vaxxers aren’t always in the background saying nothing and being non-obstructive, they can be downright nasty. Ask the beleagured store workers who have to deal with those non-maskers when they’re ranting about how fake Covid is.
 
Sunny said:
If you are not asked whether you have received the vaccine, it's probably because that information is already in their computer, attached to your health record. The latest information about preventatives of those other diseases may not be.

And Win, they don't ask whether you've been vaccinated? They probably don't ask if you've recently attempted suicide either. (In a way, being unvaccinated is kind of the same thing.)

Funny, I've had the opposite experience. In more and more of the places I go, if there is expected to be a large number of people, I have to show proof of vaccination before I can even get in the door. I don't mean in medical facilities; they already know. But in theatres, meeting halls, etc. Most of us carry our proof of vaccination/booster card around with us all the time, like a driver's license. Our Covid disease numbers are much lower than in those places that are, incredibly, still saying, "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain."
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ROFLOL - "Attempting suicide is the same as being unvaccinated."
Really? How desperate can you be to appear right?
Are you a retired professional comedian?
Or a can short of a six pack.
 
Becky1951 said:
Yes but why do people ignore the fact that the vaccinated also are being hospitalized and its not *all* the unvaccinated filling up hospitals causing other health conditions to have to wait?

Vaccinated or not, Covid is the cause.
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What is your point?

I think you begin from a false premise: That people ignore the fact that vaccination is not perfect. Most of us know that. We also know that vaccination prevents most cases of serious if not deadly illness caused by Covid.
 
Brookswood said:
What is your point?

I think you begin from a false premise: That people ignore the fact that vaccination is not perfect. Most of us know that. We also know that vaccination prevents most cases of serious if not deadly illness caused by Covid.
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Exactly. Hmmm - what was that saying? "Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good" or something like that?
 
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