Quote Originally Posted by DJD View Post
Karma? Not sure I would cast that stone at a situation like that....how about bad luck? Tragic? Sounds a little less vindictive to me and bad luck happens to everyone. My fiends mother passed away and she had the test serum as it was called at the time. Sad situation as the entire family is vaccinated and still they all got the virus....all of them. She was already in bad health and her body couldn't fight anymore.
Getting the shot does not stop you from getting sick or transmitting it or dying from it so its not a magic bullet. We will all find out in a few years how it actually affects people who received it. Hopefully no more problems pop up as millions of people are getting that shot. Personally, I will not and I'm glad I have that choice. The few who I know personally that are pushing it get pretty upset that I want to be able to decide for myself. I'll wear the mask and I will social distance because I see how that is courteous and in some cases mandated. Plus I don't like being that close to others anyway so it works for me. I'm a handwasher and use hand sanitizer all the time anyway.
Pre exiting conditions about your health play a big role in how you react to the virus. If your already dealing with certain conditions you could have a tougher time with the virus.
I had the Flu several times through my life and I felt much worse then compared to when I had this virus. My worst condition was staying at home with nothing to do! I had a fever for a few hours and felt sick for 2 days and then ate too much for 8 days! Gained about 7 lbs. from the lockdown since I didn't lose my sense of taste or smell. I know its real and I think our bodies will find a way to deal with this. I just don't trust the shots just like I don't get the flu shots.
Stay safe out there!
First off I'm sorry to hear about your mother. I get on the internet almost every day on many sites trying to spread the word about vaccinations and wearing masks and social distancing and contract tracing as the main ways to fight off this pandemic. One person lost is too many and we need to do our part to stop these deaths caused by the virus. I hate it when people go on the internet and tell others that the vaccines don't work as that is not true. They work as designed but are not 100% effective and can't save everyone. But they save millions of lives and that is what they are designed to do. This delta variant is nasty and can infect more people quicker. The vaccines we have right now were not specifically designed for delta but they work anyway for 95% of the people. And Pfizer is making a new vaccine using mRNA technology to fight the Delta variant. Hopefully, they will get approval to use that new vaccine in the near future. Some people who have poor immune systems can't develop the proper amount of antibodies when they get infected and die. They also can't develop the proper amount of antibodies when they get vaccinated and therefore can still get infected, get very sick, and even die. This is why we are giving a booster shot to them to help them develop more immunity to this virus. Most healthy people with a working immune system develop antibodies within two weeks after they get their vaccine and develop even more antibodies after the second shot. And we are finding that in some people their immunity to the virus can wane after about 6 months and they may need a booster shot. Even those that had the Alpha variant earlier and got over the virus can get their immunity improved by a 9 fold amount by getting vaccinated.

When you think it's luck or not that is the problem. Know this. Delta has an R Naught of around 6 to 8 vs the Alpha variant which had an R Naught of around 2.2. This delta variant is spreading faster and faster and if you don't get vaccinated you are just killing yourself. R Naught numbers represent how many other people on average an infected person gives the virus to. The higher the R Naught number the more people you infect on average.



We wear seat belts and have air cushions that inflate when we collide our cars with something in order to protect us. Why not get vaccinated and wear a mask too while keeping your distance from others until this **** virus is gone.