What will convince you to get the Covid vaccine?

[The_MAC]

I am 'fully vaccinated', but when they start introducing boster shots, it becomes a moving goalpost, and more motivation may be needed...

I'm happy to take an annual booster - I do the same with the flu shot already..

Obviously if the booster is too frequent I might also become a bit skeptical

 

[Spizz]

Go jump on a plane to Finland/Qatar/....

Ah, so you did see my replies. I suppose I shouldn't have expected an apology.

 

[bwana]

I guess that's your answer then, hopefully no fire coming...

Let me guess - you did alright during lockdown, maybe even thrived?

 

[Spizz]

Cabin fever getting to you?

I can't complain, it's nice being at home for the last year and a half.

 

[SubtleBeast]

SA target for vaccinations are 70% of the population.
So what do they hope to achieve with this?

 

[Brian_G]

I can understand you having an argument against vaccinations, but you having an issue with someone getting vaccinated for reasons personal to them just shows how far over the edge you've gone: You've become so embroiled in your anti-vaccination stance that you've become blind to the very real reasons other people have for choosing to get vaccinated. You seem to have lost the ability to put yourself in other peoples shoes. Which you might've done if you weren't so concerned about jumping into fires.

Nope. I have an issue against oppression and its current tool of vaccinating for very little reason and all else attached to that.
Why are you taking it so personally, it's not an attack on those who saw fit to comply. I'm questioning further action by them, like with taking the boosters, and you're over-reacting to that.

 

[SubtleBeast]

Ah, so you did see my replies. I suppose I shouldn't have expected an apology.

Seeing is believing.
Next time you travel take a selfie in front of the plane holding your ticket in one hand and a current newspaper in the other.

 

[Brian_G]

Let me guess - you did alright during lockdown, maybe even thrived?

Nope, unemployed and struggling. But that's life sometimes, and I'm not suggesting you choose that.

 

[RVQ]

Only until someone decides to ban travel again

And if they say you should jump in the fire?


Medical advice for a risk about as low as any of our diseases long threatening in our country? From those who must do it in secret and must completely legally protect their supposed near-perfect efforts? With rabid politicians clearly using the scenario as their playing field?

Not sure who's the nut here...

As I said don't take medical advice from conspiracy nuts

 

[rambo919]

I can understand you having an argument against vaccinations, but you having an issue with someone getting vaccinated for reasons personal to them just shows how far over the edge you've gone: You've become so embroiled in your anti-vaccination stance that you've become blind to the very real reasons other people have for choosing to get vaccinated. You seem to have lost the ability to put yourself in other peoples shoes. Which you might've done if you weren't so concerned about jumping into fires.

True, being against forced vaccination is not compatible with being against willing vaccination.

 

[Brian_G]

 

[LCBXX]

When the coercion to get vaccinated, stops.

 

[LCBXX]

I'm happy to take an annual booster - I do the same with the flu shot already..

Obviously if the booster is too frequent I might also become a bit skeptical

Lol'ies...annual booster.

UK’s minimum gap for Covid booster jabs to be halved to three months

Vaccines watchdog advises speeding up of vaccination scheme to tackle new coronavirus variant

www.theguardian.com

 

[My_King]

 

[SubtleBeast]

The vaccine is safe and effective, everyone should take it to be a good citizen and protect the vulnerable. It also effectively prevents infection and transmission of the virus.

The unvaccinated are the reason we are seeing all these new variants.
They should be marginalized and punished.

This you right?

 

[LCBXX]

The vaccine is safe and effective, everyone should take it to be a good citizen and protect the vulnerable. It also effectively prevents infection and transmission of the virus.

The unvaccinated are the reason we are seeing all these new variants.
They should be marginalized and punished.

Let's assume your needs pan out: What will officially happen when 100% of our population is comprehensively vaccinated?

 

[Cius]

Sitting in a webcast session now with a top doc from Discovery sharing the stats for the vaccine, in particular the Phizer vaccine is amazing. From their own independent analysis (mostly gathered against Delta to date) risk of infection seemed to be 79% down when vaccinated and change of admission or death down over 90%.

Booster shot also seems to be very helpful if one compares data between Belgium and Netherlands as they have similar patterns but Belgium has boosted their over 80's and are seeing much better results. resistance does drop off a but over time post the doses but with the booster shot of Phizer immunity went even higher than the average of just the two doses.

 

[Cius]

Severe adverse affect from the vaccine is about same as being hit by lightning, and about 200 times less change of serious effect from car accidents, and 2000 times less likely than risk of death from covid.

 

[LCBXX]

What will convince you to get the Covid vaccine?

@MartinGB, why even ask this question when the majority of unvaccinated South Africans fall in the low-income and poverty classes?

 

[LCBXX]

Sitting in a webcast session now with a top doc from Discovery sharing the stats for the vaccine, in particular the Phizer vaccine is amazing. From their own independent analysis (mostly gathered against Delta to date) risk of infection seemed to be 79% down when vaccinated and change of admission or death down over 90%.

Booster shot also seems to be very helpful if one compares data between Belgium and Netherlands as they have similar patterns but Belgium has boosted their over 80's and are seeing much better results. resistance does drop off a but over time post the doses but with the booster shot of Phizer immunity went even higher than the average of just the two doses.

What a pity that his insightful webcast cannot be watched by 80% of unvaccinated South Africa.

Whilst you're watching, ask the top Discovery doc what his thoughts are on the generations of people living in the Eastern & Northern Cape with foetal alcohol syndrome, and how the Covid vaccine will benefit them?