Just 14% of Americans have received the updated covid vaccine.
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Most Americans aren't getting the covid or flu vaccines.
They're anti-vaxxers.
The real harm from the massive politicization of antivax concerns (mainly by the GOP) is this spillover resistance to other vaccines.Most Americans aren't getting the covid boosters or flu shots.
I'd call that anti-vaccine.
Vaccine data shows rates for latest COVID-19 booster is 'abysmal', only 7 percent of U.S. adults with shot
More than a month after federal officials recommended a new version of the COVID-19 vaccines, 7% of U.S. adults and 2% of children have gotten a shot. One expert calls the numbers “abysmal.”www.google.com
For those feeling the need to leap to the defense of the GOP or blame Dems, remember that it's Trump who has talked about denying federal support to schools that mandate vaccines.
Same for me…I recently had my annual wellness physical and doc said it was up to me whether I wanted to get the vaccine…he certainly didn’t push it. As I get older, I may get one as I did get the initial two COVID vaccines and one booster.
You can not get the COVID vaccine and not be an "anti-vaxxer"...there is a middle ground between obsessed with a vaccine to an unhealthy point and all vaccines are bad. I don't need the COVID vaccine, but I did get the flu shot.
Less than 50% of Americans will get the flu shot. You do need the covid vaccine.
You're anti-vaccine, too, like most Americans.
No offense.
Have you seen this website?
sorryantivaxxer.com | stories of anti-vaxxers who died from COVID.
They thought COVID was a scam, until they lay dying from it. sorryantivaxxer.com tells their story using their own facebook and twitter posts.
www.sorryantivaxxer.com
Simply asking legitimate questions does not make you “anti” something. Proven, well-tested vaccines are an important immunological tool. They can save lives and help prevent disease. But all drugs aren’t the same.
The Covid therapy or treatment was rushed out (and wasn’t a vaccine by clinical definition). It takes time for a new drug to be properly tested both for efficacy and safety. It’s only reasonable to continue gathering data around it.
BTW I spent 8 years working for big pharma. A good deal of the negative stuff you read is true.
Your claim the covid vaccine was "rushed" is misinformation.
Myth #1: The “fast-tracked” COVID-19 vaccines are risky because they were rushed.
Fact: The FDA-authorized COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective and have gone through three phases of clinical trials as any other vaccine would. Time was saved during development through different strategies, for example manufacturing the vaccines during the same time as the trials. With over 50 million individuals already vaccinated, no serious side effects have emerged.
Myth busting the COVID-19 vaccines - Mather Hospital
Over the last few months there’s been a lot of misinformation circulated about the COVID-19 vaccines. Health experts are urging as many people as possible get vaccinated to stop the spread, but with vaccines developed at unprecedented speed, people may have questions and concerns about getting...
www.matherhospital.org
ROTFL "no offense", but that's a pretty dumb take. Not getting the COVID-19 vax since 2020 doesn't make a person "anti-vax".
My Vaccination Records (this should get you pretty hard
):- Anthrax (multiple doses)
- Hepatitis A (Adult) (multiple doses)
- Hepatitis B (Adult) (multiple doses)
- Influenza (split virus, live intranasal, seasonal, whole) – multiple doses across various years
- Meningococcal MPSV4
- Yellow Fever Vaccine Live-Attenuated (YF-VAX)
- Novel Influenza-H1N1-09
- OPV (Oral Polio Vaccine)
- PPD
- Smallpox
- Td (Adult), adsorbed
- Tdap
- Typhoid (oral and parenteral)
- COVID-19 Pfizer
- Recombinant Zoster Vaccine (RZV) (Shingles)
ROTFL "no offense", but that's a pretty dumb take. Not getting the COVID-19 vax since 2020 doesn't make a person "anti-vax".
My Vaccination Records (this should get you pretty hard
- Anthrax (multiple doses)
- Hepatitis A (Adult) (multiple doses)
- Hepatitis B (Adult) (multiple doses)
- Influenza (split virus, live intranasal, seasonal, whole) – multiple doses across various years
- Meningococcal MPSV4
- Yellow Fever Vaccine Live-Attenuated (YF-VAX)
- Novel Influenza-H1N1-09
- OPV (Oral Polio Vaccine)
- PPD
- Smallpox
- Td (Adult), adsorbed
- Tdap
- Typhoid (oral and parenteral)
- COVID-19 Pfizer
- Recombinant Zoster Vaccine (RZV) (Shingles)
Well, you're anti-covid vaxx.
I bet your doctor recommended you get it.
It “couid” have, but how do you know for certain how you would have fared without the vaccine?
I don’t own an ATV nor do I own a boat.
I’m not ‘anti-ATV’ and I’m not ‘anti-boat’. I just don’t need them and I don’t want them.
Same way I feel about the covid injections. 🤷♂️
I already posted that she didn't back in July. Joes Place told me to ask again this fall...haven't seen her yet. Why do I need it? Mrs. Alaska just had COVID 2 weeks ago and breezed through it easier than a seasonal allergy. She nor I have any comorbidities that would make C-19 bad for us; however, our parents do so we encourage them to get the vax and they do.
Bottom line, wife's had it 2x and I've had it once and it was a non-event. Flu type B kicked my arse back in Feb, making C-19 look like a summer breeze. Not everyone is the same. I'm sorry C-19 apparently is deadly for you. Sounds like you're making the right choice for you.
You need the covid vaccine to protect you from severe illness or death.
Why don't you think you need it?
The downside is so low.
My doctor didn’t recommend the Covid booster for me…I’m quite healthy. In the past he had recommender the two shingles vaccines and tetanus shot, which I did take.
Nice article. I know a number of Drs who would disagree. The side effects and efficacy are still very much in question.Your claim the covid vaccine was "rushed" is misinformation.
Myth #1: The “fast-tracked” COVID-19 vaccines are risky because they were rushed.
Fact: The FDA-authorized COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective and have gone through three phases of clinical trials as any other vaccine would. Time was saved during development through different strategies, for example manufacturing the vaccines during the same time as the trials. With over 50 million individuals already vaccinated, no serious side effects have emerged.
Myth busting the COVID-19 vaccines - Mather Hospital
Over the last few months there’s been a lot of misinformation circulated about the COVID-19 vaccines. Health experts are urging as many people as possible get vaccinated to stop the spread, but with vaccines developed at unprecedented speed, people may have questions and concerns about getting...www.matherhospital.org
BTW before you slap a simplistic label on me as well, which you seem to enjoy doing… I get plenty of preventative shots.
Nonsense.
We know the covid vaccines are safe and effective for the vast majority of people.
Please stop spreading misinformation.
If you want the vaccine, then use the vaccine,.. Stop trying to convert others as a way to justify your decision.
Then your definition of anti-vax is much more expanded than most.Most Americans aren't getting the covid boosters or flu shots.
I'd call that anti-vaccine.
Vaccine data shows rates for latest COVID-19 booster is 'abysmal', only 7 percent of U.S. adults with shot
More than a month after federal officials recommended a new version of the COVID-19 vaccines, 7% of U.S. adults and 2% of children have gotten a shot. One expert calls the numbers “abysmal.”
Would you say that most Americans have their standard vaccinations (except flu and Covid)?Most Americans aren't getting the covid boosters or flu shots.
I'd call that anti-vaccine.
Vaccine data shows rates for latest COVID-19 booster is 'abysmal', only 7 percent of U.S. adults with shot
More than a month after federal officials recommended a new version of the COVID-19 vaccines, 7% of U.S. adults and 2% of children have gotten a shot. One expert calls the numbers “abysmal.”
Yes but only because they were forced to because of school admittance.
Vaccine rates are plummeting now.
I just told you why. COVID does NOT affect me or my family in any adverse way. Seasonal allergies are more impactful.
What exactly, or how much rather, is your Big Pharma stipend?
$0 although I'd take anything for spreading truth.
Preaching to the choir. I have multiple big pharma and small pharma clients, and have a decent understanding of their R&D and manufacturing processes.
I believe in traditional vaccines, and even some newer versions of vaccines. For instance, I got the new shingles vaccine in April - May this year.
I haven't gotten any of the COVID boosters since my original Moderna doses because their efficacy and safety are unproven, and I still got COVID less than a year after the vaccine, and data emerged that the so-called vaccine neither prevents infection or spread. I got my second Covid 9 weeks ago, it lasted less than a week, I had mild symptoms, and the subsequent sinus infection was actually more annoying.
I have never gotten a flu vaccine, not because they are unproven, but because they are produced by making an educated guess on the predominate strain in any given year. I've only gotten a bad case of the flu once, and it wasn't the strain the vaccine targeted.
If I choose to get 1 vax, choose not to get another vax that might be worthwhile, and choose not to get a third vax because it's efficacy is limited and it might have worse side effects, I don't think that makes me anti-vax.
The Pope disagrees. Just saying since you're on the Knights of Columbus.
Pope Francis Tells Anti-Vaxxers to Stop Being Idiots and Get Their Shots
The leader of the Catholic Church can’t figure out what’s wrong with these people.
Apparently he doesn't need the vaccine to protect from severe illness or death.
It’s been roughly 4 years, 7 months since country was shut down over fear of this deadly pandemic.
If we ‘need the vaccine to protect ourselves from severe illness and death’ then why has no one in my (unvaccinated) qfamily faced anything but extremely mild illnesses in that time?
I’m satisfied we made the right choice for our family.
