Take It From Them: Americans Hospitalized With Covid Regret Not Getting the Vaccine
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Anti-vaxx lawmaker pleads with 'hard-headed conservatives' to get shots after he nearly dies from Covid
https://www.rawstory.com/anti-vaxx--almost-dies/
In an interview with WXIA in Georgia, a city councilman from Grantville, Georgia, admitted he was wrong to be suspicious of the COVID-19 vaccines after he was stricken with the virus and almost lost his life.
According to Councilman Jim Sells, "I prayed for recovery, and all my friends prayed, and the doctors and nurses worked on me. I said 'if you can recover from this, you have to change everything. This has to be a life-changer."
The report notes that Sells tested positive with Covis in late July and two weeks later was admitted to a local hospital with acute respiratory failure.
WXIA reports, "After spending 16 days there and seeing COVID kill three people he knew, the councilman vowed he would do all he could to combat misinformation about the vaccine and the virus," adding he has since been released but is only back to being about 30 percent of the way he was before he got sick.
Speaking with the station, he stated, "I'm not going to take this gift from God in the hospital and not try to do something to pass the word to my group of hard-headed conservatives. You gotta consider the vaccination."
You can watch the video below: (Video at above url)
https://www.rawstory.com/anti-vaxx--almost-dies/
In an interview with WXIA in Georgia, a city councilman from Grantville, Georgia, admitted he was wrong to be suspicious of the COVID-19 vaccines after he was stricken with the virus and almost lost his life.
According to Councilman Jim Sells, "I prayed for recovery, and all my friends prayed, and the doctors and nurses worked on me. I said 'if you can recover from this, you have to change everything. This has to be a life-changer."
The report notes that Sells tested positive with Covis in late July and two weeks later was admitted to a local hospital with acute respiratory failure.
WXIA reports, "After spending 16 days there and seeing COVID kill three people he knew, the councilman vowed he would do all he could to combat misinformation about the vaccine and the virus," adding he has since been released but is only back to being about 30 percent of the way he was before he got sick.
Speaking with the station, he stated, "I'm not going to take this gift from God in the hospital and not try to do something to pass the word to my group of hard-headed conservatives. You gotta consider the vaccination."
You can watch the video below: (Video at above url)
This is from the story
"We thought the vaccine was rushed," Lowe told NBC San Diego. "We thought it was more about money and power than about Americans and protecting the people… We honestly thought that COVID was mostly political."
Sounds like 2020 Democratic talking points....Dont trust anything Trump does with vaccines.....
Making it political is from the media
‘Please get your vaccine’: YouTuber hits out at anti-vaxx movement as he dies of Covid
‘I hope I survive this,’ reads tweet from unvaccinated YouTuber who died from covid complications
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/anti-vaxx-youtuber-dies-covid-b1920801.html
A YouTube personality with nearly 1.6 million subscribers has died from Covid-19 complications, according to reports.
Brandon Ashur, 36, known online as Bashurverse or Toasty Time, died after contracting covid in August. It is believed that Ashur had not been vaccinated against the virus.
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‘I hope I survive this,’ reads tweet from unvaccinated YouTuber who died from covid complications
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/anti-vaxx-youtuber-dies-covid-b1920801.html
A YouTube personality with nearly 1.6 million subscribers has died from Covid-19 complications, according to reports.
Brandon Ashur, 36, known online as Bashurverse or Toasty Time, died after contracting covid in August. It is believed that Ashur had not been vaccinated against the virus.
(More at above url)
Are these touching personal stories a valid reason for a person at low risk of death to get a Covid vaccine? An earlier story on this thread was about a 15 year old girl. A person with something like a one in a million chance of dying of Covid based on her sex and age, assuming no comorbidities. She may have simply had a very rare genetic marker that caused her fatal vulnerability to Covid.
There are other causes of regrets in this world, many of them don’t involve mandates for requiring certain behaviors. The following is a partial list of hypothetical quotes involving remorse for an adverse event, whether based on a personal irresponsible act or bad luck:
1. If I did not get vaccinated, even though I was at low risk, I would not be paralyzed.
2. If I was not speeding, the accident would not have happened.
3. If I were not texting, the accident would not have happened.
4. If I did not sleep around, I would not have gotten an STD.
5. If I ate right, I would not have gotten diabetes.
6. If I exercised, I would not have gotten a heart attack.
7. If I planned my trip on a Saturday night, I wouldn’t have got lost and end up getting attacked when I accidentally ventured into a dangerous neighborhood.
8. If I didn’t insult that guy, he would not have shot me.
The temporary protection that Covid vaccines confer, are not free from both a risk based perspective and actual harm, even if just a little, for a each dose taken. Vaccines are suspected of weakening the immune system versus unvaccinated pathogens, including potentially emerging pathogens that are potentially more harmful than Covid. Wouldn’t it be best for society for some people to have the strongest immune system possible against an inevitable future pandemic, given the twelve plus month development time for vaccines, assuming an effective vaccine can even be created for that particular emerging pathogen?
Life has risks. The intelligent research significant issues to weigh evidence in order to make informed decisions on risk to potential rewards of their decisions, convenience, and their behaviors.
Bottom line: Vaccine mandates for only a pathogen of moderate risk is unsound public policy.
There are other causes of regrets in this world, many of them don’t involve mandates for requiring certain behaviors. The following is a partial list of hypothetical quotes involving remorse for an adverse event, whether based on a personal irresponsible act or bad luck:
1. If I did not get vaccinated, even though I was at low risk, I would not be paralyzed.
2. If I was not speeding, the accident would not have happened.
3. If I were not texting, the accident would not have happened.
4. If I did not sleep around, I would not have gotten an STD.
5. If I ate right, I would not have gotten diabetes.
6. If I exercised, I would not have gotten a heart attack.
7. If I planned my trip on a Saturday night, I wouldn’t have got lost and end up getting attacked when I accidentally ventured into a dangerous neighborhood.
8. If I didn’t insult that guy, he would not have shot me.
The temporary protection that Covid vaccines confer, are not free from both a risk based perspective and actual harm, even if just a little, for a each dose taken. Vaccines are suspected of weakening the immune system versus unvaccinated pathogens, including potentially emerging pathogens that are potentially more harmful than Covid. Wouldn’t it be best for society for some people to have the strongest immune system possible against an inevitable future pandemic, given the twelve plus month development time for vaccines, assuming an effective vaccine can even be created for that particular emerging pathogen?
Life has risks. The intelligent research significant issues to weigh evidence in order to make informed decisions on risk to potential rewards of their decisions, convenience, and their behaviors.
Bottom line: Vaccine mandates for only a pathogen of moderate risk is unsound public policy.
There are reasons why truckers are not hired to do risk analysis, data analysis, or submit medical advice. Also, you apparently haven't nearly lived life enough to understand any of this and that's assuming you have anything approaching a decent education ( a dubious assumption given all the election fraud crap you posted ). Look, you still live with roommates, presumably no children, why on earth do you think your opinion matters on any of this ?
Those who are paid for their expertise in these areas have already confirmed 100% confidence in the best vaccines as the best move risk wise for anyone over age 12. Truckers can get back on the road and fuck off with their public policy announcements. Try not to run into anyone there is far too much of that going on in your industry these days.
He obviously consulted the wrong trucker, or believed he was "low risk" after discussing the matter with some Jem's out there.