Woah there. Let’s not get carried away.

You purposefully ignore everything people say anyway. As I said 1) I've had covid so can very much assure you I'm getting on with life as normal and not 'scared' or 'chicken' 2) There are specific health / disability factors in my family that make me want to stay on top of their health

You're conflicted about your own behaviour rather than mine. Someone who ranted on about how 'unsafe' the vaccines would be for years to begin with, and then had to have it extracted that they'd now been vaccinated anyway (which was a 'good decision' by the way).

I'm perfectly fine with the idea of this booster on scientific grounds. Decision made. Unless you're going to become hysterical about 20-30 million people having it, you would be best to accept that people will be making their own decisions on this one.

Due to how fragmented vaccination is becoming now (since tens of millions won't have the booster) it's unlikely that there be any 'requirement' to have had it. I'll leave the almond milk for you.. it sounds like you need it more than I do.

Edited by BlueJay (04 Aug 2021 10.26am)

Also, in future when people discuss their family and they are genuine in their approach and reasoning on health, don't keep defaulting to this endlessly snide, creepy and targetted behaviour that is clearly designed solely to get a rise. You have the track record of being disingenuous on the matter because what you preached for months was the complete opposite of you how you personally behaved in your own life (by getting vaccinated), so it's a bit rich for you to become indignant at others decisions on the matter.

As hard as it appears to be for you, attempt to demonstrate a slither of integrity and decency on this one by accepting that opinions will differ on the booster. Much like the flu jab, going forward it's likely to be an annual part of life. One you'll probably end up taking up yourself (again!) regardless of what you say here, making this conversation pointless.

Edited by BlueJay (04 Aug 2021 10.52am)

The mountains are calling & I must go.

Theres an argument to be had that the people who have had the vaccines are currently gain of function guinea pigs.

I would appreciate it if you would all stop introducing opportunities for this lab grown virus to mutate...

Ive convinced myself this is the equivalent of a viral tv licence, we will all be forced to pay for it or be relegated to antivax class and looked down upon by the double/triple maskers and the vaccinated master race.

The mountains are calling & I must go.

There does appear to be good science behind why having covid 'and' the vaccination in whatever order might heighten immunity considerably again covid strains, but I do see what you mean. Getting the delta variant of covid essentially must put people in the clear for several months since that's almost exclusively what's out there right now, whereas the vaccination is somewhat more generalised. I see a combination of the yearly boosters and natural infection snuffing it out for the most part.

Yes, I'm in agreement on the economy. After the first lockdown it was elective really, or rather people were more able to make their own decisions. It's sad for businesses to fail on their own merits, but worse when they didn't even have a fighting chance to begin with. On that note, from talking with a few business owners I've also been amazed at how successful some of the new takeaway services that sprung up out of necessity did. I guess it just goes to show that you never know what crazy curveball life has to throw, and so always need to keep one eye on how to position yourself for that.