Quote (thundercock @ 14 Aug 2021 08:54)
We don't know the medium to long term effects of COVID either. Maybe it makes you more susceptible to HIV. Maybe it will cause you to have Alzheimer's in 10 years. Maybe it will destroy your liver (nvm Bob wouldn't care about that). Maybe the spike proteins will pool in your lungs and it causes lung cancer in 4 years. Maybe, you'll have a stroke in 6 years. Fact is, we just don't have the data to prove that these things WON'T happen. You know, science?
True, and a very valid point. In some ways, this is yet another reason that those of us interested in the actual science are paying such close attention to things. So, several points for you to consider:
1. According to the CDC, vaccinated people can still contract and become carriers and asymptomatic spreaders of the virus.
2. There is no prior evidence from coronaviruses specifically, which we know a LOT about, that they leave any such time-delayed issues.
3. The #1 case of a virus hanging out dormant and reemerging is Chickenpox, which becomes shingles. However, the vaccine, in that case, is a weakened strain, and can indeed reemerge later as Shingles.
4. The concern with the mRNA vaccines has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that it's a vaccine. It has everything to do with a new method being forced on people against their will when there have not been studies about mid to long term effects. Covid, on the other hand, is something that you may catch, that may or may not do anything bad to you. In effect, the comparison you're attempting to make would be similar to taking healthy people and starting them on chemo, even though they show no signs of cancer, or cutting women's breasts off even though they don't have breast cancer, and don't have a family history of it. "This could happen, and it'd be worse, so we're going to force you to do this other bad thing for prevention." Now, is the vaccine a bad thing? We don't know. We don't think so, but it's not knowable.
And once again, I thought you're a fan of "My Body, My Choice"? The vaccine's available to you and your loved ones. Why should you be attempting to force others to take it?
And the last thought would have to do with the Delta Variant. According to the American Society for Microbiology, the Delta Variant is more highly contagious, though it appears to not have as bad of symptoms. It also appears that the vaccines are not as effective in it's prevention, with a ton of "breakthrough" cases.
So I suppose the question would be, if Covid is unique among coronaviruses in long term impacts, but even with the vaccine it's still quite possible to get, AND the Delta Variant having such wonderful breakthrough capability, isn't it possible that patients could suffer any/all of the possible mid to long term impacts of the vaccine, and still suffer whatever mid to long term impacts covid would magically be producing?
I mean, since you mentioned science, and all.
