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RiverDog":1dvcw3ep said:PackerNation":1dvcw3ep said:I don't think getting vaccinated is a bad thing at all. I happen to be vaccinated. I got vaccinated by my own choice. It's political because one side is jamming it down everyone's throat.
IMO, it should be a personal choice. It seems to me that the vaccination is weaponized depending on who is in office.
Regardless, the fact remain that both the vaccinated and the unvaccinated can carry and pass along the virus. I still cannot believe that we as Americans are not turning on China for releasing this on the world.
If you feel that strongly about mandating vaccines, then write your Congressman/Senator and ask them to propose an amendment to the Constitution because there's nothing in there that prohibits the government from instituting such mandates or adapting other safety measures like mask wearing.
What I don't understand is why all of a sudden mandatory vaccinations are an issue. We've had them for over a century and except for a tiny minority of Christian scientists it was never a major problem until these past couple of years. There are more safety precautions and more rigorous testing associated with the 3 approved vaccines than there ever has been before. What's different about this one?
Agreed about China. They behaved badly, were not open about it and to this day have not been cooperative. We'll never know how it originated. But there's other villains besides the Chinese. Our own government was slow to react, could have started testing for it weeks ahead of when we did but we had to have our own test vs. the WHO's.
Because of who the POTUS is. If Trump had won, vaccines would not be mandated and the left would be pointing out how bad they are and to not take them. That was pretty much 2020 in a nutshell. Fast forward to 2021 and suddenly vaccines are all the rage despite the fact that getting vaccinated basically means you can still carry and pass along the virus to others. Not to mention the fact that now a mandatory booster shot is on the table because the vaccines they give have not been perfected to the point where they don't stop the spread.
Polio shots prevent Polio. COVID-19 shots do not prevent COVID-19. Why vaccinate children? Why not just vaccinate the elderly and all of obese people who are at great risk from dying. Why not wait until we get a better shot or more know about the virus before forcing the population to do something many don't want to do?
I just want personal choice. That's all. I chose to be vaccinated and I am happy I did. I don't want to see people who have valid concerns or medical reasons to be forced to get the shot and if they don't, be ostracized for it.
China: I think we know where it came from and I think the US is partly at fault for funding the research (Gain of Function) and Dr. Fauci needs to downplay it or outright cover it up. I think our leaders (on both sides of the aisle) have done the American people a great disservice over the years in a lot of different arenas, this being one of them.
Just my opinion.