CV and mad panic behaviour

[Baggers]

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Hence what I stated previously.  You are confirming your bias by subscribing to the answer of vaccines dont do any harm.  I don't think there has been anyone on here who has demonstrated blind faith and a 100% belief that all vaccines are 'safe.' All vaccines have had issues with a small % of the community. They can, and sometimes they do.  Thats not to mean we shouldnt administer it, it just means we need to be cautious about what we are doing, why we are doing it, and what the potential outcomes are.  I dont blame anyone for not wanting it - depends why, and I dont blame anyone who thinks they should get it, because they ultimately are guided by whats good for them.

Now, 3 Leos, you were being a bit of a smarty pants   -- come on, admit it  -- when you asked a few posts back, in my response to a post on a more positive vaccine outlook, that if a relative of mine was harmed or died from the vaccine how would I feel? Now, you cheeky fella, I of course would be devastated and grief struck, BUT, it would NOT result in me decrying the vaccine. I would understand that the greater community good is being aided by the vaccine.

As with most medical discoveries I am confident that all Covid vaccines will continue to undergo testing and refining to improve efficacy and minimise adverse reaction potential. This is a global emergency and we are doing the best we can in the circumstances.

As I mentioned way back when I was having my vaccines on joining the RAN, most of us felt crook but recovered, about 1%, or less, of the guys had a very adverse reaction - but I, and millions of others from that era, have not had TB, Yellow Fever etc. I, and millions of others, have not had measles, polio... and so on. Some people cannot handle one of the great inventions of the 20th century, penicillin, and can get very ill, even die... but we don't discontinue penicillin because of that - we researched and found other means to help those folks (as a note of interest - indigenous folks through the ages used variations of mould /herbs etc. to treat illnesses with some success!).

The human species is damn resilient, and smart... and yet, can also be incredibly fearful and jump to, sometimes, bizarre conclusions. I don't think anyone on here, when expressing a favourable attitude to vaccines, is talking in absolutes. In a 100 years time people will look back on how we handled the pandemic and probably summize that we did the best we could with what we knew.