For all y’all that took the clot shot… (Page 2 of 3)
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Originally Posted By juslearnin: If the focus of your life in 2026 is whether or not you got the Covid shot, I’m not too worried about your life being superior. It’s actually pretty pathetic. Why don’t you instead Tell us what you’ve accomplished in the last five years. How you’ve made the world around you a better place; what you’ve invested or what you’ve built, The people whose lives you have poured into. The meaningful things that you’ve spent your time on that will actually last. Ive paid a shit ton of taxes . Ive touched many lives and done my part to make the world a better place . Insert Rich Men North Of Richmond —> right here . |
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Originally Posted By FivespeedF150: I remember hearing about people trying to dress up as olds to get in the lines during the early days of availability. The mandates will be a case study in stupidity, someday far in the future. In Maryland, it was pretty clear early on that black people didn't buy into the COVID vaccine myth. So white people early in the roll out of the vaccine who wanted to get it ASAP (before their age group was eligible) would go to places like Salisbury, MD to get the left over shots at the end of the day when the projected number of black people did not show up. |
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I got the shots. At the time, my employment was threatened by the Biden mandate. I had a decision to make, so I chose keeping my jerb. Thankfully, Trump's Supreme Court intervened afterwards & told Biden to fuck off. Threw away my card; no more shots after that. Say what you want about Trump; he has done quite a few right things. |
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Originally Posted By ceetee: It was the democrats that made the shots mandatory to get on a plane, train, or bus. It was the democrats that tried to make it mandatory in order to get health care or buy groceries. It was the democrats down on Ozzieland that put their citizens in concentration camps of they popped hot for Covid. It was the democrats that made going to church illegal, but allowed rioting in the streets. So get the fuck out of here with all that "God-emperor" bullshit. This, too. |
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I was in the last few years of my mil career and a state employee at the time, both of which mandated it for continued employment. I didn't want it, but had a choice between a shot or stepping aside, being booted out, and letting someone else who took it take both of those jobs (which were senior leadership roles). Did I want it, hell no. Did I think it would work, hell no. Did I know I was being lied to, absolutely. I had one more tour overseas after the shot where I personally did some good, and looking at the crop of folks who took over after me in both careers I think I made the right "big picture" decision to hold my nose and take it and stay in 3 more years and at least delay the wave of people behind me and reduce their impact on several thousand other folks. |
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Originally Posted By RolandofGilead: Who said this? We’re here to discuss a monumental national achievement. From the instant the coronavirus invaded our shores, we raced into action to develop a safe and effective vaccine at breakneck speed. It would normally take five years, six years, seven years, or even more. In order to achieve this goal, we harnessed the full power of government, the genius of American scientists, and the might of American industry to save millions and millions of lives all over the world. We’re just days away from authorization from the FDA, and we’re pushing them hard, at which point we will immediately begin mass distribution. My administration provided a total of $14 billion to accelerate vaccine development and to manufacture all of the top candidates in advance — long in advance. As a result of this unprecedented investment, we are exceedingly proud that both Pfizer and Moderna have announced that their vaccines are approximately 95 percent effective, Originally Posted By RolandofGilead: Originally Posted By highstepper: Look, I ain’t gonna rub it in (much), but, dude, all you gotta do is perform this test: Was it invented, proposed, recommended, encouraged, or mandated by a Dem, Lib or Communist? Then it’s a bad idea and harmful to you and yours. That is all. Who said this? We’re here to discuss a monumental national achievement. From the instant the coronavirus invaded our shores, we raced into action to develop a safe and effective vaccine at breakneck speed. It would normally take five years, six years, seven years, or even more. In order to achieve this goal, we harnessed the full power of government, the genius of American scientists, and the might of American industry to save millions and millions of lives all over the world. We’re just days away from authorization from the FDA, and we’re pushing them hard, at which point we will immediately begin mass distribution. My administration provided a total of $14 billion to accelerate vaccine development and to manufacture all of the top candidates in advance — long in advance. As a result of this unprecedented investment, we are exceedingly proud that both Pfizer and Moderna have announced that their vaccines are approximately 95 percent effective, Same guy that didn’t want to talk about it in 2024? As you know, I got them done in nine months, and it was supposed to take anywhere from 5-12 years. I broke their ass. And you know who doesn’t like me too much? The FDA. Because they were very bureaucratic, and I got it done. I really don’t want to talk about it because, as a Republican, it’s not a great thing to talk about, because for some reason it’s just not. Yeah, for some reason. Because people love the vaccines and people hate the vaccines. But conservatives aren’t — And I understand both sides of it, by the way. |
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Originally Posted By twistedcomrade: If you were coerced, bullied, told to, mandated to get the shot and you didn't, you are a stand up dude in my book. All of the above happened to me and I refused. I still have my fake vaccine card, that I never used, for sentimental reasons.  Heh. I was part of the 120 or so N.O.P.D. officers who told their bosses "No" the Friday afternoon Mayor Cantrell announced on the news that the shot was mandatory for all city employees. The city never publicized it, but by the end of the following week those of us in the 120, along with 3-4 hundred others who also didn't want it but would have caved, were allowed to keep our jobs. Mind you, the city did make us go through the NG run drive through testing twice a week, but the hysteria was such around here that the drive through testing took around an hour......and civil service rules meant we got to test on the clock. So at least twice a week we all basically got a free hour off duty sitting in the testing lines. Turn down the radio, eat lunch, and read a book, all on the clock while slowly inching along the line in the Mahalia Jackson parking lot. 
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I was on active duty when I got it and Trump was still president. At the time it was voluntary and hadn’t been politicized yet. My biggest reason was A) I figured it would become mandatory in both my civilian and military job and B) if I did have side effects, I wanted it to be tied to AD for VA benefits. It was a risk vs reward thing. I did get a pretty bad fever which was weird because I never had a vaccine reaction before. I also found it odd that this had a 48 hr flight restriction vs the standard 12 hrs. Regardless I have no long term ill effects that I know I of. If I do, at least I’ll get disability. |
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Originally Posted By Justintime2: Anyone who uses the phrase "all y'all" really shouldn't be weighing in on what others have done, clot shot or not... You NW guys really dont like southern accents . I left a guy laying out cold in a bar one time in Washington because he didnt like the way I talked . I would think when he came back around to the land of the living he had a newfound appreciation for “ diversity “ . |
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Originally Posted By macman37: I know it's super fun and topical to get that superiority hit and bag on those who took it but there were circumstances where some people didn't see (or have) an alternative. Hindsight is 20/20. I didn't advocate for it then, sure don't now, but with two elderly parents in the hospital at the same time for large surgeries, I needed to be able to see them and check on them. And the hospitals were gatekeeping. So feel good if you need to that some people took the jab. I'm not happy about it, nor proud, but the neeners don't need to be there. OP can't point to anything in his original decision-making process that is any more rational than "I ain't gonna do it." The vaccine side effects were in the future and not foreseeable, at least not specific problems. The lack of efficacy was in the future and the companies that got licensed to sell vaccines presented data (antibody titers) that convinced the FDA to approve them on the basis of a surrogate endpoint in a public health crisis (the original strain was bad and did kill old people, later strains not so much). OP was right, and lucky. Good for him. Now show your decision-making process at the start of the next crisis. I took the vaccine at age 60 under no particular duress because I thought it was reasonable to do so. I got one booster on schedule and had some knee swelling six weeks later so I didn't intend to get the second booster. Then I got the second booster to make an international trip for my daughter's wedding. No side effects, no repeat effusion in the knee. So was the first effusion due to the shot or just something that happened coincidentally? I have had effusions before COVID, so I gave no way to know. I later (2023) got COVID which was the worst sore throat in my life and required prednisone to get over. Did the vaccine do me any good? Doubt it, since the omicron strain was the prevalent one at the time and nobody was dying from it, then. If there were an Ebola pandemic would OP not get a vaccine for it because of the COVID debacle? Please state in advance for the record. Thank you for your attention to this matter. |
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Originally Posted By Paul_Sothern: Scott Adams said the dumb people did not take the shot but that it turned out the dumb people made the right decision. Scott was very bitter about taking the shot. He hinted of side effects and ended up dying of turbo charged prostate cancer. Scott Adams died of prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is common in old men and has killed no small number of men , long before COVID shots. Some quickly. List of people with prostate cancer - Wikipedia https://share.google/k7nJkDWPnkOb4mecX No way to know if the vaccine caused it, short of a randomized trial. Drop the "turbo cancer" crap. All you have is anecdotes. |
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Originally Posted By FreefallRet: What VA clinic mandated it? I told them no and they said ok, not once was I denied treatment. VA main hospital in Little Rock.. cancer followups, etc. I couldn't even get out of my vehicle without proof of "vaccination" |
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Originally Posted By Dumak: To this very day I believe the clot shot was a trial run for the Mark of the Beast. Some took the vax because they were afraid, but most took it out of fear of losing their jobs and everything else that depends on their job. The MOTB is going to have way more negative repercussions for not taking it. Most people failed the test run. Oh, like could anyone could tell if I had the mark of the beest? 
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Originally Posted By 94TBlazer: I got the shots. At the time, my employment was threatened by the Biden mandate. I had a decision to make, so I chose keeping my jerb. Thankfully, Trump's Supreme Court intervened afterwards & told Biden to fuck off. Threw away my card; no more shots after that. Say what you want about Trump; he has done quite a few right things. I won that game of chicken. |
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Originally Posted By scotchymcdrinkerbean: Heh. I was part of the 120 or so N.O.P.D. officers who told their bosses "No" the Friday afternoon Mayor Cantrell announced on the news that the shot was mandatory for all city employees. The city never publicized it, but by the end of the following week those of us in the 120, along with 3-4 hundred others who also didn't want it but would have caved, were allowed to keep our jobs. Mind you, the city did make us go through the NG run drive through testing twice a week, but the hysteria was such around here that the drive through testing took around an hour......and civil service rules meant we got to test on the clock. So at least twice a week we all basically got a free hour off duty sitting in the testing lines. Turn down the radio, eat lunch, and read a book, all on the clock while slowly inching along the line in the Mahalia Jackson parking lot. Hell yeah brother.  |
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Originally Posted By new_RRA_user: OP can't point to anything in his original decision-making process that is any more rational than "I ain't gonna do it." The vaccine side effects were in the future and not foreseeable, at least not specific problems. The lack of efficacy was in the future and the companies that got licensed to sell vaccines presented data (antibody titers) that convinced the FDA to approve them on the basis of a surrogate endpoint in a public health crisis (the original strain was bad and did kill old people, later strains not so much). OP was right, and lucky. Good for him. Now show your decision-making process at the start of the next crisis. I took the vaccine at age 60 under no particular duress because I thought it was reasonable to do so. I got one booster on schedule and had some knee swelling six weeks later so I didn't intend to get the second booster. Then I got the second booster to make an international trip for my daughter's wedding. No side effects, no repeat effusion in the knee. So was the first effusion due to the shot or just something that happened coincidentally? I have had effusions before COVID, so I gave no way to know. I later (2023) got COVID which was the worst sore throat in my life and required prednisone to get over. Did the vaccine do me any good? Doubt it, since the omicron strain was the prevalent one at the time and nobody was dying from it, then. If there were an Ebola pandemic would OP not get a vaccine for it because of the COVID debacle? Please state in advance for the record. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Originally Posted By new_RRA_user: Originally Posted By macman37: I know it's super fun and topical to get that superiority hit and bag on those who took it but there were circumstances where some people didn't see (or have) an alternative. Hindsight is 20/20. I didn't advocate for it then, sure don't now, but with two elderly parents in the hospital at the same time for large surgeries, I needed to be able to see them and check on them. And the hospitals were gatekeeping. So feel good if you need to that some people took the jab. I'm not happy about it, nor proud, but the neeners don't need to be there. OP can't point to anything in his original decision-making process that is any more rational than "I ain't gonna do it." The vaccine side effects were in the future and not foreseeable, at least not specific problems. The lack of efficacy was in the future and the companies that got licensed to sell vaccines presented data (antibody titers) that convinced the FDA to approve them on the basis of a surrogate endpoint in a public health crisis (the original strain was bad and did kill old people, later strains not so much). OP was right, and lucky. Good for him. Now show your decision-making process at the start of the next crisis. I took the vaccine at age 60 under no particular duress because I thought it was reasonable to do so. I got one booster on schedule and had some knee swelling six weeks later so I didn't intend to get the second booster. Then I got the second booster to make an international trip for my daughter's wedding. No side effects, no repeat effusion in the knee. So was the first effusion due to the shot or just something that happened coincidentally? I have had effusions before COVID, so I gave no way to know. I later (2023) got COVID which was the worst sore throat in my life and required prednisone to get over. Did the vaccine do me any good? Doubt it, since the omicron strain was the prevalent one at the time and nobody was dying from it, then. If there were an Ebola pandemic would OP not get a vaccine for it because of the COVID debacle? Please state in advance for the record. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Well said. I don’t understand the 20/20 hindsight shaming of conservatives who happened to make a different risk management decision based off very little concrete information. The thing people should be shamed for was the mandates. THAT was detestable… Making a personal decision about a private health matter is something entirely different. |
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Originally Posted By new_RRA_user: OP can't point to anything in his original decision-making process that is any more rational than "I ain't gonna do it." The vaccine side effects were in the future and not foreseeable, at least not specific problems. The lack of efficacy was in the future and the companies that got licensed to sell vaccines presented data (antibody titers) that convinced the FDA to approve them on the basis of a surrogate endpoint in a public health crisis (the original strain was bad and did kill old people, later strains not so much). OP was right, and lucky. Good for him. Now show your decision-making process at the start of the next crisis. I took the vaccine at age 60 under no particular duress because I thought it was reasonable to do so. I got one booster on schedule and had some knee swelling six weeks later so I didn't intend to get the second booster. Then I got the second booster to make an international trip for my daughter's wedding. No side effects, no repeat effusion in the knee. So was the first effusion due to the shot or just something that happened coincidentally? I have had effusions before COVID, so I gave no way to know. I later (2023) got COVID which was the worst sore throat in my life and required prednisone to get over. Did the vaccine do me any good? Doubt it, since the omicron strain was the prevalent one at the time and nobody was dying from it, then. If there were an Ebola pandemic would OP not get a vaccine for it because of the COVID debacle? Please state in advance for the record. Thank you for your attention to this matter. |
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Originally Posted By new_RRA_user: OP can't point to anything in his original decision-making process that is any more rational than "I ain't gonna do it." The vaccine side effects were in the future and not foreseeable, at least not specific problems. The lack of efficacy was in the future and the companies that got licensed to sell vaccines presented data (antibody titers) that convinced the FDA to approve them on the basis of a surrogate endpoint in a public health crisis (the original strain was bad and did kill old people, later strains not so much). OP was right, and lucky. Good for him. Now show your decision-making process at the start of the next crisis. I took the vaccine at age 60 under no particular duress because I thought it was reasonable to do so. I got one booster on schedule and had some knee swelling six weeks later so I didn't intend to get the second booster. Then I got the second booster to make an international trip for my daughter's wedding. No side effects, no repeat effusion in the knee. So was the first effusion due to the shot or just something that happened coincidentally? I have had effusions before COVID, so I gave no way to know. I later (2023) got COVID which was the worst sore throat in my life and required prednisone to get over. Did the vaccine do me any good? Doubt it, since the omicron strain was the prevalent one at the time and nobody was dying from it, then. If there were an Ebola pandemic would OP not get a vaccine for it because of the COVID debacle? Please state in advance for the record. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Thank you for using 2 days worth of posts over 23 years to defend the clotshot. |
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Originally Posted By new_RRA_user: OP can't point to anything in his original decision-making process that is any more rational than "I ain't gonna do it." The vaccine side effects were in the future and not foreseeable, at least not specific problems. The lack of efficacy was in the future and the companies that got licensed to sell vaccines presented data (antibody titers) that convinced the FDA to approve them on the basis of a surrogate endpoint in a public health crisis (the original strain was bad and did kill old people, later strains not so much). OP was right, and lucky. Good for him. Now show your decision-making process at the start of the next crisis. I took the vaccine at age 60 under no particular duress because I thought it was reasonable to do so. I got one booster on schedule and had some knee swelling six weeks later so I didn't intend to get the second booster. Then I got the second booster to make an international trip for my daughter's wedding. No side effects, no repeat effusion in the knee. So was the first effusion due to the shot or just something that happened coincidentally? I have had effusions before COVID, so I gave no way to know. I later (2023) got COVID which was the worst sore throat in my life and required prednisone to get over. Did the vaccine do me any good? Doubt it, since the omicron strain was the prevalent one at the time and nobody was dying from it, then. If there were an Ebola pandemic would OP not get a vaccine for it because of the COVID debacle? Please state in advance for the record. Thank you for your attention to this matter. I definitely pointed to something completely rational. Anyone that believes what the Leftists believe is automatically suspect, probably a criminal and should NOT be listened to. Dont you know that? |
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Too rushed and experimental for me. The fact that the mRNA vax hadn’t been approved for human testing until it was rushed to production during COVID was enough for me to stay away from it; the vax was originally targeted for the high-risk demographic so I wasn’t worried. Then the mandates came out and the fuck you flag was raised. |
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Originally Posted By Justintime2: Anyone who uses the phrase "all y'all" really shouldn't be weighing in on what others have done, clot shot or not... Anyone that would judge someone’s intelligence or education by how they use conjunctions is a dumbass. |
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Originally Posted By new_RRA_user: The vaccine side effects were in the future and not foreseeable, at least not specific problems. Right after Biden became president, the messaging switched and everyone should get the shot, it is safe and effective and nobody is experiencing serious health problems soon after getting the shot. Don't even mention myocarditis. It's not happening. Are you a doctor? Are you a scientist? Shut up and get the shot. It's safe and effective. You don't want to kill Grandma, do you? |
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I was an active duty, combat-deployed 11B infantryman with the 101st Airborne and I refused the vaccine. I received a GOMAR from my CG. They started the chapter process on me before I was medically discharged from injuries sustained on deployment. Never got the vaccination. Neither did my wife or children. I was 1 out 3 men in my entire battalion who refused the vax.. |
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Originally Posted By twistedcomrade: If you were coerced, bullied, told to, mandated to get the shot and you didn't, you are a stand up dude in my book. All of the above happened to me and I refused. I still have my fake vaccine card, that I never used, for sentimental reasons. I was never threatened or coerced to get it but I did have a fake Vax card that I acquired from a like-minded PA because I was flying to Alaska a bit then. No one ever asked for it. |
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Attached File Y'all are a bunch of hospital overwhelmers! Not like brave, brave Sir Biden!    
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Originally Posted By sawgunner73: Trump was still President when I got my shots... Same here. The vast majority of the people I work with were prioritized to get the shot due to working in a critical sector of the economy. I don't know of a single soul who had any sort of bad result or side effects. I know several who are still not fully recovered from bad cases of Covid that put them in the ICU prior to the vaccine becoming available. According to GD we should all be suffering from a variety of side effects or dead but my experience (which I realize is anecdotal) says that side effects were very rare. FWIW, my father worked in the biological warfare laboratory at Ft. Dietrich back in the bad old days. His military shot record was over 1/2" thick and included many, many, "untested" vaccines identified only by numbers because the viruses and bugs being tested were classified. That man never got sick and was otherwise in great health when he was finally felled by melanoma at age 75. |
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Originally Posted By Dumak: To this very day I believe the clot shot was a trial run for the Mark of the Beast. . Originally Posted By Dumak: Originally Posted By JaredGrey: getting it or face losing your house, going hungry, etc. They're the ones who trial ballooned taking people's kids, denying medical care, etc...specifically to destroy their political opponents. To this very day I believe the clot shot was a trial run for the Mark of the Beast. . Yaaaaaa. I have no idea why people think anti vaxers are looney tunes  .
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Originally Posted By BikerNut: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/163640/Biden_Shit_jpg-3804112.JPG Y'all are a bunch of hospital overwhelmers! Not like brave, brave Sir Biden! https://cdn.abcotvs.com/dip/images/9563383_011121-cc-ap-biden-2nd-vaccine-mon-img.jpg https://image.cnbcfm.com/api/v1/image/107039182-16486627792022-03-30t175224z_665235233_rc24dt9w82m4_rtrmadp_0_health-coronavirus-usa.jpeg?v=1648662815 https://static01.nyt.com/images/2020/12/21/us/politics/21vid-biden-clip2/merlin_181546287_a3915cc2-b547-4fed-8762-2409ad9026d5-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg https://s.abcnews.com/images/Politics/biden-booster-rt-jef-221025_1666723120325_hpMain.jpg That could explain a lot about a potato. |
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