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Thalidomide - terrible terrible thing. I knew someone in Oz who had been born with limb problems due to thalidomide (mother had taken it), I don't know how big it was in Oz, but I guess if one pregnant woman used it others would have as well.
Is it? Is the vaccine a bigger risk than SARS-CoV-2? Is there data that suggests it will make them less likely to get pregnant? Is there data that suggests there could be harm to the fetus if they get pregnant? A colleague of mine was about five months pregnant when her age group was eligible to get vaccinated and her baby doc encouraged her to get the vaccine (this was before delta too).A couple of my friends are avoiding the vaccine because they are currently trying to get pregnant.
It's a legitimate concern to be fair.
Obviously, the helmet comparison isn't apples to apples if for other reason than TBI aren't communicable, while SARS-CoV-2 is.This is twisty for sure..I think the helmet,no helmet personal choice thing..nails it..if you are unfortunate enough to know the ins and outs of two wheels..head injuries do happen,and I can tell you for absolute certain..there is no such thing as a non serious head injury..and in the motorcycle crowd there is this rebel, tough guy thing.little slogans about "straight pipes save lives"" helmet laws suck..
then comes reality.
a serious head injury costs millions. Most have their insurance coverage exhausted soon into the treatment.
So I have strong feelings about how much responsibility you should shoulder from acting high risk.
So do we need a Covid D-Day? If you get Covid after November 1st you should be held 100% financially responsible for your meds,treatment and disability..
why should any type of insurance pay it you go high risk?
in the US people who become wards of the state, or find themselves completely dependent on hospital care cost all of us something..not just saying money.
I was always hoping that major insurance companies would adjust your rates of just plain drop you if you went wo vaccinations..
I got my first shot Astra Zeneca areound two weeks ago, with moderate side effects. No fever or so, but some pain in the arm for a couple of days, a little headache, and super tired the day after. Think I went to bed at 9 or so.
It's probably not the perfect vaccine, especially against the variants, but there was a chance to get it now, so I grabbed it. Now I'm "in the system" at least, and may get something else for the boost in August anyway, I guess. As far as I read, the Vector+MRNA combination seems to work fairly well, and I don't the EU ordered any more AZ
I got BioNTech/Pfizer indeed now for the second shot, and with absolutely no side effects at all - although there was some talk about potentially having more of those after cross vaccination. I could have taken Astra again as well, btw, but as this is the currently recommended solution in Germany, and first studies seem to show it's working better, I went for the cross vaccination instead.
This Astra/Pfizer combination is not accepted as full vaccination by some countries, but inside the EU it should be okay, and it's not like I've planed any overseas traveling anyway for the moment.
I'll tip-toe around politics here: she just seems like a really angry, hateful person. SARS-CoV-2 is a convenient platform for her, but in a different time she would just have a different topic of disorder (like her 'go back to where you came from' campaign). We have two Idaho legislative women who are very similar: hate almost everything/everyone, anti everything, their way only, etc. IMO, people like these are dangerous for many reasons.Twitter suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s account over Covid misinformation
Republican had claimed that the disease was not dangerous for non-obese people and the under-65swww.theguardian.com
To be honest I don't really get the vaccination situation in Germany. I read comments online and numbers that seem to indicate that there are not enough people willing to get vaccinated, but from my experiences in my personal environment there's still rather a shortage of vaccines and appointments. Seems to differ heavily locally.
@Koronin -I'm sure you and the docs are all aware that swollen lymph nodes are a possible side effect of mRNA vaccines (women are recommended not to get breast cancer scans for a certain period of time after being vaccinated), but just adding it here just in case! Hopefully things continue to calm down. Also - I read about a woman who definitely had covid and long covid symptoms but continually tested negative for many many months, not saying that's your case, but could it be possible at all?
To be honest I don't really get the vaccination situation in Germany. I read comments online and numbers that seem to indicate that there are not enough people willing to get vaccinated, but from my experiences in my personal environment there's still rather a shortage of vaccines and appointments. Seems to differ heavily locally.
Also there now seems to be a gigantic gap of almost 20% between Bremen and Saxony, I don't know how much of that depends on people willing to get vaccinated, organisation or reported numbers (they aren't always up to date).
Right now I'm not sure whether to get my son vaccinated, yet. It's not especially recommended and it's not so easy to get an appointment, but I guess if I would fight for it I could get him appointments somewhere. Wonder if that's worth it or if we'll just wait until it's easy to get them, after all he's not really at risk, could just be that it makes some things easier.