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People are still doing this. Unreal.
by Geonode 4mo ago
People are still doing this. Unreal.
- elliottkember 4mo agoDoing what, getting vaccinated against infectious diseases?
- array_key_first 4mo agoPeople have been getting flu shots yearly for decades at this point. There's this weird delusion or socially-induced amnesia that comes with COVID. I got COVID maybe a year ago, and I stayed home from work for a week. One of my friends couldn't believe it. He said "wow you're really gonna stay home for an entire week just because you have COVID?" Uh... yes? Isn't that how we have always done things? If you're sick, you don't go to work because you'll get others sick. I recall being a kid and getting strep and flu many times and yup - the school nurse would send me home. But something about the political environment around COVID has caused people to refuse to believe things that they know to be true. It's fascinating.
- cosmic_cheese 4mo agoYeah if I’m sick, I’m gonna stay home if I can help it. Doesn’t matter what is is or how innocuous I think it may be, what gives me the right to spread it around and multiply the misery?
- armada651 4mo agoWhen did you get your last tetanus shot?
- krackers 4mo agoI'm not sure what you mean, tetanus shots actually last 30+ years.
- armada651 4mo agoYou need a booster every 10 years to maintain immunity.
- krackers 4mo agoNo, there's quite a bit of evidence that they last much longer than that.
- armada651 4mo agoYou may not have complete immunity beyond 10 years though, so the recommendation is that you get a booster every 10 years. But I don't see your point? Are you arguing that the COVID vaccine grants immunity for much longer than advertised? That seems unlikely given the mutation rate of coronaviruses.
- replwoacause 4mo agoSmart people are, yes.
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